Where does Seth Bannon work?

Seth Bannon is General Partner at Fifty Years and Founder at Solugen.

What check size does Seth Bannon write?

Seth Bannon typically writes checks of $250K – $2M.

Seth Bannon

InvestorFounder

General Partner at Fifty Years · Board director at Solugen

San Francisco, California

Writes $250K – $2M checks · typically $1M

FoundedSolugen · YC

About

Seth Bannon is a General Partner and founding partner at seed fund Fifty Years, where his early-stage investments include Upside Foods (cultured meat), Solugen (enzyme-based industrial chemicals), and Astranis (small satellites for internet coverage). He previously founded and led Amicus, a Y Combinator-backed startup, and co-founded Impact.Tech, a community for entrepreneurs pairing purpose with profit. He has twice been named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Social Entrepreneurship.

Invests in

AgTechAI & Machine LearningBiotechClimate TechCloud ComputingConsumerCrypto & Web3Deep TechE-commerceEdTechEnterprise SoftwareFintechFoodTechFuture of WorkGamingGovTechHardwareHealthtechInsurTechMarketplacesMedical DevicesRoboticsSaaSSpace Tech

Board director at Solugen YC W17

Intro paths

Seth went through Y Combinator (Winter 2017) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Solugen's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Seth can intro founders to Solugen's investors below.

Solugen's investors · 29

Aera VCSingapore · $25K – $5M checks Baillie GiffordEdinburgh · since 2021 BlackRockWilmington · since 2021 BoxGroupNew York · $1M checks Canada Growth FundMontreal · since 2026 Cantos VenturesSan Francisco · $400K – $1.5M checks CarbonAmsterdam · $100K checks · since 2021 Congruent VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks CrunchFund Fifty YearsSan Francisco · $250K – $2M checks · since 2021 Founders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks · since 2019 FundersClubSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checks GICSingapore · since 2021 Harpoon VenturesSan Diego · $100K – $5M checks Jude GomilaLynnwood KdT VenturesAustin · $500K – $3M checks KinnevikStockholm Liquid VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checks LOWERCARBONJackson · $1M – $50M checks Lowercarbon CapitalNew York · $100K – $5M checks · since 2021 Meron CapitalTel Aviv MetaplanetTallinn · $500K – $10M checks Next Legacy PartnersPortola Valley Prelude VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks Refactor CapitalBurlingame · $1M – $2M checks Ruvento Ventures Pte Ltd.Singapore · $100K – $500K checks Trousdale VenturesWest Hollywood · $1M – $5M checks Tuesday CapitalSan Francisco Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2017

Co-founders at Solugen

Sean HuntFounder/CTO

Gaurab ChakrabartiFounder

Experience

Fifty YearsFounding Partnercurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Amicus, Inc.Founder and CEO2011 — 2016Greater New York City Area
Ned For CTOperations Director2010
Citizens for Alan KhazeiOperations Director2009
Obama for AmericaOrganizer2008Ohio
Obama for AmericaMA Deputy State Coordinator, Students for Barack Obama2008
Ned Lamont for SenateOrganizer2006

Education

Harvard UniversityExtension School
Guilford High School
Y CombinatorS122012

Skills & more

Social Entrepreneurship31Community Organizing14Fundraising33Entrepreneurship32Non-profits13Politics56Start-ups14Product Development7Nonprofits11Angel Investing3Strategic Communications9Political Campaigns8

+8 more

Volunteer ManagementCommunity OutreachSocial MediaSocial NetworkingStrategic PartnershipsLeadershipPublic SpeakingStrategy

From Seth's professional profile.

Deals · 1

SolugenBoard seat

via Fifty Years · filed Nov 2018 · $18.8M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Fifty Years

Ale Borda

Head of 5050 at Fifty Years

Alex Teng

Partner at Fifty Years

Ania Scigalska

Chief of Staff to Seth Bannon at Fifty Years

D. Scott Phoenix

Partner at Fifty Years

Drew Moxon

Head of Platform and Product at Fifty Years

Ela Madej

Founding Partner at Fifty Years

Joe Fox

Engineer at Fifty Years

Kasia Bojanowska

Designer at Fifty Years

Network2

Andrew Steinwold

Managing Partner at Fermion

Ela Madej

Founding Partner at Fifty Years

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

Frequently asked questions

Where does Seth Bannon work?: Seth Bannon is General Partner at Fifty Years and Founder at Solugen.
What does Seth Bannon invest in?: Seth Bannon invests in AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Climate Tech, Cloud Computing, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Deep Tech, E-commerce, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, FoodTech, Future of Work, Gaming, GovTech, Hardware, Healthtech, InsurTech, Marketplaces, Medical Devices, Robotics, SaaS, Space Tech.
What check size does Seth Bannon write?: Seth Bannon typically writes checks of $250K – $2M.
What companies did Seth Bannon found?: Seth Bannon founded Solugen.