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

Avicena

Avicena

Avicena is a next generation high performance interconnect company. They are pioneering a novel new approach to reimagine how chips communicate with each other and with memory in computing, networking, storage, and mobile infrastructure systems. More details will be provided when they are farther along.

  • Founded: 2019
  • Round Partnered: Seed
  • Year Partnered: 2019
  • Fund: Clear Ventures II
  • Clear Partner(s): Chris Rust, Rajeev Madhavan
  • Status: Active

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