Nima Ronaghi is a Partner at Breakout Ventures with a PhD-to-investor path from organic chemistry at Georgia Tech. He focuses on supporting scientist founders and building syndicates.

What Nima 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. Georgia Tech · organic chemist
  2. Breakout Ventures · Partner
    Now

Focus

scientist founderssyndicate buildingventure capitalsciencetechnology

Education

Georgia Tech, PhD

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Questions

Who is Nima Ronaghi?

Nima Ronaghi is a Partner at Breakout Ventures with a PhD-to-investor path from organic chemistry at Georgia Tech. He focuses on supporting scientist founders and building syndicates.

How much does Nima Ronaghi invest?

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

How do I pitch Nima Ronaghi?

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

What did Nima Ronaghi do before Breakout Ventures?

organic chemist at Georgia Tech.

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