Clear Venture Management, LLC
Emerging managerSEC exempt reporting adviser (venture capital exemption).
- Website
- HTTP://CLEAR.VENTURES
- HQ
- CA
Clear Venture Management is a Silicon Valley venture capital firm that aims to help startup teams win in frontier technology and services. Its partners include Noor Kamruddin, who began her engineering career at Tandem Computers, and Rajeev Madhavan, a general partner and co-founder. Portfolio companies include Acante, which works on enterprise IT and cloud infrastructure software, and AICrete, which uses machine learning to optimize concrete recipes.
New fund likely raising soon
The firm's newest fund is 4 to 7 years past its first sale and no newer Form D has been filed.
01 · Says / Does
| Tag | Says | Does | Historically (to 2020) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stages | Seed | Not enough dated deals | Series A, Seed, Series B |
| Sectors | AI infra, AI applications, Cybersecurity, Enterprise SaaS, Semiconductors | Not enough dated deals | Hardware, Enterprise SaaS, Cybersecurity, Data analytics, Manufacturing, Semiconductors |
| Regions | CA | Not enough dated deals | CA |
Says: what the firm's funds state. Does: from 0 dated deals in the last 24 months.
Historical focus (through 2020), derived from historical deal data.
| Year | Deals | Top sectors |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 | Manufacturing |
| 1997 | 1 | Semiconductors |
| 1998 | 2 | Hardware |
| 1999 | 5 | Data analytics, Enterprise SaaS, Hardware |
| 2000 | 2 | Hardware |
| 2001 | 1 | Hardware, Manufacturing |
| 2005 | 3 | Enterprise SaaS, Manufacturing, Media |
| 2006 | 1 | Enterprise SaaS, Hardware |
| 2007 | 1 | Hardware |
| 2008 | 2 | Ecommerce, Media, Semiconductors |
| 2009 | 1 | Hardware, Media |
| 2010 | 2 | Ecommerce, Enterprise SaaS, Manufacturing |
| 2011 | 1 | Hardware, Media |
| 2013 | 1 | Cybersecurity, Enterprise SaaS |
| 2014 | 2 | Consumer, Cybersecurity, Enterprise SaaS |
| 2015 | 2 | AI applications, Climate software, Data analytics |
| 2016 | 1 | Hardware |
| 2017 | 5 | AI applications, Data analytics, Hardware |
| 2018 | 4 | Climate hardware, Consumer, Enterprise SaaS |
| 2019 | 3 | Cybersecurity, Hardware, Semiconductors |
| 2020 | 1 | Cybersecurity |
Stage mix over time
- Pre-seed
- Seed
- Series A
- Series B
- Growth
| Year | Pre-seed | Seed | Series A | Series B | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
02 · Fund history
| Fund | Year | Size | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Ventures Growth I, L.P. | approx. 2021 | $30M to $37.16M (Form D and SEC adviser filing) | Follow-ons only |
03 · People across funds
- Christopher Rust, Managing Director of the General Partner of the Issuer
Clear Ventures Growth I, L.P. (Named on Form D)
- Rajeev Madhavan, Managing Director of the General Partner of the Issuer
Clear Ventures Growth I, L.P. (Named on Form D)
- Noor Kamruddin, Partner
04 · Recent deals
No dated deals found yet.
05 · Latest from the firm
No news from the firm's website yet.
06 · Sources
- HTTP://CLEAR.VENTURES
- https://clear.ventures/companies?company-id=2428
- https://clear.ventures/people/
- https://clear.ventures/companies?company-id=24943
- https://clear.ventures/approach/
- https://clear.ventures/companies?company-id=2429
- https://clear.ventures/companies?company-id=24953
Fund dates and sizes are from SEC Form D filings.
Last verified: Oct 25, 2026