# Clear Ventures

> Clear Ventures is a Palo Alto venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Chris Rust and Rajeev Madhavan. It backs early-stage business technology and services companies with capital, customer connections, recruiting and fundraising support. Its published initial investment target is $100,000 to $5 million, and it states $335 million of capital.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** Palo Alto, United States
- **Founders:** Christopher J. Rust (Co-founder; Partner), Rajeev Madhavan (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Seed and early-stage investment, Portfolio services and internal engineering platform, Clear Vision Fund, Clear Technology Partners, Clear Launchpad
- **Notable:** Announced a $120 million debut fund in June 2016, above an original $80 million target., Announced $180 million Fund II in April 2019., States $335 million of capital on its approach page.

## Products & services

- **Seed and early-stage investment** — Targets initial investments of $100,000 to $5 million.
- **Portfolio services and internal engineering platform** — Software, data science and operating support for access to customers, talent and follow-on capital.
- **Clear Vision Fund** — Announced as a vehicle within Fund II for initial investments of $100,000 to $1 million.
- **Clear Technology Partners** — Advisory network offering technical expertise and founder mentoring.
- **Clear Launchpad** — Announced office hours, mentorship, incubation, workshops and entrepreneur-in-residence support; current program availability should be confirmed.
- **Clear Ecosystem Advantage** — Announced data-science and automation system to connect founders with customers, talent and investors.

## Achievements

- Announced a $120 million debut fund in June 2016, above an original $80 million target.
- Announced $180 million Fund II in April 2019.
- States $335 million of capital on its approach page.
- Reports team career totals of 70+ companies, 90% first-investor participation and 54 exits associated with $85 billion market capitalization; these are not Clear fund returns.
- Portfolio company Tignis was acquired by Cohu in January 2025.
- Portfolio company MEXT was acquired by AMD in June 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Clear’s news page highlighted Fabrix.ai’s inclusion in a Gartner campus networking market guide and Concentric AI’s CRN award finalist recognition.
- **2026-06** — AMD announced the acquisition of Clear portfolio company MEXT for predictive memory optimization.
- **2026-03** — Frore announced $143 million Series D at $1.64 billion valuation, with Clear participating.
- **2025-09** — Wherobots announced Databricks Unity Catalog integration.

## Links

- Website: https://clear.ventures/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clear-ventures/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ClearVentures
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkXNMSUgtEd6D_BRGctlyOw/featured
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clear.ventures/

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Last updated: 2026-10-27