Dana Watt | A Neuroscientist's Guide to Starting a Company

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Dana Watt | A Neuroscientist's Guide to Starting a Company
Dana is a Partner at Breakout Ventures, where she drives the firm’s seed investment strategy and supports company founders as they achieve commercialization milestones. She has led due diligence on notable Breakout investments, including Canaery, Phantom Neuro, and Vitra Labs. Dana’s doctoral research culminated in her co-founding a molecular diagnostics spinout company. Dana’s involvement in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in St. Louis continued as she joined the university's entrepreneurship center to institutionalize support for SBIR/STTR-funded spinouts. Before joining Breakout in 2021, Dana was a Senior Investment Associate for the strategic healthcare venture fund Ascension Ventures. Dana has nurtured a robust professional network through her mentorship activities and engagement as a Kauffman Fellow. She holds a PhD in cellular and molecular neurosciences from Washington University in St. Louis.
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