# Clarion funding: rounds and investors

> Clarion has raised $10M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include Y Combinator and Unpopular Ventures. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/clarion (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Clarion*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 2 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.

AI

Raised 2 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$10M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Seed, $10M Sept 2026
- **Investors:** 2

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.

2025 2026

**?** Venture

**$10M** Seed

- **First round:** Venture
- **Biggest round:** $10M
- **Between rounds:** 19 months

## The rounds

- **Sept 2026** Seed **$10M** *2 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Unpopular Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unpopular-ventures) Source recorded
- **Feb 2025** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *2 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Unpopular Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unpopular-ventures) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Clarion's own website: 1 founder, 5 on the team.

**Jeffrey Lamothe** Co-Founder & CTO

- **Jake O’Brien** Head of Sales
- **Arnav Amruth** Growth Associate
- **Harrison Sager** Growth Associate
- **Max Smouha** Staff Engineer
- **Ryan McCord** Strategy and Operations Lead

## 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.

**Venture** 2025 **Seed** 2026 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Unpopular Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unpopular-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds

[Unpopular Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unpopular-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=clarion).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Clarion as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Kohli Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kohli-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Clarion

### Who invested in Clarion?

Clarion's investors include Y Combinator and Unpopular Ventures.

### How much has Clarion raised?

Clarion has raised $10M across 2 rounds since 2025. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Clarion last raise?

Clarion's most recent round was a Seed of $10M in Sept 2026.

### What was Clarion's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $10M in Sept 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Clarion first?

Clarion's first round on record, in Feb 2025, was backed by Y Combinator and Unpopular Ventures.

### What stage is Clarion at?

Clarion's latest named round is a Seed, in Sept 2026.

### Where is Clarion based?

Clarion is based in the United States.

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