Fifty Years is a pre-seed and seed-stage deep-tech venture capital firm that backs founders using technology to address major global problems, co-founded by Ela Madej and Seth Bannon as Founding Partners. Fifty Years's Twitter Score is 31 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #35,049 (top 10%) among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Fifty Years focuses on pre-seed and seed investments in science and deep-tech, with a portfolio spanning climate, disease, connectivity, and malnutrition. The firm is also affiliated with 5050. Beyond backing existing companies, Fifty Years actively helps start new ones, working with scientists and engineers making the transition to entrepreneurship.
Fifty Years has backed a notable number of PhD founders and PhD CEOs across its portfolio. Among its crypto-relevant holdings, the firm has invested in a company providing transparency and security to smart contract projects, a project building decentralized global identity and universal basic income infrastructure, and a platform serving as an operating system for DAOs. Fifty Years's portfolio includes Varda Space Industries.
Fifty Years has published 2,951 posts on the platform. Fifty Years has been mentioned by 52 accounts, with 228 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Fifty Years include 188 founders, 44 angel investors, 28 influencers and 8 VCs, among them Anthony Pompliano, Loomdart, Matthew Graham, Consensys.eth, Andrew Chen and Julien B.