Daring to Dream and
Redefine What’s Possible

We have been the earliest investor with dozens of teams that have dared to pursue their vision—creating and leading new markets, and shaping the future.

Meet the companies that inspire us every day.

Our Companies

Espresa

Espresa

Espresa is an enterprise SaaS company that sells the world’s first “culture benefits platform”. Espresa’s software is used to automate the end-to-end workflow needed to build and motivate high performance teams by offering them best in-class programs.

  • Founded: 2015
  • Round Partnered: Seed
  • Year Partnered: 2015
  • Fund: Clear Ventures
  • Clear Partner(s): Rajeev Madhavan, Chris Rust
  • Status: Active
We have been working with Clear since they co-led our seed round. They are engaged and know how to help. They quickly connected us with the right people at several major accounts. Our experience with Clear is phenomenal -- they are helping us gain market success.
Alex Shubat, CEO

TEAM

  • Nigel Duffy

    Founder

  • Simon Wilkinson

    Head of Engineering

  • Ryan McMahon

    Chief of Staff

Results Matter, Success Counts

Four of the companies our team co-founded produced over $1.7 billion of market cap from 2 IPOs and 2 acquisitions.

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.

Before we became VCs, we had already founded 5 successful companies.

Portfolio Breakdown