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    Breakout Ventures

    San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2016

    Breakout Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that invests in science-driven companies across technology, biology, and chemistry sectors. The firm partners with exceptional founders scaling scientific innovation to build the breakout companies of the future.

    40% of their portfolio is in Biotech & Life Sciences. Their most common stage is seed (40% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $24.5M (across 24 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    24

    Fund Size

    $114M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Team

    JM

    Julia Moore

    Managing Partner

    LF

    Lindy Fishburne

    Managing Partner

    Dana Watt, PhD

    Dana Watt, PhD

    Partner

    Nima Ronaghi, PhD

    Nima Ronaghi, PhD

    Partner

    Susanna Harris, PhD

    Susanna Harris, PhD

    Director of Platform

    JC

    James Chan

    CFO

    Renée Shenton

    Renée Shenton

    Chief of Staff

    ZY

    Ziv Yoash

    Counsel

    Coco Krumme, PhD

    Coco Krumme, PhD

    Ilan Zipkin, PhD

    Ilan Zipkin, PhD

    Rebecca Nugent, PhD

    Rebecca Nugent, PhD

    Sridhar Iyengar, PhD

    Sridhar Iyengar, PhD

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    25 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    AAquaPoroSeed$5MJan 2026
    PHANTOM NEURO logoPHANTOM NEUROSeries A$19MApr 2025
    ENPLUSONE BIO logoENPLUSONE BIOSeed$10MFeb 2025
    Cytovale logoCytovaleSeries D$100MOct 2024
    ShiraTronics, Inc logoShiraTronics, IncSeries A$3MJan 2023
    PHANTOM NEURO logoPHANTOM NEUROSeed$6MOct 2022
    SStadium Live Studios, Inc.Series A$10MJul 2022
    Beam Dental logoBeam DentalSeries E$80MMar 2021
    Beam Benefits logoBeam BenefitsSeries E$80MMar 2021
    IMMUSOFT logoIMMUSOFTSeries B$20MJan 2019
    Summersalt logoSummersaltSeries A$6MOct 2018
    OOars + AlpsSeed$1.3MJun 2017
    33scanSeries B$14MJul 2016
    Modern Meadow logoModern MeadowSeries B$40MJun 2016
    Interior Define logoInterior DefineUnknown
    A-Alpha Bio logoA-Alpha BioSeed$22.4M
    Cortexyme logoCortexymeSeries A$15M
    Phylagen logoPhylagenSeries A$14M
    PASSKEY THERAPEUTICS logoPASSKEY THERAPEUTICSSeed$20M
    SURF BIO logoSURF BIOSeed$16M
    PassKey logoPassKeySeed$20M
    Canaery logoCanaerySeed$4M
    EnPlusOne Biosciences logoEnPlusOne BiosciencesUnknown$10M
    PParthenon TherapeuticsSeries A$65M
    Copernic logoCopernicSeed$8M

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    Last updated: 8 September 2026