Youssef Bennani
Managing Partner @ CTI Life Sciences Fund
Youssef Bennani is a Series B investor at CTI Life Sciences Fund focused on Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical. Youssef Bennani is based out of Canada, and is the Managing Partner at CTI Life Sciences Fund and Board of Director at Aeovian Pharmaceuticals. Youssef previously served as the Chief Scientific Officer at adMare Bio Innovations. Youssef Bennani attended the Université de Montréal.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
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Industries Youssef Bennani invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Biotechnology 2 (67%)
- Pharmaceutical 2 (67%)
- Biopharma 1 (33%)
- Health Care 1 (33%)
- Therapeutics 1 (33%)
Stage
- Series B 1 (33%)
- Series C 1 (33%)
- Funding Round 1 (33%)
Investments
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| Aeovian Pharmaceuticals develops and investigates targeted small molecule therapeutics aimed at restoring cellular metabolic quality control to address dysregulated growth and signaling linked to certain rare genetic and age-related conditions. The company’s pipeline centers on compounds that selectively modulate specific biological pathways,including inhibitors designed to influence disease processes associated with neurological dysfunction. Its lead development candidate is a central nervous system-penetrant selective inhibitor being evaluated in clinical trials for refractory seizures related to a genetic disorder, and additional compounds are in earlier stages of investigation for other disease areas. Aeovian Pharmaceuticals also maintains a portfolio of proprietary molecules that engage defined molecular targets to explore potential treatments beyond its program. | $55M / Series B / Dec 16, 2025 | ||
| Oligon company provides emerging biotechnology services developing a novel class of multimodal RNA therapeutics. They provide RNA oligonucleotide consultants, research associates, and research scientists. Their contact is done through phone and email. | $14M / Sep 23, 2025 | ||
| Glycomine is early-stage biotech working on replacement therapies for rare diseases. There are approximately 7,000 rare disorders worldwide. Each day more are being discovered. 95% of rare diseases have not one single FDA-approved treatment. Glycomine develops therapeutics for diseases that have no treatment options. | $115M / Series C / Apr 16, 2025 |
Co-Investors
About CTI Life Sciences Fund
CTI Life Sciences, a Canadian venture firm makes venture capital investments in high quality emerging life sciences companies at the pre-clinical and clinical development stage in Canada and in the U.S. CTI Life Sciences currently manage $345 million of assets.
CTI Life Sciences Fund Contacts
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Youssef Bennani
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Jean-Francois Leprince
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Ken Pastor
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Shermaine Tilley
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What does Youssef Bennani invest in?
Youssef Bennani invests primarily in Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical and Biopharma startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Youssef Bennani closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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