Investor profile

Fifty Years

Venture capital firm · San Francisco, USA · Founded 2018 · Active in 2026

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9 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #93 · 9 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026

Enterprise value ↑ 113% 5y

$18B

Unicorns ↑ 125% 5y

Decacorns → 5y

Thoroughbreds ↑ 125% 5y

Featured in #93Power Law Investor Ranking · Global · 2026 Top 1%by Seed → $100M+ revenue outcomes

Fifty Years is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, USA, founded in 2018. The page below shows 9 Power Law outcomes from Fifty Years's portfolio — 9 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 0 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Biotech & Life Sciences · Space · Food; top portfolio geographies are USA. Fifty Years ranks #93 globally in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Ranking by Seed → $100M+ revenue companies.

Portfolio analysis

The 9 Fifty Years Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue and above).

Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.

By countryCount

USA9

By sectorCount

Biotech & Life Sciences3
Space2
Food1
Fintech1
Other1
Other B2B Software1

By stage enteredCount

Series A1
Seed8

01 · Portfolio market map

Fifty Years's 9 Power Law outcomes.

Toggle between a sector landscape and a world map. Both views respond to the stage and outcome-tier filters. The faded names at the bottom of bigger boxes are part of the full list — click "+ N more" to reveal them.

Stage entered

Outcome tier

Region

Group by

9 of 9 Power Law outcomes

Logos hosted by Dealroom; click any chip to open the company in app.dealroom.co. The dot inside each chip shows the company's highest tier — red Gigacorn, violet Centicorn/Decacorn, lavender Unicorn, blue Thoroughbred, green Colt. Tiers are inclusive: a Unicorn (e.g. Klarna) also matches the Thoroughbred filter, a Decacorn also matches Unicorn and Thoroughbred, and so on up the ladder. Colt is a separate axis (high-growth, smaller revenue) and only matches itself. Map dots use the same colour code; hover for details. Sectors are mutually exclusive (priority-ordered classification). Stage entered = the round Fifty Years first invested in (where data is available — coverage 93%).

02 · Origin of portfolio founders

Where Fifty Years's founders come from — and where they study.

14 founders across the 9 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and Kik are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount

United States5

Germany4

New Zealand3

Japan1

Canada1

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UniversityCount

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg3

University of Otago2

University of Waterloo2

Massachusetts Institute of Technology2

Western University1

Stanford University1

Caltech1

Harvard University1

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Origin companyCount

Kik3

Microsoft2

SpaceX | xAI2

Tools for Humanity2

Zeus Living1

devsisters1

OpenAI1

SAP1

Planet Labs1

Wave Mobile Money1

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Origin = country a founder is born in or grew up in (founders may have multiple origins; counts include all entries). University = highest-listed degree. Origin company = a previous employer where the founder was tagged before starting their current company. Explore the full Sequoia infographic on Thoroughbreds & Unicorns →

03 · Key people

Key people at Fifty Years.

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04 · Compare with peers

How does Fifty Years stack up?

Fifty Years in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — filter by region or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of global unicorns minted that year — peaks reveal vintage years.

Compare against

Stage focus

Companies by entry stage and outcome tier

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors

Share of new unicorns per year

% of all global unicorns minted that year, year by year

Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset. Investors shown are the 2026 Power Law top 35 by combined entry-to-outcome score, drawn from the overview and locations_data sheets. Funnel-matrix axes rescale per-axis using the maximum among the currently selected investors, so the polygons always fill the chart for shape comparison.

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