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Fifty Years

San Francisco, United States · Venture Capital
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

Climate TechSynthetic BiologyBiotechSpace TechAgriTechMedTech

Stage focus

Pre-SeedSeed

Geography

US

Notable investments

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

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