About Claris

Built for the realities of
early-stage biotech.

Claris Ventures is a specialist venture capital firm dedicated exclusively to companies developing new medicines.

Claris Ventures is an Italian alternative investment fund manager (Società di Gestione del Risparmio, or SGR), founded in 2019 by Pietro Puglisi and Ciro Spedaliere around a simple conviction: early-stage therapeutics require specialist investors able to engage deeply with both science and company development.

From our base in Turin, we work with scientists, entrepreneurs, investors and industry leaders internationally. We invest in established companies and create new ones when the right opportunity begins inside a laboratory rather than a corporate structure.

Across both routes, our objective is the same: help exceptional science become a focused, well-financed therapeutics company capable of reaching meaningful clinical milestones.

What defines us

Specialist by focus. International by design.

01 · Focus

Therapeutics only

Our entire platform is dedicated to companies developing new medicines.

02 · Model

Invest and create

We back strong existing companies and create new ventures around high-potential science.

03 · Network

Global connections

We connect companies with specialist expertise, capital, clinical networks and pharmaceutical decision-makers internationally.

The Claris Ventures team

An investment team combining scientific depth, venture experience and hands-on company support.

Meet the team →