About
Investor at Crane based in London with experience from MassMutual Ventures Europe & APAC, where she led healthtech and biotech investments. She is a trained biomedical scientist holding a DPhil from Oxford.
Experience
- Crane Venture PartnersInvestorcurrent2025 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
- BioInnovation InstituteVenture House Advisory Boardcurrent2024 — present
- nyra healthBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
- XUNDBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
- DePolyBoard Observercurrent2025 — present
- DayeBoard Observercurrent2025 — present
- HelloBetterBoard Observercurrent2023 — present
- Science Entrepreneur ClubTechBio Chapter Champion - BioCapital Networkcurrent2024 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
- The Saudi British SocietyMembercurrent2024 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
- TurbineBoard Member2023 — 2025
- MassMutual VenturesInvestor, Healthtech & Biotech Lead2022 — 2025Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- OrganOxAngel Investor2021 — 2025
- Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia Cultural BureauMentor2024London, England, United Kingdom
- Oxford Investment ConsultantsInvestment Analyst2020 — 2022London, Greater London, United Kingdom
- Momentum Bioscience LtdBoard Observer2020 — 2022
- Worcester College, OxfordCoordinator of the Franks Society Talks, Worcester College, University of Oxford2016 — 2018Greater Oxford Area
Education
- University of OxfordDoctor of Philosophy - DPhil, Cardiovascular Medicine
- University of PortsmouthMaster of Science - MSc, Biomedicine
- University of PortsmouthBachelor of Science - BSc, Biomedical Sciences
Skills & more
Languages Arabic · English
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Colleagues at Crane Venture Partners
Aga Paliwoda
Executive Assistant to Co-Founders at Crane Venture Partners
Aleksandra Totoń
Fund Controller at Crane Venture Partners
Alisha Fernandes
Executive Assistant, India Team at Crane Venture Partners
Anandamoy Roychowdhary
Managing Director, India & APAC at Crane Venture Partners
Aneel Lakhani
Investor at Crane Venture Partners
Anna Cachadiña Abelló
Investor at Crane Venture Partners
Ashwwani Verma
Director Legal at Crane Venture Partners
Ayala Ples
Head of Platform at Crane Venture Partners
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- Where does Yara Alenazi work?
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