# CLEAR funding: rounds and investors > CLEAR has raised $146M across 8 rounds since 2006. Investors include T. Rowe Price, Y Combinator and Antler. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/clear (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *CLEAR* 8 rounds we have observed, with the 22 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. Cybersecurity Y Combinator: W14 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$146M** raised across 8 rounds since 2006, from 9 sources **$56M** Series C **$44M** Series D **$20M** Venture **$15M** Round **$2.5M** Venture **$840K** Pre-seed **$5.0M** Seed **$2.0M** Venture - **Latest round:** Venture, $2.0M Sept 2025 - **Biggest round:** $56M Series C · Jan 2006 - **Investors:** 22 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. 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 **$56M** Series C **$44M** Series D **$20M** Venture **$15M** Round **$2.5M** Venture **$840K** Pre-seed **$2.0M** Venture - **First round:** Series C, $56M - **Biggest round:** $56M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.7 years ## The rounds - **Sept 2025** Venture **$2.0M** *2 new* [Antler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/antler) [Rabobank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rabobank) Source recorded - **Jul 2023** Seed **$5.0M** *5 new* [B Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b-capital) [Luminate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/luminate-accelerator) [MasterCard](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mastercard) [Italian Angels for Growth](https://millionrounds.com/fund/italian-angels-for-growth) [Collab Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collab) Source recorded and 1 other - **Dec 2021** Pre-seed **$840K** *3 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Pioneer Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pioneer-fund-2) [Amino Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amino-capital) Source recorded - **Nov 2021** Venture **$2.5M** *4 new* [LD Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xie) [Mint](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mint) [Foresight Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foresight-ventures) [Huobi Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/huobi-capital) Source recorded - **Apr 2017** Round **$15M** *1 returning* [T. Rowe Price](https://millionrounds.com/fund/t-rowe-price) Reported by TechCrunch - **Oct 2015** Venture **$20M** *1 new* [T. Rowe Price](https://millionrounds.com/fund/t-rowe-price) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $6.2M sold, first sale Aug 2015 - **Aug 2008** Series D **$44M** *7 new* [Spark Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital) [Lockheed Martin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lockheed-martin-ventures) [GE Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ge-ventures) [Lehman Brothers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lehman-brothers) [Baker Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baker-capital) [Syncom Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/syncom-venture-partners) Steven Brill Reported by venturebeat.com - **Jan 2006** Series C **$56M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by venturebeat.com ## Founders and team From CLEAR's own website: 6 founders, 1 on the team. **Archit Gupta** CEO, Founder **Max Levchin** Co-Founder & CEO **Vijay Shekhar** Founder & CEO **Ankit Solanki** Co-founder **Scott Banister** Founder of IronPort **Srivatsan Chari** Co-founder - **Neeraj Arora** Head 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 C** 2006 **Series D** 2008 **Venture** 2015 **Round** 2017 **Venture** 2021 **Pre-seed** 2021 **Seed** 2023 **Venture** 2025 [T. Rowe Price](https://millionrounds.com/fund/t-rowe-price) [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Antler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/antler) [Pioneer Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pioneer-fund-2) [B Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b-capital) [Spark Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital) [LD Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xie) [Luminate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/luminate-accelerator) [Rabobank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rabobank) [Amino Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amino-capital) ## Everyone who backed them [T. Rowe Price](https://millionrounds.com/fund/t-rowe-price) Private equity **2** rounds [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [Antler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/antler) VC firm **1** round [Pioneer Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pioneer-fund-2) Private equity **1** round [B Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b-capital) VC firm **1** round [Spark Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital) VC firm **1** round [LD Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xie) VC firm **1** round [Luminate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/luminate-accelerator) Accelerator **1** round [Rabobank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rabobank) Corporate VC **1** round [Amino Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amino-capital) Accelerator **1** round [MasterCard](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mastercard) Corporate VC **1** round [Mint](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mint) VC firm **1** round [Lockheed Martin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lockheed-martin-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round [GE Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ge-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round [Italian Angels for Growth](https://millionrounds.com/fund/italian-angels-for-growth) VC firm **1** round [Lehman Brothers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lehman-brothers) Hedge fund **1** round [Foresight Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foresight-ventures) Accelerator **1** round [Collab Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collab) VC firm **1** round [Huobi Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/huobi-capital) Corporate VC **1** round [Baker Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baker-capital) Investment firm **1** round [Syncom Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/syncom-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round Steven Brill 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=clear). ## 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. [Samsung Catalyst Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung-catalyst-fund) Corporate VC Per its own site [healthy.capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/healthy-capital) VC firm Per its own site [MSM](https://millionrounds.com/fund/msm-fund-mustard-seed-maze) VC firm Per its own site [Nexus Climate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nexus-climate) Venture studio Per its own site ## Quick answers about CLEAR ### Who invested in CLEAR? CLEAR's investors include T. Rowe Price, Y Combinator, Antler, Pioneer Fund and B Capital, and 17 more on record. ### 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. ## Companies like CLEAR In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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