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Fifty Years portfolio
Fifty Years has 16 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.
About this page
It is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, US, founded in 2015. It led 2 of the 16 rounds it joined. Its most recent investment on record is Wafer's Series A round in September 2026, alongside AMD Ventures, Wing VC, Y Combinator and 3 others. By category, its portfolio leans toward Manufacturing and industrial (8) and Health and bio (8). It has co-invested with Y Combinator, Refactor and Lowercarbon Capital, most often Y Combinator (6 rounds).
About Fifty Years
Funds raised
| Fund | Fund # | Size | Announced |
|---|---|---|---|
Bay Area | III | $90Mvia Shai Goldman's fund list | |
Bay Area | II | $50M | wsj.com |
What Fifty Years invests in
- Manufacturing and industrial · 8 · 50%
- Health and bio · 8 · 50%
- Robotics and hardware · 4 · 25%
- Climate and energy · 3 · 19%
- AI infrastructure and compute · 1 · 6%
- Developer tools and cloud · 1 · 6%
- Education · 1 · 6%
- Commerce and retail · 1 · 6%
Fifty Years recent investments
| Company | Round | Date | Alongside |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | AMD Ventures, Wing VC, Y Combinator +3 | ||
| Series B+ · $55M | Convective Capital, Y Combinator, Tiger Global Management (lead) +4 | ||
| Series A · $26.4M | Convective Capital, Sequoia (lead), True Ventures +1 | ||
| Series B+ · $90M | Nitesh Banta, Khosla Ventures, Daft Capital +5 | ||
| Seed · $10.5M · lead | TRAC, Rebel Fund, Convective Capital +6 | ||
| Series B+ · $200M | Baillie Gifford, Trousdale Ventures, Kinnevik (lead) +3 | ||
| Series A · $68M | Peak 6, Humboldt Fund, Fiscus Ventures +6 | ||
| Series A · $55M | SV Angel, Refactor, Future Ventures +6 |
How Fifty Years invests
Fifty Years portfolio companies
WWaferSeries A · Sep 2026
GGridware$55MSeries B+ · Nov 2025
VVarda$90MSeries B+ · Apr 2024
SSolugen$200MSeries B+ · Oct 2022
AAnsa Biotechnologies$68MSeries A · Apr 2022
664x Bio$55MSeries A · Jan 2022
MMeati Foods$28.2MSeries A · Sep 2020
OOctant Bio$30MSeries A · May 2020
AAstranis$90MSeries B+ · Feb 2020
RRad AI$4MSeed · Nov 2019
EElicitbacker
AAdaptionbacker
AAralez Biobacker
MMolten Industriesbacker
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FFarcastbacker
| Company | Round with Fifty Years | Total raised | Latest raise |
|---|---|---|---|
AI infrastructure and compute |
Series A | undisclosed | Sep 1, 2026 Series A |
Robotics and hardware |
Series B+ · $55M | $97.2M | Nov 19, 2025 Series B+ |
Health and bio |
Series B+ · $90M | $528M | Sep 30, 2026 Series B+ |
Health and bio |
Series B+ · $200M | $643.4M | Mar 17, 2026 Series B+ |
Health and bio |
Series A · $68M | $122.4M | Oct 1, 2025 Series B+ |
Health and bio |
Series A · $55M | $55M | Jan 19, 2022 Series A |
Commerce and retail |
Series A · $28.2M | $328.2M | May 10, 2024 Series B+ |
Health and bio |
Series A · $30M | $115M | Oct 23, 2025 Series B+ |
Robotics and hardware |
Series B+ · $90M | $853.5M | May 6, 2026 Series B+ |
Health and bio |
Seed · $4M | $155M | May 1, 2025 Series B+ |
| backer | $10.5M | Feb 27, 2025 Series A | |
| backer | $50M | Feb 4, 2026 Seed | |
Health and bio |
backer | $12M | Oct 31, 2024 Series A |
Climate and energy |
backer | $25M | Jun 20, 2024 Series A |
Health and bio |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Robotics and hardware |
backer | undisclosed | Apr 24, 2025 Series A |
Most frequent co-investors
YY Combinator6 shared rounds · last Sep 1, 2026RRefactor6 shared rounds · last Oct 31, 2022
LLowercarbon Capital4 shared rounds · last Nov 19, 2025
TTrue Ventures4 shared rounds · last Nov 19, 2025
CConvective Capital3 shared rounds · last Nov 19, 2025
LLiquid 2 Ventures3 shared rounds · last Jun 13, 2023
AAndreessen Horowitz3 shared rounds · last May 1, 2020
SSequoia2 shared rounds · last Nov 19, 2025
FFounders Fund2 shared rounds · last Apr 5, 2024
WWireframe Ventures2 shared rounds · last Jun 13, 2023
BBaillie Gifford2 shared rounds · last Oct 31, 2022
TTemasek2 shared rounds · last Oct 31, 2022
Similar investors
GGoldman Sachs Alternatives16 companies · 12 deals in 12 mo
MMaverick Ventures16 companies · 4 deals in 12 moBBling Capital16 companies · 3 deals in 12 mo
FForesite Capital16 companies · 3 deals in 12 mo
VVerve Ventures16 companies · 3 deals in 12 mo
MMolten Ventures17 companies · 5 deals in 12 mo
Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Manufacturing and industrial).
How this is counted
Firm profile: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.
Venture funds Fifty Years raised, from the list of new VC funds compiled by Shai Goldman (Brex). Each size links to the article that states it, or to that list where no article was found. All new funds: new VC funds.
Share is of the 16 rounds on Recent Funding that name Fifty Years. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.
Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists Fifty Years, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/fifty-years (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.