Fundraising Fox

Alena Ivashenka

Investor

Life Sciences Investor at Venture Capital World Summit · Expert at MassChallenge Mexico

Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

Find your path to Alena

260 people in our graph share verified history with Alena — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Collin WallaceunlockedAlena: together at MassChallenge Mexico (2025–2026)
×2Alena: together at MassChallenge Mexico
Alena: together at Nanyang Technological University
×4Alena: together at A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research

About

A life sciences investor with over 15 years of cross-border private equity, venture capital, and board advisory experience.

Experience

  1. Chimera Capital HoldingPrivate Equity Investment Professionalcurrent2024 — presentUnited Arab Emirates
  2. Ehelp HealthBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentUnited States
  3. MassChallengeExpertcurrent2013 — presentUnited States
  4. ManusBoard Member2023 — 2025United States
  5. LunatePrivate Equity Investment Professional2024United Arab Emirates
  6. Chimera Capital HoldingPrivate Equity Investment Professional2022 — 2023United Arab Emirates
  7. ARIISE PARTNERSVenture scout and diligence consultant2020 — 2022New York City Metropolitan Area
  8. The Mount Sinai HospitalPostdoctoral Researcher2020 — 2022New York, New York, United States
  9. Institut CuriePostdoctoral Research Scientist2019 — 2020Paris, Île-de-France, France
  10. Institut CurieResearcher Phd Candidate2016 — 2019Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
  11. Start-up ecosystem at Nanyang Technological UniversityCo-founder and Head of Fundraising2014 — 2017Singapore
  12. Nanyang Technological UniversityResearch Assistant2014 — 2015Singapore
  13. Belarusian State UniversityResearch Assistant2010 — 2014Belarus
  14. A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and ResearchResearch Assistant2013Singapore
  15. Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) Leibniz Institute on AgingResearch Assistant2012 — 2013Jena, Thuringia, Germany
  16. Universitätsklinikum JenaResearch Assistant2009 — 2013Jena, Thuringia, Germany
  17. The National Academy of Sciences of BelarusResearch Assistant2009 — 2011Belarus

Skills & more

InvestmentsInternational market expansionStrategic PartnershipsVenture CapitalInternational RelationsGrownNew Business DevelopmentClinical Trials1Genetics20Histology11Molecular & Cellular Biology14Biochemistry9
+12 moreConfocal MicroscopyBiotechnologyBioinformaticsFluorescence MicroscopyDNA ExtractionPolymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)Western BlottingProtein extractionAdobe PhotoshopmanagementStatistical Data AnalysisAnimal Work

Languages Belarusian · English · French · German · Russian

From Alena's professional profile.

Colleagues at Venture Capital World Summit

Amran Khalid
Summit Ambassador at Venture Capital World Summit
Andreia Costa
Investment Executive at Venture Capital World Summit
Annabella Gutman Zohar
USA Partner at Venture Capital World Summit
Elio Assuncao
Founder and Director at Venture Capital World Summit
Giles Thorley
Chief Executive at Development Bank of Wales
John Semakula
Africa Business Leader at Venture Capital World Summit
Mahendra Singh
Digital Health AI Health ThinkTank Global Leader at Venture Capital World Summit
Sumit Kumar Gupta
India Strategic Advisor at Venture Capital World Summit

Frequently asked questions

Who is Alena Ivashenka?
A life sciences investor with over 15 years of cross-border private equity, venture capital, and board advisory experience.
Where does Alena Ivashenka work?
Alena Ivashenka is Life Sciences Investor at Venture Capital World Summit.
Where did Alena Ivashenka go to school?
Alena Ivashenka studied at Pierre and Marie Curie University (PhD, Molecular Biology); Nanyang Technological University Singapore (Master's degree, Biotechnology/ bioinformatics); Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Bachelor's degree, Microbiology and Immunology).

Same school

Also attended Pierre and Marie Curie University100

Guillaume LampleCo-founder & Chief Scientist of Mistral AIThomas WolfCo-founder & Chief Science Officer of Hugging FaceJeff ClavierFounding Partner at Uncork CapitalJean SiniGeneral Partner at Partech VenturesDimitri KrempPrincipal at Axeleo CapitalJack GuedjInvestor at Sand Hill Angels

+ 94 more

Also attended Nanyang Technological University Singapore304

Angela ToyPartner & COO at Golden Gate VenturesKarim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalA.J. AldanaHead of Ecosystem at Scale Venture PartnersShaun WeeAVP at Kaizen Private EquityMike MoradiGeneral Partner at Cortado VenturesGenping LiuGeneral Partner at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.

+ 298 more

Also attended Friedrich Schiller University Jena16

Yasmine ZiediJunior Analyst at GreenTec Capital PartnersAngela LawaldtManaging Partner at BONVENTUREMarkus DietrichSenior Investment Associate at Hadean VenturesHenri KühnertCo-Founder and Partner at b10Anne GrahlAssociate at Pureos BioventuresChristoph BrojaPartner at EQT Life Sciences

+ 10 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Lunate2

Amer Al AmeriLunate · Kauffman Fellow (Class 28)Alina MamayevaLunate · Kauffman Fellow (Class 29)

Also worked at Institut Curie19

Elena BattistelloAnalyst at Novartis Venture FundVincent BrichardVenture Partner at EQT Life SciencesCatherine BouleManaging Partner at KaristaPaul EppleInvestment Manager at YZR CapitalClément BertholetManaging Partner at AdBio partnersAlexandra GylfeFounding Partner at Nordic Science Investments

+ 13 more

Also worked at Nanyang Technological University66

Cyril EbersweilerGeneral Partner at SOSVVadim ShpakVenture Partner at Vickers Venture PartnersDr Lim JuiChief Executive Officer at SGInnovateAndrew ChanInvestor & ConsultantDr. Nadine GeiserPrincipal at World FundCher Shen KiarAssociate at Inkef

+ 60 more

Also worked at Belarusian State University2

Uladzislau RadkevichFounder at co.devArtsiom SanakoyeuFounder at GenPeach AI