VC  Clear Ventures

https://clear.ventures/





     Office Locations:

2209 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Phone: 866-253-2714

 
Stages:

  • Seed


 
Industries:

  • Information Technology
  • Semiconductor
  • Software & Internet

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    Description:

    Clear Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm purpose-built to help startup teams win in frontier technology and services. With $335 million of capital from a world-class investor base, Clear provides early seed capital, connections, and company-building insights and guidance. Founded by veteran company builders and venture investors, the firm's investments span industries covering artificial intelligence, performant IT infrastructure, enterprise software, semiconductors, information security, and more. The Clear investment team has funded over 70 companies, 90% as the first investors, and has had 54 exits valued at a $85 billion market cap.



    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     
    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
    Get the complete investment team + individual email addresses for investment team partners. Get personal images, LinkedIn links, investment specialties, office locations and more with a National Database subscription or Silicon Valley Database subscription.
    Christopher J. Rust Co Founder and Partner
    Noor Kamruddin Partner
    Somnath Banerjee Partner & Chief Data Scientist
    Zachary Poley Partner & CTO

     
    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date


      Name


      State


      Amount


      Stage


      03/16/2026


      Frore Systems


      CA


      $143,000,000


      Series D


     
    Portfolio companies include:


      AICRETE
        web link


      Atmosic Technologies
        web link


      AvicenaTech
        web link


      Concentric AI
        web link


      Espresa
        web link


      Frore Systems
        web link


      Kognitos
        web link


      Lilt


      Opsera
        web link


      Wherobots
        web link


     
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