# Breakout Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Breakout Ventures is a vc firm based in Canada. 5 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Breakout Ventures

Last cheque observed Aug 2026; 5 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $102M, Mar 2026 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A In Vitro Diagnostics Grid Recycling

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**100%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 5 on record

Since the last cheque **66** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$15M** Cheque size, as they say **$300K – $5.0M** Rounds led **0 of 5** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## Breakout Ventures highlights

- 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 100% of its rounds

## What they do

> Breakout Ventures Launches Fund III with $114M to Continue Building the Future Powered by Science From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $300K – $5.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** In Vitro Diagnostics Grid Recycling
- **Based in:** San Francisco, Canada
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **5 appearances**

- **2026** 1 round
- **Aug** **[Transfyr](https://millionrounds.com/company/transfyr)** Seed · US · TechStartups **$25M** With 8 others
- **2024** 1 round
- **Aug** **[Noetik](https://millionrounds.com/company/noetik)** Series A · US · Firms' own news pages **$40M** With 12 others
- **2022** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Phantom Neuro](https://millionrounds.com/company/phantom-neuro)** Seed · US · Firms' own news pages **$6.0M** With 4 others
- **2019** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[Cytovale](https://millionrounds.com/company/cytovale)** US · FinSMEs **$15M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Phylagen](https://millionrounds.com/company/phylagen)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$14M** With 9 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **5 named**

JT **Juila T Moore** Managing member of Breakout Ventures Associates II, LLC, the General Partner i Filing they signed

JC **Julia Caitlin Thies** Managing Member i Form ADV

JT **Julia T Moore** Managing member of Breakout Ventures Associates II, LLC, the General Partner i Filing they signed

LF **Lindy Fishburne** Manager of Breakout Ventures Associates III, LLC, the General Partner i Filing they signed

LM **Lynn Morris Fishburne** Managing member of Breakout Ventures Associates II, LLC, the General Partner i Filing they signed

We also hold **11** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$290M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Breakout Management, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 286227

Who backs their funds

## 3 LPs on record in Breakout Ventures's funds

- **Funds:** 1

The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies. Source: fund news.

- [**The Kraft Group** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-kraft-group) Fund Vintage Committed Breakout Ventures Fund III - -
- [**Pinegrove Venture Partners** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pinegrove-venture-partners) Fund Vintage Committed Breakout Ventures Fund III - -
- [**S-Cubed Capital** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/s-cubed-capital) Fund Vintage Committed Breakout Ventures Fund III - -

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**16** of 24 we have independently watched raise

[A-ALPHA BIO Discovering](https://millionrounds.com/company/a-alpha-bio)[CELLCHORUS Investigating single-cell](https://millionrounds.com/company/cellchorus)[COPERNIC CATALYSTS Designing](https://millionrounds.com/company/copernic-catalysts)[CYTOVALE Combining hardware](https://millionrounds.com/company/cytovale)[Checkerspot](https://millionrounds.com/company/checkerspot)[ECOVATIVE DESIGN Driving](https://millionrounds.com/company/ecovative-design)[GENERAL SENSE Decoding](https://millionrounds.com/company/general-sense)[Immusoft](https://millionrounds.com/company/immusoft)[NOETIK Training foundation](https://millionrounds.com/company/noetik)[PARALLEL BIO Putting](https://millionrounds.com/company/parallel)[PHANTOM NEURO Bringing](https://millionrounds.com/company/phantom-neuro)[SHIRATRONICS Defeating migraines](https://millionrounds.com/company/shiratronics)[STRM.BIO Harnessing extracellular](https://millionrounds.com/company/strm)[SURF BIO •](https://millionrounds.com/company/surf-bio)[TWELVE Transforming carbon](https://millionrounds.com/company/twelve)[ZYMOCHEM Increasing performance](https://millionrounds.com/company/zymochem) ATOMETRA Automating chemical CONSTELLATION Building foundation ENPLUSONE BIO Harnessing EPANA BIO Advancing INVESTORS MODERN MEADOW Innovating REACH INDUSTRIES Establishing VITRA LABS Reimagining

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

New fund on file

**$102M**

raised in Mar 2026

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$15M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 5 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $300K – $5.0M
- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Aug 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *2*
- Series A said *2*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Series B said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Blackhorn Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackhorn-ventures) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Breakout Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Blackhorn Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackhorn-ventures)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Breakout Ventures put money into.

[**Transfyr** $25M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/transfyr)[**Noetik** $40M · Aug 2024](https://millionrounds.com/company/noetik)[**Phantom Neuro** $6.0M · Oct 2022](https://millionrounds.com/company/phantom-neuro)[**Cytovale** $15M · Oct 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/cytovale)[**Phylagen** $14M · Feb 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/phylagen)

## Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Breakout Ventures in their description, not their title.

- [StrictlyVC Download](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/strictlyvc-download) 6 Mar 2021 · 34 min Deep Science VC Lindy Fishburne on Turning Molecules into Money With [Lindy Fishburne](https://millionrounds.com/person/lindy-fishburne) Mentions [Breakout Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/breakout-ventures) Apple Podcasts

## Quick answers about Breakout Ventures

### What does Breakout Ventures invest in?

Breakout Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as In Vitro Diagnostics, Grid and Recycling.

### How active is Breakout Ventures?

5 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Aug 2026.

### What has Breakout Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Transfyr (Seed, Aug 2026), Noetik (Series A, Aug 2024) and Phantom Neuro (Seed, Oct 2022).

### How big are Breakout Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $15M. It says it writes cheques of $300K to $5.0M.

### Does Breakout Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 5 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Breakout Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is Breakout Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Breakout Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Blackhorn Ventures (2 rounds together).

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