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Claret Capital Partners Fund IV

Geography: United Kingdom
Stage: Growth
Fund size: €350M
Focus: Biotech, Climate & Sustainability, Deep Tech and Digital Health
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Claret Capital Partners Fund IV

Growth Debt and Venture Debt for Tech, Life Sciences, Climate Tech, SaaS, Digital Health

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited Kingdom

Funding StageGrowth

Industry Focus

Biotech

Climate & Sustainability

Deep Tech

Digital Health

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

European growth-stage tech/life sciences founder needing debt

venture debt

tech-enabled businesses

European growth

life sciences

growth debt

medtech

space tech

Bullish Signals

Portfolio exit: Phoenix Technologies acquired by Lenovoexternal

Active deal flow, recent post activityexternal

Fund IV actively deploying, life sciences focuslinkedin

Shortlisted: Irish & HealthInvestor Awards 2026linkedin

Q1 2026 newsletter live — team growinglinkedin

New investments: ACT LAB & Cinclus Pharmalinkedin

£50k raised for Ukrainian Action charitylinkedin

H1 2026: 180% deployment growth YoY, 14 new facilitieslinkedin

€1.5bn deployed across 200+ European innovatorslinkedin

Team expanded to 32, France office reinforcedlinkedin

8 portfolio adds H1 2026: Cinclus, Inventiva, Surfelinkedin

Shortlisted Alternative Credit Investor Awards 2026linkedin

Recognition at Irish Investor Awards for Neurent Medicallinkedin

14 new facilities in H1 2026, strong momentumlinkedin

€30m medtech financing to Carvolix for commercialisationexternal

Open Cosmos €300m raise signals deep-tech/space appetiteexternal

Open Cosmos €300m confirms space/connectivity portfolio convictionexternal

Contrarian Signals

No contrarian signals recorded.

Founder Do's

Build European tech/life sciences with strong unit economics

Target growth stage (post-PMF, pre-IPO)

Leverage Claret's 32-person on-ground team across Europe

Deploy debt for commercialisation acceleration & portfolio scaling

Consider deep-tech/infrastructure plays (space, connectivity)

Founder Don'ts

Early stage pre-revenue; they fund growth debt

Non-EU/non-tech founders outside core thesis

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size€350M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

David Bateman, Johan Kampe

Backers

Known LPs

KfW CapitalPublic / State institution

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