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Rebecca Nugent
InvestorVenture Partner at Breakout Ventures · Venture Partner at Breakout Labs
San Diego Metropolitan Area
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About
Rebecca Nugent is an Operating Partner at Breakout Ventures who specializes in commercializing research across life science tools, biotech, and pharmaceuticals. She has a background in translating technical competencies into commercial products and businesses, with a track record that includes 40+ commercialized products, 15+ partnerships, and contributions to patent and publication records. Her work focuses on the intersection of innovation and commercialization within the life sciences sector.
Experience
- Breakout VenturesOperating Partnercurrent2026 — present
- Breakout VenturesVenture Partner2024 — 2026
- Decycle BioFractional CSO, Advisorcurrent2025 — present
- Engineering Biology Research ConsortiumPresident, Board of Directorscurrent2022 — present
- Tessera TherapeuticsVP, High Throughput Operations2023 — 2024
- Synthego CorporationVP, Platform Research2021 — 2023
- Twist BioscienceSr. Director, BioPharma Product Strategy2021
- Twist BioscienceDirector, Product Research2019 — 2021
- Twist BioscienceDirector, Synthetic Biology2018 — 2019
- Twist BioscienceSenior Manager, Synthetic Biology2018
- Twist BioscienceSenior Research Scientist/R&D Manager2017 — 2018
- Twist BioscienceResearch Scientist2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- Sapphire Energy Inc.Staff Scientist2013 — 2015
- Total Gas & Power LtdBiotechnology Research Scientist2012 — 2013
- New England BiolabsPost Doctoral Fellow in Restriction Enzymes2010 — 2012
- University of Southern CaliforniaPostdoctoral Research Associate2010
- PfizerBioanalytical Intern2003 — 2004
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- Who is Rebecca Nugent?
- Rebecca Nugent is an Operating Partner at Breakout Ventures who specializes in commercializing research across life science tools, biotech, and pharmaceuticals. She has a background in translating technical competencies into commercial products and businesses, with a track record that includes 40+ commercialized products, 15+ partnerships, and contributions to patent and publication records. Her work focuses on the intersection of innovation and commercialization within the life sciences sector.
- Where does Rebecca Nugent work?
- Rebecca Nugent is Venture Partner at Breakout Ventures.
- Where did Rebecca Nugent go to school?
- Rebecca Nugent studied at University of Southern California (Ph.D, Molecular and Computational Biology); University of Michigan (B.S, Cellular Molecular Biology); University of Southern California (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Molecular Biology).
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Also worked at Engineering Biology Research Consortium1
Also worked at Sapphire Energy Inc.7
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Also worked at Total Gas & Power Ltd79
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