The companies I admire most are companies that relish hard questions. The companies that pair 'how' with 'can we?'...
How can we use micro-robots to make macro-advances in biology?
How can we manufacture materials in space that have big impact on earth?
How can we harness the wind to radically reduce the emissions that enter our atmosphere?
“What we have before us are breathtaking opportunities disguised as insoluble problems”
50 Years is a company that is always searching - for new solutions, new technologies, and new founders to back. And when you find those founders? The arc of history bends for the better.
As an expert in designing and building deep tech startups, I also relish the “hows” of civilisation-scale innovation. After seeing your ‘5050 UK Program Lead’ opportunity, I knew I had to write.
I believe I’m uniquely positioned to become an indispensable member of the 50Y team for a few key reasons:
As the first commercial hire at Modern Synthesis, a biotech startup producing alt-leathers, I’m fluent in the language of PhD founders (read: know how to get their innovations out of the lab and into customer invoices)
As a former deeptech venture builder, I have a proven ability to quickly understand and commercialise complex technologies - and I delight in supporting the entrepreneurs that create them.
As a graduate of Oxford’s Saïd Business School and an entrepreneurship mentor for the UCL Bio-ID programme and London Business School, I can tap into critical UK talent networks to quickly make the 5050 programme a success
For more information on how my skills and work ethic can benefit 50Y, please continue to explore my curated website, LinkedIn, and portfolio.
With plenty of gratitude,
SARAH WEST YOUNG