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Clare Terlouw

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Managing Partner, Life Arc Ventures

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Life Arc Ventures
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Managing Partner
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Managing partner
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Record updated 1 October 2026

About

Clare Terlouw is Head of LifeArc Ventures and a member of the LifeArc Leadership Team. She is responsible for LifeArc’s portfolio of venture and LP investments across the life sciences sector. The venture fund focuses on early-stage life sciences companies at seed to Series A, with significant follow-on investment reserved for successful portfolio companies. Clare has a successful track record in working with innovative life sciences companies in the private and public markets. She was previously Head of Corporate Development at Syncona Investment Management Ltd, a FTSE250 healthcare investment trust, and has more than 15 years of biotech and healthcare financing experience as a UK investment banker at Nomura, Numis Securities and Peel Hunt. Clare was a physiotherapist in Canada prior to moving into finance. Clare is a board member of the UK Biotechnology Industry Association and director of a number of venture-backed companies.

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