About Clear Ventures
Clear Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2014. It is primarily based out of Palo Alto, United States. As of Mar 2026, Clear Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 62 companies, with 1 new investment in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Enterprise Infrastructure. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series D round of Frore Systems Overall, Clear Ventures portfolio has seen 2 unicorns, 1 IPO and 27 acquisitions including key companies like Toast, Omio and SambaNova Systems. A lot of funds co-invest with Clear Ventures, with names like New Enterprise Associates sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Clear Ventures has team of 5 people.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 3 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Unicorns
Portfolio Soonicorns
Deals in last 12 months
Clear Ventures' List of Top Investments
Clear Ventures has a portfolio of 62 companies, including 2 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in Cartesian Kinetics and YuMe.Their portfolio spans across United States, Israel, Canada and 3 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Enterprise Infrastructure and 19 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 3 more. Here is the list of top investments by Clear Ventures:1. Toast
Cloud-based point-of-sale and management system for restaurants. It is designed to improve operations, increase sales, and enhance the guest experience. It offers a range of features, including digital ordering and delivery integration.
Key facts about Toast
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Boston (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $1B+ as on Dec 31, 2025
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $900M
- Employee Count: 7,781 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: HTIF, Glynn Capital and 30 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series F, Feb 14, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Public
2. Omio
App-based platform for booking transport services. Users can search & compare different train, bus, and flight routes available between the two destinations & book train, bus & flight tickets (including that of public transport) from multiple partner operators after providing relevant details. Also provides information on accommodation booking. Its mobile app is available for iOS and Android devices.
Key facts about Omio
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Berlin (Germany)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $486M
- Employee Count: 442 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Silver Lake, Star Tech NG and 37 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Jul 22, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Avaamo
Provider of conversational AI platform for enterprises. It offers solutions to design and deploy omnichannel intelligent assistants. It enables users to implement conversational interfaces in areas like banking, insurance, telco, retail, manufacturing, and healthcare. The company claims that the technology automates judgment-intensive, multi-turn responses to complex, domain-specific customer queries with training data.
Key facts about Avaamo
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Los Altos (United States)
- Annual Revenue: ₹10 - ₹50 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $23.5M
- Employee Count: 140 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Bluepointe Ventures, Clear Ventures and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Aug 02, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Provider of AI-powered software and hardware. The platform offers a suite of generative AI systems for enterprises and government organizations. Its suite includes ChatGPT chatbots designed for banks, law firms, healthcare providers, and other sectors.
Key facts about SambaNova Systems
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Palo Alto (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series F
- Total Funding till date: $2.48B
- Employee Count: 407 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: T. Rowe Price, GIC and 33 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series F, Jul 08, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
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5. Concentric
Provider of data security governance platform for data risk management and protection. The platform focuses on identifying, classifying, and remediating data risks across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. It offers solutions for data security posture management, data detection and response, data access governance, and data loss prevention. The platform helps organizations discover and protect personally identifiable information, personal health information, payment card information, and intellectual property. It provides centralized remediation and easy deployment with agentless architecture. The platform also offers data classification and privacy data protection capabilities.
