Tina is an integral member of Clear’s Investments & Portfolio Services team, where she identifies promising investment opportunities and collaborates with Clear’s in-house engineering team to support founders in talent acquisition, sales, and follow-on financing. Tina also plays a pivotal role in driving Clear’s ecosystem and marketing initiatives. Tina brings a wealth of experience from […]
People Type: Partner
Somnath Banerjee
Somnath is a Technology Partner and Chief Data Scientist at Clear, where he focuses on advancing the AI capabilities of the Clear engineering platform and delivering deeper and more comprehensive insights about companies and individuals. These insights are vital for Clear and its portfolio companies to gain access to the most relevant sourcing, customers, talents, […]
Matt Herich
Matt has an entrepreneurial spirit and started his first business in high school repairing video game consoles and mobile phones. He continued this small side hustle into his Mechanical Engineering studies at UC Berkeley where he discovered the power of coding and decided to pursue a career in software engineering. While learning the basics of […]
Zachary Poley
Zach Poley is a Partner and Chief Technology Officer at Clear, where he focuses on building out Clear’s software, data, and AI-driven approach to venture capital – our unique and proprietary venture capital operating system that helps Clear win in the race to be first to gifted talent and providing measurable value in helping our […]
Noor Kamruddin
Noor began her engineering career at Tandem Computers and later worked at Retix and US Robotics where she gained operational experience spanning R&D, product development and customer support. She went on to work on Wall Street at Merrill Lynch, helping technology companies with their IPO and M&A. Later she moved to investing in public technology […]
Khalig Howard
Khalig is a core investment team member who leads new founder sourcing, deal origination, and due diligence exercises. He also leads the Clear Portfolio Services function, working closely with Clear Portfolio leadership to help with all operational performance and efficiency aspects. Khalig succeeds by using proprietary tools developed in-house by the Clear engineering team to […]
Rajeev Madhavan
Rajeev Madhavan is a Co Founder and Partner of Clear, where he focuses on early stage technology investments. Rajeev brings operational skills from founding, building and running (as CEO) two highly successful companies. He has the uncanny ability to deeply understand what entrepreneurs are trying to do, and to steer them onto a successful path. […]
Christopher J. Rust
Chris Rust is Co Founder and Partner of Clear, where he focuses on early stage technology investments. Chris’s operational specialties are recruiting, product marketing, business development, follow-on fund raising, and scaling. He has been the lead investor in over 35 companies. Prior to founding Clear in 2014 Chris spent 14 years as an early stage […]
Tina Nuss
With over 25 years of experience in professional office executive assistant positions in the EDA Industry and a track record of strong performance in high-volume, high-pressure environments, Tina skillfully manages administrative duties and client relations for her colleagues at Clear. As Executive Assistant and Office Manager, she ensures the smooth operation of the firm with […]