Yara Alenazi

Yara Alenazi is an early-stage venture capital investor at Crane Venture Partners based in London, UK. Prior to joining her current firm, she worked at MassMutual Ventures Europe and APAC, where she was responsible for leading investments across the healthtech and biotechnology sectors. Earlier in her financial career, she served as an investment professional at Oxford Investment Consultants, focusing on providing critical capital to early-stage technology companies operating within the United Kingdom. Before transitioning into the venture capital industry, she trained as a biomedical scientist and earned a DPhil in Cardiovascular Medicine from the University of Oxford. Her academic research in the medical field resulted in multiple peer-reviewed publications, widespread press coverage, and the successful filing of several scientific patents. Alenazi currently leverages her extensive scientific background to evaluate emerging healthcare and biotechnology startups.