In 2010, as the dust from the financial crisis settled, three women working in disparate parts of the economy noticed that startups in “hard science” (think biology or chemistry rather than tech) weren’t getting the attention they deserved from big investors. They joined forces with the foundation of Peter Thiel, the well-known contrarian investor, to launch Breakout Labs, an incubator program to help such companies turn their ideas into viable businesses.
Image: The key people behind Breakout Ventures (from left): Lindy Fishburne, Julia Moore and Hemai Parthasarathy. Winni Wintermeyer
