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Dana Watt

Investor

Partner at Breakout Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $1M – $5M checks · typically $2M

About

Partner at Breakout Ventures and a former diagnostics founder and Kauffman Fellow who focuses on how founders think and whether their science targets real-world inflection points.

Experience

  1. Breakout VenturesPartnercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. Breakout VenturesPrincipal2021 — 2023San Francisco, California, United States
  3. Kauffman FellowsFellow - Class 24current2019 — present
  4. Ascension VenturesSenior Investment Associate2019 — 2021St. Louis
  5. Ascension VenturesInvestment Associate2018 — 2019
  6. Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation and EntrepreneurshipPostdoctoral Fellow in Accelerated Innovation2016 — 2018Washington University in St. Louis
  7. Pro-Arc DiagnosticsCo-Founder2015 — 2018St. Louis
  8. Washington University School of MedicinePhD Candidate, Postdoctoral Researcher2010 — 2016St. Louis
  9. The BALSA GroupConsultant2015 — 2016St. Louis

Education

  1. Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Neurobiology and Neurosciences2010 — 2015
  2. Carthage CollegeBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Neurobiology and Neurosciences2006 — 2010

Skills & more

Cell Culture10Cell Biology12Molecular Biology11Western Blotting7Microscopy5Molecular Cloning5Entrepreneurial Organizations4Fluorescence Microscopy4Life Sciences4Science5Primary Research3Mammalian Cell Culture4
+7 moreResearchConfocal MicroscopyLaboratory SkillsGeneticsDissectionBiotechnologyBiochemistry

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