Claire England

Claire is a cum laude graduate of Texas State University with a bachelor's degree in mass communication and public relations, and a minor in music (cello and vocal performance); she was also inducted into the Kappa Tau Alpha National Honor Society.

​

In her spare time, Claire enjoys international travel, triathlon, reading, cello, travel photography, and anything food related, especially exploring farmer's markets. She lives with her husband and their pug in Austin.

A seasoned investor with executive experience, Claire England is Investment Partner with GPG Ventures, a healthcare venture capital firm with more than 100 portfolio companies nationally. GPG opens venture-ready investing opportunities in the $4.3 trillion U.S. healthcare market to family offices and individuals, who invest in companies directly alongside the firm's partners. The firm is built on more than 60 years of healthcare, operational, and financial experience with an extensive LP investor network and offices in Dallas, Houston, and Austin.

​

In addition to GPG, Claire is a partner in two Portfolia funds, Food & AgTech and FemTech I, where she made 22 investments, and a partner in an impact investing advisory firm, LOHAS. She’s also a Kauffman Fellow (a global innovation program and network of 882 VCs and LPs) and a member of Private Equity Women Investor Network, or PEWIN. Claire serves on St. Edward’s University’s Business School Advisory Board, and she received the 2018 Kauffman Fellows Leadership Award.

A member of Class 21, Claire served her fellowship at Central Texas Angel Network under the mentorship of then CTAN board member Rosa McCormick (Class 18). She served as mentor to Class 23 member Andrew Vranjes.