Creator
Fifty Years
Creator
Fifty Years
Seed-stage venture capital for tech impact
The climate is heading off a cliff. Thousands die every day of malnutrition. Pandemics put the world at risk. Technology entrepreneurship can solve these problems and many more!While most VCs are looking for the next agentic marketing app or online casino, at Fifty Years we back founders building things civilization needs.Carbon negative chemicals, abundant clean energy, accelerated science, cures for diseases. Not only are our portfolio founders building important things, what they’re building is real and physical. Think reentry vehicles ablaze as they reenter the earth’s atmosphere, massive bioforges made of glass and steel, small modular nuclear reactors in the Idaho desert – in other words, a marketer's dream.
We've backed companies like Solugen (engineering enzymes to produce industrial chemicals sustainably), Astranis (small satellites to cover the Earth in internet), Antora (thermal batteries that turn cheap renewable power into heat for heavy industry), and Aalo (small modular nuclear reactors to power data centers).We have dozens of other companies doing equally inspiring things, and most of the world has no idea. Your job is to change that.
Turn our founders' milestones into engaging posts. When a founder sends us a raw update, you’ll figure out the content and framing that will resonate and make a wider audience stop scrolling.
Make the assets yourself and direct the rest. You’ll write the copy, take photos, and edit clips. When something does need a film crew or a designer, it’s on you to collaborate and hold a high bar. You produce and own the final output.
Live in the timeline. You’ll know which trending stories are opportunities for our portfolio and get us into the conversation while it's still happening. The ultimate goal, however, is not to chase the zeitgeist, but to become a voice that helps drive it.
Build campaigns from nothing. You’ll also own campaigns: multi-part efforts with clear, measurable goals, aggressive timelines, and many moving pieces. These will help support and bring more attention to firm initiatives like 5050, our equity-free program for founders.
Own channels and grow an audience. You’ll plan a content calendar and creative roadmap, organizing quick shoots and experiments, and the broader content strategy. You won’t post and disappear; you’ll keep the conversation going, build community, and track what works through analytics.
Already live on X and LinkedIn and can tell why one post went viral while the one next to it died.
Prefer to ship fast and learn from what works than plan one perfect campaign.
Have demonstrated reach on X and LinkedIn (Send us the accounts!)
Posses insane hustle
Have an impeccable ear for marketing and story
Write copy that's excellent and fast and be mortified by tupos
Be able to take a photo worth posting
Have the ability to direct film and design people toward great work
We don't care where you worked, what you studied, or how long you've been doing this. Show us the reach you built yourself.
Seed-stage venture capital for tech impact
Fifty Years is a venture capital firm that provides equity funding to early-stage startups, focusing on pre-seed and seed rounds. It backs founders who use technology to tackle major global challenges such as climate change, disease, connectivity, and malnutrition. The firm’s approach centers on investing in scientists, engineers, and hackers building transformative businesses, with support that goes beyond money to help these startups grow. Unlike some investors, Fifty Years targets early-stage companies with potential for outsized impact and returns. The main mechanism is equity investments in young companies, with the goal of achieving significant financial returns while creating a positive, long-lasting impact on the world.
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