What does it take to shape a high-impact biotech investment portfolio - and do it under a medical charity mandate?

This week we sit down with Clare Terlouw, Head of LifeArc Ventures, whose 20+ year career spans investment banking, biotech company building, and leading venture teams focused on health innovation. With a unique perspective at the intersection of science, capital, and patient impact, Clare shares a candid and optimistic view of the evolving biotech landscape in the UK and beyond.

In this episode, Clare covers:

- LifeArc Ventures’ mission: how a medical charity is driving returns while staying true to a patient-first vision.

- Investing and scaling biotech: from early inflection points to Series B and beyond, what great companies get right.

- Biotech in the UK: challenges in the current funding environment, the talent surge, and why optimism still holds.

- Tech-enabled drug discovery: how AI, computational biology, and new business models are shaping investment priorities.

- Clare's leadership lens: her personal drive, how she evaluates opportunity, and the power of staying focused on patient outcomes.

Be sure to check out this episode if you're interested in the future of biotech investing, the rise of tech-enabled therapeutics, and how one venture leader is backing science that matters.

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Clare Terlouw

Managing Partner at Life Arc

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-terlouw-b608aa17/

Lawrence Rose

Co-Founder + Talent Solutions Director At ARTO

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Timestamps:

00:00 Life Arc - Investments + Impact

09:44 Investing in and Growing a Company

17:52 Biotech in the UK

26:18 Tech Enabled Drug Discovery

32:57 Clare Terlouw

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