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Breakout Ventures

San Francisco, CA · Invests in US; Europe · Website

Pre-SeedSeedSeries AAI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsHealthcare & BiotechRoboticsHardware & DevicesFrontier TechBiotech & Life SciencesHealthcare & Digital HealthDeveloper Tools & InfrastructureRobotics & Automation

Thesis

The era of transformational science is here. Life sciences and industrial markets are being reshaped by founders who move fast and build at the intersection of biology, chemistry, computation, and AI. This is a step-change in how science becomes solutions. We back bold founders who go beyond solving technical problems to redefine entire markets.

Likely not a fit for

No consumer apps, non-technical founding teams, or companies where science is secondary. No incremental progress or beautiful experiments without real-world applications.

How they invest

Lead or follow
Usually leads
Typical decision
~2 weeks
Warm intro
Preferred
Involvement
Takes a board seat
Fund status
Actively deploying
Assets under mgmt
$230M
Decision process
Partnership vote

Partners & team

8 contacts on file

LM

Lindy Morris Fishburne

General PartnerManaging Partner & Co-Founder · Primary contact

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JM

Julia Moore

General PartnerManaging Partner & Co-Founder

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DW

Dana Watt

PartnerPartner, PhD

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NR

Nima Ronaghi

PartnerPartner, PhD

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JC

James Chan

Platform & OpsCFO

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ZY

Ziv Yoash

Counsel

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RS

Renée Shenton

Platform & OpsChief of Staff

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SH

Susanna Harris

Platform & OpsDirector of Platform, PhD

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Portfolio

Epana BioBiotech Life Sciences

Epana Bio focuses on treating autoimmune diseases by targeting their cellular origin, utilizing genomics and AI to develop tailored therapies.

NoetikEcommerce Marketplaces

Noetik is a comprehensive search directory platform that provides resources across multiple industries and topics, focusing on e-commerce and consumer products.

EnPlusOne BioBiotech Life Sciences

EnPlusOne Bio is a biotechnology company focused on enhancing RNA therapeutics through an innovative enzymatic platform that allows for unrestricted synthesis and manufacturing of RNA, enabling access to a broader design space with novel modifications.

CytovaleHealthcare Digital

Cytovale develops an innovative medical device for the rapid diagnosis of sepsis, utilizing their proprietary IntelliSep technology.

ImmusoftBiotech Life Sciences

Immusoft is the world leader in the development of B cells as biofactories for therapeutic protein delivery, pioneering a novel approach called Immune System Programming (ISP™) to program B cells to produce personalized protein therapeutics for patients with rare diseases.

Vitra Labs
ZymoChemClimate Clean Energy

ZymoChem manufactures bio-based products with increased yields, utilizing proprietary Carbon Conserving (C2) microbes to convert renewable feedstocks into high-value materials. The company focuses on creating sustainable materials for hygiene, textiles, plastics, and coatings, aiming for a fossil-free future.

A-Alpha BioBiotech Life Sciences

A-Alpha Bio is a biotechnology company harnessing synthetic biology and machine learning to measure, predict, and engineer protein-protein interactions. Their platforms, AlphaSeq and AlphaBind, enable the rapid and quantitative measurement of millions of protein-protein binding affinities and predict binding strength from sequence.

Passkey TherapeuticsBiotech Life Sciences

Passkey Therapeutics is focused on transforming pharmaceutical R&D by leveraging biological complexity to develop synergistic multifunctional therapeutics (SMThs) that target multiple biological pathways simultaneously.

CanaeryBiotech Life Sciences

Canaery is developing the world’s first nose-computer interface (NCI) that combines the natural sense of smell with advanced neurotechnology and artificial intelligence to interpret scents for various applications, including detection of contraband and disease diagnostics.

TwelveClimate Clean Energy

Twelve is a carbon transformation company that converts captured carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals, fuels, and other essential products typically made from fossil fuels.

Parallel BioBiotech Life Sciences

Using immune organoids and AI to design drugs that work in people from the start, delivering safe and effective therapies without the need for traditional clinical trials.

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Breakout Ventures Research Executive Summary Breakout Ventures is a science-focused venture capital firm investing in founders who are leveraging the intersection of biology, chemistry, computation, and AI to create transformational breakthroughs. With three funds totaling approximately $••+ in AUM ($•• Fund I in 2017, $•• Fund II in 2021, and Fund III), Breakout has established itself as a

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