FIFTY YEARS INDUSTRIES, LLC

Thesis

The firm's mission is to invest in founders leveraging technology to solve "civilization-scale problems" that are also good business opportunities. They operate with a philosophy that uses capitalism as a force for good, aiming for companies that are both massively profitable and create positive societal impact. Fifty Years exclusively focuses on pre-seed and seed-stage investments, often being the first institutional investor. The firm invests across a broad range of sectors, with a particular strength in Deep Tech (biotechnology, life sciences, climate tech, advanced materials, bioengineering, hardware, computation, synthetic biology), Climate & Clean Energy, Biotech & Life Sciences, Aerospace, Healthcare, and Food Technology. They primarily invest in companies located in North America and Europe. Fifty Years often acts as a lead investor and emphasizes a "founder-first" philosophy, backed by a network of 46 founders of $1 billion-plus tech companies. The firm has raised multiple funds, with a total AUM of over $200 million as of late 2021, and a more recent filing indicating a total gross asset value of $854.7 million across 5 private funds as of March 2026. Their typical investment ranges from $250,000 to $2 million, with some sources indicating an average historical check size of $2.7 million and a maximum historical check of $150 million.

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