Key facts about Concentric
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: San Jose (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $67M
- Employee Count: 238 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Clear Ventures, Top Tier Capital Partners and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Oct 24, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Clear Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Clear Ventures has invested in 62 companies over the last 28 years, with an average of 3 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 4 investments, while as of Mar 2026, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Cinch and most recent follow-on round was in Frore Systems.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2025 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
2024 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
2023 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
2022 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
2021 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2019 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2017 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Clear Ventures' Investments by Stage
Clear Ventures has made 21 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.86M, 21 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $11.9M, 6 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $36.5M, 3 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $33.5M and 1 investment in Unattributed stage with an average round size of $100K.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 21 |
Series A | 21 |
Series B | 6 |
Series C | 3 |
Unattributed | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Clear Ventures' Investments by Sector
Clear Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, High Tech, Semiconductors and Vertical SaaS. Notably, it has invested in 58 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 56 Tech companies, 42 Software companies and at least 24 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 30 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 18 |
High Tech | 13 |
Semiconductors | 11 |
Vertical SaaS | 7 |
Others | 43 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Clear Ventures' Investments by Geography
Clear Ventures has made most investments in United States (46), followed by Israel where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 46 |
Israel | 2 |
Canada | 1 |
Germany | 1 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Clear Ventures' recent investments
Clear Ventures has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - Frore Systems.Here are the most recent investments by Clear Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Mar 16, 2026 | United States | Series D | 4192 | [+7] | |
Dec 10, 2025 | United States | Series A | 3818 | [+3] | |
Mar 27, 2025 | United States | Seed | 4712 | [+1] | |
Mar 03, 2025 | United States | Series D | 6560 | [+1] | |
Feb 06, 2025 | United States | Series B | 6368 | [+1] |
Unicorns in Clear Ventures' Portfolio
Clear Ventures has 2 unicorns in its portfolio - SambaNova Systems and Omio. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is SambaNova Systems. It became a unicorn in 2020.Here is a list of unicorns in Clear Ventures' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
65 | Provider of AI-powered software and hardware | 2017 | Palo Alto | Series F | tvvbgjp | ||
80 | App-based platform for booking transport services | 2013 | Berlin | Series E | lkiihyg |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Clear Ventures' Portfolio
1 of Clear Ventures' portfolio company became public - Toast. It got listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), in Sep 2021 at marketcap of $870MHere are Clear Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 22, 2021 | - | - | 3915 |
Acquired companies in Clear Ventures' Portfolio
27 companies from Clear Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Acante in Jul 2025 by Concentric for $*****.Here are Clear Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 01, 2025 | - | - | 2551 | |
Dec 16, 2024 | May 12, 2022 | Series A | 9927 | |
Jun 07, 2022 | 2017 | Seed | 2817 | |
Feb 28, 2022 | 2015 | Seed | 5071 | |
Sep 02, 2021 | Oct 25, 2017 | Series B | 2922 |
Team profile of Clear Ventures
Clear Ventures has a team of 5 members located in United States. Clear Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Clear Ventures
Over the past 28 years, 294 investors have co-invested in Clear Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Clear Ventures: Battery Ventures, Y Combinator and 44 others have invested in rounds before Clear Ventures. There are 4 companies where Battery Ventures has invested before Clear Ventures and 3 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Clear Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Clear Ventures: 53 investors entered a company along with Clear Ventures. These include investors like New Enterprise Associates (3 companies).
- Invested after Clear Ventures: A total of 195 investors have invested in Clear Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Prosperity7 Ventures (6 companies), Sequoia Capital (5 companies) and Intel Capital (4 companies).
Recent News related to Clear Ventures
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NYSE Content Update: Frore Systems Reaches $1.64 Billion Valuation after Series D Funding RoundPR Newswire•Mar 16, 2026•Frore Systems, CoinDesk, Fidelity Investments, StepStone Group and 8 others
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Cynch AI Raises US$9M in FundingFinSMEs•Dec 11, 2025•Clear Ventures, AI Capital, Cinch, Permanent Capital
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Opsera Raises $20M to Drive AI-Powered DevOps Platform Innovation, Accelerating AI Agent Adoption and Developer EfficiencyPR Newswire•Apr 02, 2025•Opsera, On Site Opera, Prosperity7 Ventures, Databricks and 8 others
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Evidently Closes $15M Series A FundingFinSMEs•Dec 09, 2024•Evidently AI, DN Capital, Framework, Clear Ventures and 1 other
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Wherobots Raises $21.5M Series A to Advance Geospatial Data AnalyticsSilicon Valley Journals•Nov 28, 2024•Wherobots, Felicis Ventures, Wing Venture Capital, Clear Ventures and 2 others
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Concentric Ai Raises $45 Million In Series B Funding To Autonomously Secure Business-critical DataTechStartups.com•Oct 24, 2024•Concentric, Top Tier Capital Partners, HarbourVest Partners, CYBER FUTURE and 5 others
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Arrcus: Hyperscale Networking Company Closes $30 Million In FundingPulse 2.0•Jul 23, 2024•Arrcus, Prosperity7 Ventures, Nvidia, Lightspeed Venture Partners and 4 others
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Nvidia Invests In AI Network Optimizer ArrcusBenzinga•Jul 18, 2024•Nvidia, Arrcus, Aramco, Prosperity7 Ventures and 6 others
