Clear Ventures

We are a Silicon Valley venture capital firm purpose-built to help startup teams win in frontier technology and services. With $335 million of capital from a world-class investor base, Clear provides early seed capital, connections, and company-building insights and guidance. We work with bold, exceptional startup teams to grow their ideas into market-leading companies. Founded by veteran company builders and venture investors Chris Rust and Rajeev Madhavan, our investments span industries covering artificial intelligence, performant IT infrastructure, enterprise software, semiconductors, information security, and more. We invest early because we believe that’s what it takes to help fast-growing businesses like yours win. The Clear investment team has funded over 70 companies, 90% as the first investors, and has had 54 exits valued at a $85 billion market cap.