Fifty Years

San Francisco, United States · VC · DeepTech Purist

About

Fifty Years Fifty Years was founded in 2015 in San Francisco by Seth Bannon, inspired by Winston Churchill's 1931 essay "Fifty Years Hence." The fund is operator-heavy. founded by repeat entrepreneurs. and exclusively backs what they call civilization-scale problems. Total AUM sits around $200M, with Fund III closing at $90M in October 2021. The LP base is notable: 46 founders of companies valued between $1B and $100B who actively want to help the next generation of founders. The portfolio inc

Industries

Stage focus

Pre-SeedSeed

Geography

US

Notable investments

  • Solugen
  • Astranis
  • Upside Foods
  • Athelas
  • Opentrons
  • Substack

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