# Aclarity funding: rounds and investors > Aclarity has raised $17M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include National Science Foundation, DCVC and MassVentures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/aclarity (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Aclarity* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 6 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. Cleantech IT Services Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$17M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources **$1.0M** Pre-seed **$16M** Series A - **Latest round:** Series A, $16M Nov 2023 - **Step-up i:** 15.9× - **Investors:** 6 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2020 2021 2022 2023 **$1.0M** Pre-seed **$16M** Series A - **First round:** Pre-seed, $1.0M - **Biggest round:** $16M - **Between rounds:** 4.3 years ## The rounds - **Nov 2023** Series A **$16M** *3 new* [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) [MassVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/massventures) Source recorded SEC filing: $13M sold, first sale Jul 2023 - **Aug 2019** Pre-seed **$1.0M** *3 new* [Maroon Venture Partners Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maroon-venture-partners-fund) Alchemy Group Springfield Venture Fund Reported by FinSMEs ## Founders and team From Aclarity's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 6 on the team. - **Michael Shaw** President and Chief Executive Officer - **Enda Bloomer** Vice President of Finance - **Sallee Murphy** Chief of Staff - **Julie Bliss Mullen** Executive Officer, Director i - **Orren Bliss Schneider** Executive Officer i - **Pamela Bliss Lynch** Executive Officer i On the board, as filed i *Jiten Bliss Manglani* *Tom Bliss Ferguson* *Wayne Bliss Byrne* ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Pre-seed** 2019 **Series A** 2023 [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) [MassVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/massventures) [Maroon Venture Partners Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maroon-venture-partners-fund) Alchemy Group Springfield Venture Fund ## Everyone who backed them [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Government **1** round [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) VC firm **1** round [MassVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/massventures) VC firm **1** round [Maroon Venture Partners Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maroon-venture-partners-fund) VC firm **1** round Alchemy Group no record of our own yet **1** round Springfield Venture Fund no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=aclarity). ## Also claim to have backed them These 4 firms list Aclarity as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [HG Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hg-ventures) Corporate VC Per its own site [Bidra Innovation Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bidra-innovation-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Echo River Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/echo-river-capital) VC firm Per its own site [The Heritage Group Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-heritage-group-accelerator) Accelerator Per its own site ## Quick answers about Aclarity ### Who invested in Aclarity? Aclarity's investors include National Science Foundation, DCVC, MassVentures, Maroon Venture Partners Fund and Alchemy Group, and 1 more on record. ### How much has Aclarity raised? Aclarity has raised $17M across 2 rounds since 2019. ### When did Aclarity last raise? Aclarity's most recent round was a Series A of $16M in Nov 2023. ### What was Aclarity's biggest round? Its most recent round, $16M in Nov 2023, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Aclarity first? Aclarity's first round on record, in Aug 2019, was backed by Maroon Venture Partners Fund, Alchemy Group and Springfield Venture Fund. ### What stage is Aclarity at? Aclarity's latest named round is a Series A, in Nov 2023. ### Where is Aclarity based? Aclarity is based in the United States. ## Companies like Aclarity In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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