5050 Information

5050 is the leading curriculum for scientists and engineers becoming deep tech founders. 445 researchers have gone through the program. Alumni founded 100 companies like Plasmidsaurus, Digital Biology, Clippership, Medra, Type III, and dozens more building things civilization needs. 95% of alumni who start companies successfully raise their seed round. 5050 is free. No equity. No fees. No weird clauses. We run 4 cohorts a year in the US and UK. It's for PhDs, postdocs, and engineers from research labs and deep tech companies who are ready to explore the startup path. Whether you're validating an idea, ready to build, or still figuring out if there's a company worth pursuing. The program is run by Fifty Years, a pre-seed and seed firm that's backed over 130 deep tech companies from their earliest days, some of which have become unicorns.