Breakout Labs portfolio company Pareto Biotechnologies was in the media spotlight this week. In the March 11 edition of Newsweek, author David Ferry spoke with a number of scientists who…
Last year, the Volkswagen Foundation (VWF) in Hanover, Germany, started a new funding program — Experiment! — to support out-of-the-box science.
Yesterday, the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute hosted a “lunch and learn” session for members of the Yale community who were interested in learning more about Breakout Labs. Our scientific director spoke about the program to an audience that included faculty, postdocs, angel…
Thank you to everyone who joined us last week for Unboxing 2015 — another awesome event with a fantastic turnout from our community. From Peter and Sonia’s kickoff discussing the challenges of science entrepreneurship to the showcases from our companies, it was inspiring to have…
Bay Area startups CytoVale and Pareto Biotechnologies are the newest additions to the Thiel Foundation’s portfolio of early-stage, groundbreaking scientific companies.
On Monday, we had the pleasure of hosting Stephanie Lee, staff writer for the San Francisco Chronicle at our offices in the Presidio. Stephanie is the new biotech beat reporter, covering everything from early start-ups to big pharma. She asked some great…
We recently had the opportunity to host Alicia Jackson, Deputy Director of the newly launched (April 2014) Biological Technologies Office, at our offices in the Presidio. The BTO is one of 7 offices at DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), whose…
