About Clark Enterprises
Clark Enterprises is a family office founded in 1972. It is primarily based out of Bethesda, United States. As of Jul 2026, Clark Enterprises has invested in 47 companies. It primarily invests in Series B round in United States based companies. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications, Retail. Its latest investment was a $11M Series B round in Ceros on Apr 09, 2018, which also saw participation from Grotech Ventures and Sigma Prime Ventures.
Overall, Clark Enterprises portfolio has seen 1 unicorn, 2 IPOs and 26 acquisitions including key companies like Sweetgreen, Revance Therapeutics and Brown Advisory. A lot of funds co-invest with Clark Enterprises, with names like New Markets Venture Partners sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Clark Enterprises has a team of 6 people including 3 partners.
Key Metrics
Founded Year
1972
Location
Bethesda, United States
Portfolio Companies
Sectors of Investment
Stages of Investment
Series B, Series A & 3 more
Locations of Investment
Unicorn in Portfolio
Clark Enterprises' List of Top Investments
Clark Enterprises has a portfolio of 47 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investments are in Svelte Medical Systems and Svelte Medical Systems.Their portfolio spans across United States, United Kingdom and Canada. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Retail, High Tech and 17 other sectors, across stages such as Series B, Series A and 3 more. Here is the list of top investments by Clark Enterprises:1. Sweetgreen
Restaurant chains offer salads and meal bowls. Its other products include chicken items, kid's meals, local food dishes, desserts, and drinks. It also provides customized food platters and supply network services.
Key facts about Sweetgreen
- Founded Year: 2006
- Location: Los Angeles (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $500M - $1B as on Dec 31, 2024
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $479M
- Employee Count: 2,807 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: equitywestsecurities.com, Fidelity Investments and 42 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series I, Sep 23, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Public
Developer of neurotoxin aesthetic and therapeutic products for skin treatments. It focused on developing innovative products in the aesthetic medicine and personal wellness categories. It has developed a platform technology that enables the delivery of large macromolecules and other potent molecules across the skin. Its aesthetics pipeline includes RT001 for lateral canthal lines and RT002 for glabellar lines. It has the same products as therapies for Hyperhidrosis and Cervical Dystonia.
Key facts about Revance Therapeutics
- Founded Year: 2002
- Location: Newark (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $100M - $500M as on Dec 31, 2023
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $155M
- Employee Count: 724 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Hercules Capital, Athyrium Capital Management and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Oct 22, 2013, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Brown Advisory is an investment firm provides clients' investment and strategic advice, service and individualized attention. Brown Advisory is not a lending institution or an investment bank.
Key facts about Brown Advisory
- Founded Year: 1993
- Location: Baltimore (United States)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $1.02B
- Employee Count: 1,099 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Clark Enterprises, ABS Capital and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Feb 22, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Public
4. Ceros
Ceros provides a content creation platform. It is an interactive content design SaaS platform to develop interactive content experiences such as shoppable catalogs, lookbooks, magazines, creative infographics, nano sites and ebooks without developers. Enables brands to build interactive materials for web,tablet and mobile in real time on a collaborative cloud based digital canvas. With analytics, they also track customer engagement. Customers include Peugeot, SAP, unilever, HP and Contently.
Key facts about Ceros
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $143M
- Employee Count: 262 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Western Technology Investment, Sumeru Equity Partners and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Jul 23, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. MediaMath
The MediaMath buying platform. TerminalOne, provides advertising agencies and brands with the technology and back-office services to trade across all leading digital advertising channels. Mediamath buys billions of highly targeted ads per month on behalf of dozens of agencies. It includes a common interface and workflow, a data management layer that integrates marketer and third-party data, algorithms and bid optimization, and deep integrations with thousands of direct publishers and supply aggregators. MediaMath Marketing Operating System, TerminalOne, powers the marketing practice of more than 3,500 brands including American Express, Kellogg’s, Prudential, and Kayak.
Key facts about MediaMath
- Founded Year: 2007
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $500M
- Employee Count: 87 as on Dec 31, 2025
- Investors: Azoic Ventures, QED Investors and 21 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Jun 29, 2018, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Clark Enterprises' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Clark Enterprises has invested in 47 companies over the last 26 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Ingo Money and most recent follow-on round was in Ceros.Clark Enterprises' Investments by Stage
Clark Enterprises has made 6 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $16.5M, 5 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $5.96M, 4 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $7.96M, 1 investment in Series D stage with an average round size of $63.4M and 1 investment in Venture Debt stage with an average round size of $1.1M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series B | 6 |
Series A | 5 |
Series C | 4 |
Series D | 1 |
Venture Debt | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Clark Enterprises' Investments by Sector
Clark Enterprises has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Life Sciences, Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, Retail and Consumer. Notably, it has invested in 34 Tech companies, 33 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 21 Software companies and at least 14 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Life Sciences | 6 |
Enterprise Applications | 5 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 4 |
Retail | 3 |
Consumer | 2 |
Others | 9 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Clark Enterprises' Investments by Geography
Clark Enterprises has made most investments in United States (16), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 16 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Clark Enterprises' recent investments
Clark Enterprises has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Clark Enterprises:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 09, 2018 | United States | Series B | 2636 | [+3] | |
Jun 15, 2017 | United States | Series C | 7005 | [+1] | |
Aug 02, 2016 | United States | Series B | 1209 | [+4] | |
Jul 25, 2016 | United States | Series C | 5309 | [+1] | |
Nov 18, 2015 | United States | Series B | 9754 |
Unicorns in Clark Enterprises' Portfolio
Clark Enterprises has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - MediaMath. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is MediaMath which became a unicorn in 2018, 8 years before Clark Enterprises first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Clark Enterprises' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
64 | Programmatic demand side platform | 2007 | New York City | Series D | oxluog{ |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Clark Enterprises' Portfolio
2 of Clark Enterprises' portfolio companies have become public. Sweetgreen got listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), in Nov 2021 at marketcap of $3B and Brown Advisory got listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).Here are Clark Enterprises' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 18, 2021 | - | - | 1303 | |
Mar 11, 1993 | - | - | 3904 |
Acquired companies in Clark Enterprises' Portfolio
26 companies from Clark Enterprises' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was ViewLift in Apr 2026 by DAZN for $*****.Here are Clark Enterprises' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 30, 2026 | - | - | 6126 | |
Feb 08, 2025 | Jan 08, 2013 | Series D | 3868 | |
Aug 29, 2023 | Oct 12, 2000 | Series A | 1184 | |
Sep 22, 2022 | - | - | 9130 | |
Feb 23, 2022 | - | - | 7857 |
Team profile of Clark Enterprises
Clark Enterprises has a team of 6 members including 3 Partners and 2 Principals located in United States. Clark Enterprises' team sits on the board of 2 companies.Here is a list of all team members in Clark Enterprises:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Chevy Chase | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Partner | Cary | - | - | |
Principal | Springfield | - | ||
Principal | Springfield | - |
Co-investors of Clark Enterprises
Over the past 26 years, 84 investors have co-invested in Clark Enterprises's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Clark Enterprises: Novak Biddle Venture Partners, EW Healthcare Partners and 28 others have invested in rounds before Clark Enterprises. There are 2 companies where Novak Biddle Venture Partners has invested before Clark Enterprises and 1 company where EW Healthcare Partners has invested before Clark Enterprises.
- Top Co-investors of Clark Enterprises: 41 investors entered a company along with Clark Enterprises. These include investors like New Markets Venture Partners (2 companies).
- Invested after Clark Enterprises: A total of 13 investors have invested in Clark Enterprises's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Delphi Ventures (1 company) and Greenspring Associates (1 company).
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