Claridge Israel is an investment firm focused on long term, growth technology investments in innovative companies with a significant technological/competitive advantage. CI’s partners consist of Claridge Inc. (the Stephen R. Bronfman Family Office), CDPQ, one of NA’s largest institutional investors (with > US$300B of AUM as of 30/6/21) and, as of 2020, Sweet Park Capital/the Bensadoun Family, founders and owners of global retailer, Aldo.


Our Representatives

Oded Tal

Founding Managing Partner, Claridge Israel

Founding Managing Partner

Claridge Israel

Claridge Israel is a growth-oriented investor with experience across a variety of economic sectors. We target late stage, growth oriented, high-quality companies with significant technological depth or other unique competitive advantage as well as strong, defensible market positions.

Our team is comprised of a unique mix of entrepreneurial & operational experience with deep technological, financial and transactional expertise. This allows us to provide strategic and operational support, deep financial and transactional experience as well a broad, international perspective.

Our approach is well-suited for management teams and owners seeking a value-added, long-term partner. Our distinct, deep pocketed LP base and partnership structure allows to also underwrite and support companies over the long term with larger investments over time.

Our businesses tend to have the following characteristics:

Outstanding, committed management teams

  • Experienced, successful, and ambitious teams demonstrating deep industry insight.
  • Management with “skin in the game” invested alongside us.
  • Strong, positive corporate culture.

Industries with attractive fundamentals

  • Compelling long-term industry and growth fundamentals.
  • Low risk of obsolescence and disintermediation.
  • Meaningful barriers to entry.
  • Attractive return on invested capital.

Companies with high revenue growth potential and profitability (or clear path to profitability)

  • Outpacing industry revenue growth.
  • Healthy operating margins.
  • Opportunities to implement operational value creation initiatives.

Differentiated companies with global potential

  • Demonstrated market leadership and technical advantage.
  • Strong brands and intellectual property.
  • Competitive advantages that provide the ability to withstand material changes in the economic environment.