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The Thiel Foundation recently announced the first grants awarded through its Breakout Labs, a revolving fund created to help finance early-stage companies pursuing radical goals in science and technology. A total of six companies received grants of up to $350,000 each. We spoke to Hemai Parthasarathy, science director of Breakout Labs, about the goals behind organization, the problem it’s trying to address, and how it goes about deciding a company is worthy of receiving one of its grants.
April 20, 2012
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FUNDING INNOVATION
Funding Early-Stage Companies with Radical Technologies
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