# Dana Watt

> Dana Watt is a seed investor at Breakout Ventures backing Therapeutics and Biotechnology. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Breakout Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breakoutventures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-watt-phd/

Dana Watt is a seed investor at Breakout Ventures in San Francisco focused on Therapeutics and Biotechnology. Dana Watt is the Principal at Breakout Ventures. She is a former Senior Investment Associate at Ascension Ventures. She attended Washington University School Of Medicine and Carthage College.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Therapeutics | 1 | 100% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 100% |
| Pharmaceutical | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passkey | Passkey Therapeutics is pioneering a new class of medicines, Synergistic Multifunctional Therapeutics (SMThs). It is designed to address complex diseases by targeting rare combinations of proteins that work together. | $20M | Seed | Oct 22, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alexandria Venture Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexandria-venture-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bison Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bison-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GRIDS Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grids-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Innovation Endeavors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovation-endeavors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Wireframe Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wireframevc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Breakout Ventures

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Breakout Ventures is a new, early stage fund that backs bold scientist entrepreneurs working at the intersections of technology, biology, materials, and energy.

4 contacts available at Breakout Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dana Watt | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dana-watt-aeb1 |
| Lindy Fishburne | Managing Partner & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lindy-fishburne |
| Nima Ronaghi | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nima-ronaghi-2539 |
| Renee Shenton | Head of Community | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/renee-shenton |

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## FAQ

### What does Dana Watt invest in?

Dana Watt invests primarily in Therapeutics, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Dana Watt last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Dana Watt closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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