Seth Bannon

Founding Partner at Fifty Years

San Francisco, California

Overview

Seth Bannon is a San Francisco-based Founder and investor known for using technology to address global challenges. With a background in social entrepreneurship and leadership, he has successfully founded companies like Amicus, Inc. and invested in impactful startups such as Solugen and Astranis, focusing on sectors like BioTech, AgTech, and CleanTech. Bannon's career highlights include founding and leading Amicus, Inc., as well as investing in companies like Solugen and Astranis, demonstrating a strong commitment to leveraging technology for social impact and sustainability. His expertise in social entrepreneurship and leadership has enabled him to make a significant impact in the startup ecosystem, particularly in the areas of diagnostics, chemicals, and health IT.

Work Experience

Fifty Years

Founding Partner
2015 - Current
Seed fund backing entrepreneurs solving the world's biggest problems with technology. Read about us here: https://www.fastcoexist.com/3063874/this-new-silicon-valley-vc-firm-wants-to-fund-solutions-to-the-worlds-biggest-problems There’s a sea change coming in business as big as the shift from desktop to the cloud, or from web to mobile. Fifty Years supports the entrepreneurs heralding in the new economic renaissance. Read our view here: http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/02/impact-is-the-new-mobile/

Amicus, Inc.

Founder and CEO
2011 - 2017
Startup to enable nonprofits and political campaigns to turn their supporters into fundraisers and advocates. YC S12, raised from Founders Fund & others. Used by Human Rights Campaign, AFL-CIO, the National Education Association, Greenpeace, & more. Helped power the first campaigns that won marriage equality at the ballot box: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/11/the-social-network-effect-that-is-helping-legalize-gay-marriage/265793/

Amicus allows non-profit organizations to turn their supporters into advocates and fundraisers.

Raised $3,780,000.00 from NYC Seed, Primary Venture Partners, Esther Dyson, Quotidian Ventures, Alexis Ohanian, Pathfinder, 500 Global, Omidyar Network, RRE Ventures and Tabreez Verjee.

amicushq.com