Dana Watt is a partner at Breakout Ventures and a former diagnostics founder. She focuses on investing in teams that address real-world inflection points and values long-term relationships.

What Dana can write

Writes checks of$500K to $10M
Comes in atPre-seed, Seed, Series ACan lead the round
Email the firm[email protected]The firm's own inbox for founders.

Breakout Ventures writes $500K to $10M checks, larger than 71% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Washington University in St. Louis · graduate student
  2. University entrepreneurship center
  3. Ascension Ventures
  4. Breakout Ventures · Partner
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Investments named in public bios

PasskeyPhantom NeuroVitra Labs

Focus

diagnosticsbiotechhealthcarecreative bioscienceshealthcare providers

Education

Washington University in St. Louis, PhD in cellular and molecular neurosciences

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Questions

Who is Dana Watt?

Dana Watt is a partner at Breakout Ventures and a former diagnostics founder. She focuses on investing in teams that address real-world inflection points and values long-term relationships.

How much does Dana Watt invest?

Dana Watt invests through Breakout Ventures, which writes checks of $500K to $10M at pre-seed, seed, series a.

How do I pitch Dana Watt?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Dana in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Breakout Ventures backed works better.

What did Dana Watt do before Breakout Ventures?

graduate student at Washington University in St. Louis; University entrepreneurship center; Ascension Ventures.

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