Seth Bannon, one of the founding partners of US VC Fifty Years, which is bringing its deeptech company builder 5050 to the UK with research agency ARIA.

Interview

February 5, 2025

The deeptech company builder with a ‘flavour of YC’ coming to the UK

US VC Fifty Years is bringing its company builder to the UK with funding from innovation agency ARIA — and it wants hundreds of scientists through its doors

Tom Nugent

8 min read

British brains have invented a lot of things over the years — penicillin, DNA’s double helix and the World Wide Web — but they haven’t always been so good at turning those discoveries into moneymakers. 

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Participants in 5050's deeptech company builder playing a team game
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One of the participants in 5050's deeptech company builder doing an ice bath.
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Tom Nugent

Tom Nugent is Sifted’s managing editor. He covers robotics, chips and university spinouts. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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