Where does Ela Madej work?

Ela Madej is Founder of Credictive and Founding Partner at Fifty Years.

What check size does Ela Madej write?

Ela Madej typically writes checks of $250K – $2M.

What companies has Ela Madej invested in?

Investments tracked here include Astranis, Solugen, Upside Foods.

Where did Ela Madej go to school?

Ela Madej studied at University of Birmingham (Erasmus exchange, BA); Y Combinator (Technology Entrepreneurship); Krakow University of Economics (MA program (dropped out), Controlling in Finance Management).

Ela Madej

InvestorFounder

Founding Partner at Fifty Years · Founder at Credictive

San Francisco

Writes $250K – $2M checks

FoundedCredictive · YC

Find your path to Ela

306 people in our graph share verified history with Ela — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Garry TanunlockedEla: together at Y Combinator (2012)

×4Ela: together at Y Combinator

Ela: together at Krakow University of Economics

×6Ela: together at University of Birmingham

About

Serial entrepreneur and investor.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

e•••@fifty.vcreveal

Invests in

AgTechAI & Machine LearningBiotechClimate TechCloud ComputingConsumerCrypto & Web3Deep TechEdTechEnterprise SoftwareFintechFoodTechFuture of WorkGamingGovTechHardwareHealthtechInsurTechIoTMarketplacesMedical DevicesSaaS

Founder at Credictive YC S12

Intro paths

Ela went through Y Combinator (Summer 2012) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Ela can intro founders to Credictive's investors below.

Credictive's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2012

Co-founders at Credictive

Mariusz LusiakFounder

Joanna SochaFounder

Experience

Fifty YearsFounding Partnercurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Burning Man ProjectLead Artist of the 2023 Burning Man Temple2023
Impact.techCo-Founder2015 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
Innovation NestPartner2014 — 2016New York City Metropolitan Area
European Rails Conference RailsberryCo-Founder2011 — 2013Krakow, Poland
ApplicakeCo-Founder & CEO2006 — 2013Kraków, Mazowieckie, Poland
Base CRMCo-Founder of Base CRM, acquired by Zendesk2009 — 2013Mountain View, CA

Skills & more

Product Development41Online Marketing28Strategic Leadership30Very Loud Laughter9Creative Problem Solving17Creative Concept Development1Team Management19Team Leadership27Online Advertising34Ruby on Rails61Start-ups99Ruby24

+12 more

Mobile ApplicationsE-commerceWeb ApplicationsUser ExperienceBusiness StrategyMobile DevicesEntrepreneurshipTest Driven DevelopmentMySQLjQueryJavaScriptCSS

Languages English · German · Polish · Spanish

From Ela's professional profile.

Investments

Investor

AstranisSolugenUpside Foods

Per curated public sources.

Colleagues at Fifty Years

Ale Borda

Head of 5050 at Fifty Years

Alex Teng

Partner at Fifty Years

D. Scott Phoenix

Partner at Fifty Years

Drew Moxon

Head of Platform and Product at Fifty Years

Elzbieta Madej

General Partner at Fifty Years

Joe Fox

Engineer at Fifty Years

Josh Santos

Founder at Noya

Kasia Bojanowska

Designer at Fifty Years

Network8

Brad BurnhamScout

Partner at Union Square Ventures (USV)

Charlie SonghurstScout

Sr. Venture Partner at Acequia Capital (AceCap)

Diogo MónicaScout

Co-founder at Anchorage Digital

Aaron Harris

Investor

Chris Castiglione

Investor at Fifty Years

Mack Luby

Associate Partner at Mystic Ventures

Rebecca Kaden

General Partner at Union Square Ventures (USV)

Seth Bannon

Founding Partner at Fifty Years

Investors connected to Ela in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ela Madej?: Serial entrepreneur and investor.
Where does Ela Madej work?: Ela Madej is Founder of Credictive and Founding Partner at Fifty Years.
What does Ela Madej invest in?: Ela Madej invests in AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Climate Tech, Cloud Computing, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Deep Tech, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, FoodTech, Future of Work, Gaming, GovTech, Hardware, Healthtech, InsurTech, IoT, Marketplaces, Medical Devices, SaaS.
What check size does Ela Madej write?: Ela Madej typically writes checks of $250K – $2M.
What companies did Ela Madej found?: Ela Madej founded Credictive.
What companies has Ela Madej invested in?: Investments tracked here include Astranis, Solugen, Upside Foods.
Where did Ela Madej go to school?: Ela Madej studied at University of Birmingham (Erasmus exchange, BA); Y Combinator (Technology Entrepreneurship); Krakow University of Economics (MA program (dropped out), Controlling in Finance Management).