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Who invested in CLEAR?
CLEAR's investors include T. Rowe Price, Y Combinator, Antler, Pioneer Fund and B Capital, and 17 more on record.
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$56MSeries C$44MSeries D$20MVenture$15MRound$2.5MVenture$840KPre-seed$2.0MVenture
United States · Venture startup
Who invested in CLEAR
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$146Mraised across 8 rounds since 2006, from 9 sources
$56MSeries C$44MSeries D$20MVenture$15MRound$2.5MVenture$840KPre-seed$5.0MSeed$2.0MVenture
- Latest round
- Venture, $2.0MSept 2025
- Biggest round
- $56MSeries C · Jan 2006
- Investors
- 22
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Series C, $56M Jan 2006
- Biggest round
- $56M Series C · Jan 2006
- Usual gap between rounds
- 2.7 years the median of 6
The rounds
- Sept 2025
- Jul 2023Seed$5.0M5 new
Source recorded and 1 other
- Dec 2021
- Nov 2021
- Apr 2017
- Oct 2015Venture$20M1 new
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $6.2M sold, first sale Aug 2015
- Aug 2008Series D$44M7 new
Spark Capital
Lockheed Martin
GE Ventures
Lehman Brothers
Baker Capital- Syncom Venture Partners
- Steven Brill
Reported by venturebeat.com
- Jan 2006
Founders and team
From CLEAR's own website: 6 founders, 1 on the team.
Max LevchinCo-Founder & CEO
Vijay ShekharFounder & CEO
Scott BanisterFounder of IronPort
Srivatsan ChariCo-founder
- Neeraj AroraHead of Business
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.
Series C2006Series D2008Venture2015Round2017Venture2021Pre-seed2021Seed2023Venture2025
T. Rowe Price
Y Combinator
Antler
Pioneer Fund
B CapitalSpark Capital
LD Capital
Luminate
Rabobank
Amino Capital
T. Rowe PriceY CombinatorAntlerPioneer FundB CapitalSpark CapitalLD CapitalLuminateRabobankAmino CapitalEveryone who backed them
MasterCardCorporate VC1round
MintVC firm1round
Italian Angels for GrowthVC firm1round
Syncom Venture PartnersVC firm1round
Steven Brillno record of our own yet1round
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Also claim to have backed them
These 4 firms list CLEAR 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.
Quick answers about CLEAR
How much has CLEAR raised?
CLEAR has raised $146M across 8 rounds since 2006.
When did CLEAR last raise?
CLEAR's most recent round was a Venture of $2.0M in Sept 2025.
What was CLEAR's biggest round?
CLEAR's largest round on record is $56M (Series C), in Jan 2006.
Who backed CLEAR first?
CLEAR's first round on record, in Aug 2008, was backed by Spark Capital, Lockheed Martin and GE Ventures and 4 others.
What stage is CLEAR at?
CLEAR's latest named round is a Venture, in Sept 2025.
Where is CLEAR based?
CLEAR is based in the United States.
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