Fifty Years

2015

Founded

113

Investments

United States

Offices

Venture Fund

Investor Type

About

Fifty Years is a venture capital firm focused on pre-seed and seed investments, dedicated to supporting founders who leverage technology to address the world's most pressing challenges, including the climate crisis, disease, connectivity, and malnutrition. Founded by tech entrepreneurs, the firm aims to assist scientists and engineers in translating breakthrough innovations into impactful solutions. Backed by 46 founders of billion-dollar companies, Fifty Years has supported over 72 PhD founders and 33 PhD CEOs, fostering a community of world-class scientists and entrepreneurs.

Their portfolio includes companies working on cell-based meat, decarbonizing the chemicals industry, affordable robots for biologists, low-cost rapid blood diagnostics, and advanced satellites for high orbits. The firm's investment strategy emphasizes positive social and environmental impact, aiming to build massive businesses that solve significant global problems. They are sector agnostic but have a strong preference for deep tech, with a particular interest in climate tech, synthetic biology, accelerating scientific discovery, health and mental health, space tech, connectivity, and food tech.

Fifty Years operates with the belief that capitalism can be a force for good, striving to use business as a tool for positive change.

Portfolio Companies

Upside Foods, Solugen, Opentrons, Athelas, Astranis, Substack, Catalog DNA, Invitae, Cosmic Aerospace, Faction

Gepgraphic Focus

North America, Europe

Key Differentiators

Backed by 46 founders of billion-dollar companies, Focus on positive social and environmental impact, Support for scientists and engineers in translating innovations into market solutions

Thypical Investment Size

$100K to $3M

Total Funds Raised

Not publicly disclosed

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Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML)

BioTech

Delivery

Food and Beverage

Health & Wellness

ClimateTech & CleanTech

San Francisco

Seed

United States