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 3 unicorns, 1 IPO and 28 acquisitions including key companies like Toast, Omio and Vera. A lot of funds co-invest with Clear Ventures, with names like New Enterprise Associates sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.Key Metrics
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 3 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in YuMe and Cartesian Kinetics.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: 8,021 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: HTIF, Glynn Capital and 31 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: 439 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Silver Lake, Star Tech NG and 39 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Jul 22, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Vera
Vera provides data security and information right management solutions by applying encryption and binding predefined or custom security policy to data as soon as it is created, stored, or shared across any application or cloud service. It allows end users to share files through any service with an expiration date, watermark, encryption, or modification and copying privileges like copy and paste, edit, or take a screenshot. It provides the capability to revoke any document or email any time, rendering it useless to the recipient, and complete audit trail summarizing usage, access and sharing history.
Key facts about Vera
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Palo Alto (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $77.7M
- Employee Count: 10 - 49 as on Mar 01, 2026
- Investors: Clear Ventures, Capital One Ventures and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Sep 05, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Espresa
Cloud-based employee engagement platform for employee perks. It allows companies to create challenges related to employee wellbeing and challenges can encourage employees to engage in activities such as fitness challenges, meditation challenges, or healthy eating challenges. Platform includes features for fitness reimbursements and allowances.
Key facts about Espresa
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Palo Alto (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $41.4M
- Employee Count: 122 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Clear Ventures, WestWave Capital and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Apr 25, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Opaque
Cloud and AI based analytics for encrypted cloud data. It provides a data encryption platform for unlocking confidential data. The platform also makes confidential data useful by enabling secure analytics and machine learning on encrypted data that comes from one or more sources. The features of the software include secured cloud collaboration, compliance management, structured data processing, etc.
Key facts about Opaque
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Berkeley (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $55.5M
- Employee Count: 55 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Storm Ventures, Clear Ventures and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Feb 12, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
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 | 31 |
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 | 3599 | [+7] | |
Dec 10, 2025 | United States | Series A | 5119 | [+3] | |
Mar 27, 2025 | United States | Seed | 3686 | [+1] | |
Mar 03, 2025 | United States | Series D | 5232 | [+1] | |
Feb 06, 2025 | United States | Series B | 6396 | [+1] |
Unicorns in Clear Ventures' Portfolio
Clear Ventures has 3 unicorns in its portfolio - Frore Systems, SambaNova Systems and Omio. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Frore Systems. It became a unicorn in 2026, 7 years after Clear Ventures first invested in it.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
61 | Provider of advanced thermal management and cooling technologies | 2018 | San Jose | Series D | pvekbon | ||
61 | Provider of AI-powered software and hardware | 2017 | Palo Alto | Series F | {dgkxoe | ||
76 | App-based platform for booking transport services | 2013 | Berlin | Series E | gjhz{yw |
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 | - | - | 7557 |
Acquired companies in Clear Ventures' Portfolio
28 companies from Clear Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Opaque in Oct 2026 by Anthropic for $*****.Here are Clear Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 19, 2026 | Jun 28, 2022 | Series A | 8953 | |
Jul 01, 2025 | - | - | 7294 | |
Dec 16, 2024 | May 12, 2022 | Series A | 7404 | |
Jun 07, 2022 | 2017 | Seed | 9352 | |
Feb 28, 2022 | 2015 | Seed | 1856 |
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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Atmosic Technologies Secures $40M Funding Led by Sutter Hill VenturesBusiness Wire•Mar 03, 2025•Atmosic, Sutter Hill Ventures, Clear Ventures, Quantum Innovation Fund
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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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Nvidia Invests In AI Network Optimizer ArrcusBenzinga•Jul 18, 2024•Nvidia, Arrcus, Aramco, Prosperity7 Ventures and 6 others
