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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.
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Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML)
BioTech
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Food and Beverage
Health & Wellness
ClimateTech & CleanTech
San Francisco
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United States