# ClearTax funding: rounds and investors

> ClearTax has raised $62M across 3 rounds since 2014. Investors include Saif Partners, Y Combinator and Sequoia Capital. Every round with its source.

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

India · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *ClearTax*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 8 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.

Fintech

Valuation: $750M, Oct 2024 Y Combinator: Summer 2014

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$62M** raised across 3 rounds since 2014, from 3 sources

**$120K** Seed **$12M** Series A **$50M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $50M Oct 2018
- **Step-up i:** 4.2×
- **Investors:** 8

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.

2015 2016 2017 2018

**$120K** Seed

**$12M** Series A

**$50M** Round

- **First round:** Seed, $120K
- **Biggest round:** $50M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.3 years

## The rounds

- **Oct 2018** Round **$50M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) [Saif Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saif-partners) Composite Capital/ Y Combinator Reported by Business-standard
- **Jun 2016** Series A **$12M** *1 new* [Saif Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saif-partners) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Jun 2014** Seed **$120K** *4 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [FundersClub](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fundersclub) [Marc Bell Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marc-bell-capital) [Sumon Sadhu](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sumon-sadhu) From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From ClearTax'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.

**Seed** 2014 **Series A** 2016 **Round** 2018 [Saif Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saif-partners) [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) [FundersClub](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fundersclub) [Marc Bell Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marc-bell-capital) [Sumon Sadhu](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sumon-sadhu) Composite Capital/ Y Combinator

## Everyone who backed them

[Saif Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saif-partners) Private equity **2** rounds

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

[Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) VC firm **1** round

[FundersClub](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fundersclub) VC firm **1** round

[Marc Bell Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marc-bell-capital) Family office **1** round

[Sumon Sadhu](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sumon-sadhu) Angel **1** round

Composite Capital/ Y Combinator 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=cleartax).

## Quick answers about ClearTax

### Who invested in ClearTax?

ClearTax's investors include Saif Partners, Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund and FundersClub, and 3 more on record.

### How much has ClearTax raised?

ClearTax has raised $62M across 3 rounds since 2014.

### When did ClearTax last raise?

ClearTax's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $50M in Oct 2018.

### What was ClearTax's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $50M in Oct 2018, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed ClearTax first?

ClearTax's first round on record, in Jun 2014, was backed by Y Combinator, FundersClub and Marc Bell Capital and 1 others.

### What stage is ClearTax at?

ClearTax's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Oct 2018.

### Where is ClearTax based?

ClearTax is based in India.

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