About
Pietro Puglisi is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Claris Ventures. Trained as a biomedical engineer with an MBA from the Collège des Ingénieurs, he has a background in life sciences management consulting and venture investing. He sits on the boards of several biotech companies and focuses on the connection between science and patient impact.
Invests in
Biotech
Experience
- Claris VenturesPartnercurrent2019 — presentTurin, Piedmont, Italy
- Haptena TherapeuticsBoard membercurrent2025 — present
- Lever Bio S.p.A.Board Membercurrent2025 — present
- ALKemist BioBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
- Repron TherapeuticsBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
- Heqet TherapeuticsBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
- Kither BiotechBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
- Resalis TherapeuticsBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
- NeoPhore LtdBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
- Innogest SGR SpAInvestment Manager2012 — 2018Turin, Piedmont, Italy
- LifeSciences ConsultingSenior Associate Consultant2012Milan / Mexico City
- LifeSciences ConsultingAssociate Consultant2010 — 2011Milan / Mexico City
- Magneti MarelliJunior Consultant - Finance Department2009 — 2010Milan, Lombardy, Italy
- CTO Hospital - Hand Microsurgery UnitR&D Intern2007Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Education
- Collège des IngénieursMBA, Business Administration2009 — 2010
- Politecnico di TorinoBiomedical Engineering2004 — 2009
- Valsalice100/1001999 — 2004
Skills & more
Business Planning29Start-ups38Market Analysis30Marketing Strategy12Product Development7Data Analysis9Market Research7Business Development7Venture Capital16Business Strategy20Management Consulting14Entrepreneurship10
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Same school
Also attended Collège des Ingénieurs17
Leonard PicardoAdvisor at Manta Ray VenturesPierreInvestor at Sanofi VenturesPaolo VigoSenior Associate at Claris VenturesMarie AsanoPartner at European Circular Bioeconomy FundCharlie Graham-BrownGENERAL PARTNER at SeedstarsStephan DietrichOperating Partner at Lead Edge Capital
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Also attended Politecnico di Torino33
Antonio TurroniOperating Advisor at P101 VenturesStefano GaliassoVice President at Energy Capital VenturesMattia MrvosevicGeneral Partner at Eterna CapitalÁlvaro GonzalezSenior Manager at Axon Partners GroupGabriele TinelliInvestments at FoundamentalNicola LambertPartner at Oltre Impact
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Shared employers
Also worked at Kither Biotech2
Also worked at NeoPhore Ltd5
Colleagues at Claris Ventures
Araceli Albano
Internal Accounting & Administration at Claris Ventures
Ciro Spedaliere
Managing Partner at Claris Ventures
Cristina Tumiatti
Independent Director at Claris Ventures
Gianmarco Pallavicini
Senior Associate at Claris Ventures
Giuditta Magnifico
Senior Analyst at Claris Ventures
Giulia Vestri
Partner at Claris Ventures
Laura Iris Ferro
Senior Advisor at Claris Ventures
Luca Melindo
Senior Advisor at Claris Ventures