Fundraising Fox
/People
Sign in

Dr. Hanadie Yousef

Founder

Founder at Juvena Therapeutics

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedJuvena Therapeutics

Find your path to Dr. Hanadie Yousef

1,430 people in our graph can introduce you to Dr. Hanadie Yousef.

Each arrow is one introduction. Sign up to fill in the first one.

Ask Benjamin Lim to introduce you to Dr. Hanadie Yousef

You →Benjamin · together at Juvena Therapeutics (2022–2026) →Dr.

Ask Jamie Chen to introduce you to Dr. Hanadie Yousef

You →Jamie · 4 people · together at Genentech →Dr.

Ask Sam Okafor to introduce you to Dr. Hanadie Yousef

You →Sam · 4 people · together at Carnegie Mellon University →Dr.

Sign up to find every way you can get introduced to Dr. Hanadie Yousef

  • Your email: the people you already email who know Dr. Hanadie Yousef
  • 2nd- and 3rd-degree connections: people you know who worked, studied or invested with Dr. Hanadie Yousef
  • Your LinkedIn: the connections who can make the intro for you

We rank every route by how warm it is, so you raise on warm intros instead of cold emails.

Sign up with GoogleAlready have an account? Log in

About

Dr. Hanadie Yousef founded Juvena Therapeutics in 2017 and served as CEO, CFO, and Board Chair through 2025, during which the company advanced from a platform concept into Phase 2 clinical trials, raised over $105M in venture and non-dilutive capital, and established a discovery collaboration with Eli Lilly valued at up to $650M in milestones; she now serves as a Board Director and Executive Advisor. She holds a B.S. from Carnegie Mellon, a PhD from UC Berkeley, and completed postdoctoral training at Stanford School of Medicine, and has been recognized as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer. She is also Managing Director of the advisory firm Luminous BioStrategies and a co-founder and Board Director of the AMY Fund, which supports higher education for refugees.

Founder at Juvena Therapeutics

Intro paths

→

In turn, Dr. can intro founders to Juvena Therapeutics's investors below.

Juvena Therapeutics's investors · 12

Alumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M checks · since 2022Bascom VenturesBostonBison VenturesSeattle · since 2025BoxOne VenturesMontréal · $500K checksCompoundNew York · $400K – $1.5M checksHarmonix FundLa QuintaHorizons VenturesHong Kong · $500K – $10M checksManta Ray VenturesLondonNational Institutes of Health (NIH)since 2021Open Field CapitalNew YorkPlum Alley InvestmentsNew York · $500K – $1.5M checksTransform Capital ManagementSan Francisco

Co-founders at Juvena Therapeutics

JOJeremy O'Connell, PhD
Jeremy O'Connell, PhDChief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder
HYHanadie Yousef, PhD
Hanadie Yousef, PhDCo-Founder, Director and Executive Advisor
JOJeremy O'Connell
Jeremy O'ConnellDirector

Experience

  1. Juvena TherapeuticsFounder, Board Director and Executive Advisorcurrent2026 — presentRedwood City, California, United States
  2. Juvena TherapeuticsScientific Founder and Founding CEO2017 — 2025Redwood City, California, United States
  3. Luminous BioStrategies LLCManaging Directorcurrent2026 — presentMenlo Park, California, United States
  4. The AMY FundBoard Director and Co-Foundercurrent2021 — present
  5. StartX Med Labs Cooperative, Inc.Co-Founder and Secretary, Board Of Directors2020 — 2022Palo Alto, California, United States
  6. Stanford University School of MedicinePostdoctoral Fellow2014 — 2019Palo Alto, CA
  7. Stanford University School of MedicineMentor for Undergraduate Honors Thesis and Masters Thesis Students2015 — 2017
  8. PreScouter, Inc.PreScouter Global Scholar2014 — 2016
  9. UCSC Extension Silicon ValleyInstructor, Drug Discovery2014 — 2016Santa Clara, California
  10. GenentechIntern, Neuroscience Division2013South Sanfrancisco, CA
  11. UC BerkeleyMentor for Undergraduate Honors Thesis Students2012 — 2013
  12. UC BerkeleyGraduate Student Instructor, Stem Cells and Technologies2012BioE 113: Stem Cells and Technologies
  13. UC BerkeleyGraduate Student Instructor, Genetics, Genomics, and Cell Biology2011MCB 104: Genetics, Genomics, and Cell Biology
  14. UC BerkeleyGraduate Student Instructor, Human Physiology2009MCB 32: Intro to Human Physiology
  15. UC BerkeleyScience Writer for the Berkeley Science Review2009
  16. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Intern, Oncology and Angiogenesis Group2003 — 2008Tarrytown, New York
  17. UPMCUndergraduate Researcher2007 — 2008Pittsburgh, PA. Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care Medicine
  18. Carnegie Mellon UniversityAcademic Development: Supplementary Instruction Leader, Peer Tutor, and Training Assistant2005 — 2008
  19. The TartanScience and Technology Staff Writer and Editor2005 — 2008
  20. Carnegie Mellon University in QatarTeaching Assistant: Modern Biology, Physics I for Engineers, and Elementary Spanish II2007Doha, Qatar

Skills & more

Cell Culture64Research32Microscopy50ELISA8PCR12Protein Chemistry11Science12Oncology6Biochemistry8Cell45Genomics7Lifesciences4
+8 moreCancerNeuroscienceqPCRBiologyMolecular CloningConfocal MicroscopyProtein PurificationGel Electrophoresis

Languages Arabic · English · Spanish

From Dr.'s professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Dr. Hanadie Yousef?
Dr. Hanadie Yousef founded Juvena Therapeutics in 2017 and served as CEO, CFO, and Board Chair through 2025, during which the company advanced from a platform concept into Phase 2 clinical trials, raised over $105M in venture and non-dilutive capital, and established a discovery collaboration with Eli Lilly valued at up to $650M in milestones; she now serves as a Board Director and Executive Advisor. She holds a B.S. from Carnegie Mellon, a PhD from UC Berkeley, and completed postdoctoral training at Stanford School of Medicine, and has been recognized as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer. She is also Managing Director of the advisory firm Luminous BioStrategies and a co-founder and Board Director of the AMY Fund, which supports higher education for refugees.
Where does Dr. Hanadie Yousef work?
Dr. Hanadie Yousef is Founder of Juvena Therapeutics.
What companies did Dr. Hanadie Yousef found?
Dr. Hanadie Yousef founded Juvena Therapeutics.
Where did Dr. Hanadie Yousef go to school?
Dr. Hanadie Yousef studied at Stanford University School of Medicine (Postdoctoral Fellowship); University of California, Berkeley (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Stem Cell Biology; Neuroscience and Bioengineering; Biochemistry; Chemical Biology Graduate Program); Carnegie Mellon University (Bachelors of Science, Chemistry and Spanish).

Founder mafias

Same school

Shared employers