NEWS
Recent press, public appearances, and other 50Y news
Seth discussed the future of sustainable food in a fireside chat along with Peter Verstrate, the founder of Mosa Meats, Päivi Juolahti from Fazer and Mattias Lepp from Click and Grow.
In their write-up on Katapult Future Fest, Forbes mentioned Fifty Years with some shout-outs to a few of our incredible companies.
“Watch Fifty Years closely, they might just be the soul Silicon Valley needs right now.”
Seth gave a keynote about Cellular Agriculture at Katapult Future Fest in Oslo on May 15th.
At the Global Conference 2018 by Milken Institute, Ela was a part of the Trends in Venture Capital panel, sharing her insights about the future of impact investing and Fifty Years’ mission. The conference brings together more than 4000 attendees annually, all senior decision-makers in their field.
Ela, Al Gore, and Uma Valeti, the founder of Memphis Meats in Milken Global Conference
Seth and Ela hosted a deep dive Impact.Tech Seminar on Quantum Computing. The seminar was taught by Will Zeng, a quantum theorist and Head of Quantum Cloud Services at Rigetti Computing, one of the leading quantum computing companies in the world. Will gave a comprehensive summary of the quantum computing scene. Jeremy Witner (a PhD Candidate from Stanford in the field of Applied Physics) then then took over the scene to "raise the curtain" on quantum internet research.
Both Seth & Ela were invited to give keynote talks about impact investing and the work that we do at Fifty Years, for the third year in a row, at this Europe's biggest tech festival (17,500 participants). Ela also judged a science pitches competition at Slush.org, taking a seat among an impressive group of academics.
Watch Ela and Seth's talks:
During the Future Investment Initiative conference in Saudi Arabia, Maria Bartimoro from Fox Business interviewed one of our founding partners - Seth.
Seth was speaking at the Future Investment Initiative. His talk "Voices Of Tomorrow:
How Is The Next Generation Reshaping Business, Culture, Investment, and Society?" opened the second day of the conference.
Seth was keynoting and judging at the Berkeley semi-finals of Smogathon - a global competition for smog fighting innovations.
One of our portfolio companies, Memphis Meats, just announced their Series A financing. They raised $17 million from investors including DFJ, Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Cargill and Fifty Years. TechCrunch covered the funding announcement and interviewed one of our founding partners - Seth.
The CNBC published article about the so called 'vegan mafia', including interview with one of our founding partners - Seth.
Bannon and his co-founder Ela Madej are both vegans, but stress that they're not in it purely for philanthropic reasons.
"The case for giving up meat is clear: There's a health case, an environmental case," he said. "But we have largely given up on education as a tool for convincing people."
Seth and Ela hosted a deep dive Impact.Tech seminar on cellular agriculture by Dr Liz Specht from Good Food Institute. At Y Combinator Research in San Francisco, a small group of investors and entrepreneurs studied the current landscape of cellular agriculture industry, as well as the biggest challenges and opportunities.
Harry Stebbings, the host of The Twenty Minute VC podcast, interviewed Seth about our mission, strategy, the ongoing deep tech explosion, and our deep belief that much of Silicon Valley's talent is currently going to waste.
Seth was judging The Velocity Fund Finals. Top 10 early stage startups from Waterloo area and top 10 student projects from University Of Waterloo competed for equity free grants.
Seth and Ela hosted a deep dive Impact.Tech seminar on the science of aging by Martin Borch Jensen from Buck Institute for Research on Aging. At Y Combinator Research in San Francisco, a small group of investors and entrepreneurs learned about the biological processes behind aging, and the current landscape of anti-aging research.
Ela and Seth were both invited as emerging technology leaders to the annual Northern Light summit by The European Business Leaders’ Convention (EBLC) that gathers 150 top business leaders, scientists and innovators.
Ela & Seth were both speaking on the main stage of the Pioneers Festival in Vienna sharing the vision of Fifty Years and talking about using technology to solve the world's biggest problems.
Ela was also a judge in the Pioneers Challenge startup competition finale, choosing the winners from 8 finalists selected out of over 4000 applications.
Watch Seth and Ela's talks:
At the Katapult Future Fest in Oslo, Seth gave a talk on how exponential technologies will shape the future of capitalism.
At the Global Conference 2017 by Milken Institute, Dr. Uma Valeti, the CEO & co-founder of our portfolio company Memphis Meats, participated in a panel focusing on alternative protein sources disrupting the future of food. The conference gathered 3500 attendees from 50 countries, all senior decision makers in their field. Ela had an opportunity to present before of them, talking about the future of impact investing and Fifty Years’ mission.
Watch the interview with Dr. Uma Valeti, the CEO & co-founder of Memphis Meats:
At the National Food Policy Conference organised by Consumer Federation of America in Washington, Seth was part of a panel about the food industry disruptors.
