Clearco

Clearco is a suite of performance financing products & services tailor-made to help founders win. A pay-as-you-grow pioneer and the world’s largest ecommerce investor, our mission is to remove the barriers between brilliant ideas, and brilliant businesses. Clearco has invested $2+ billion into 4,500+ companies using data science to identify high-growth funding opportunities in less than 24 hours. This data-driven approach takes the bias out of decision-making and helps Clearco fund 8x more female founders than traditional VCs across 6 countries. Clearco’s portfolio spans small businesses across the United States, Canada, UK, Australia, and the Netherlands to some of the biggest brands today, like unTUCKit, Vanity Planet, Andie Swim, Haus, and Farmgirl Flowers. 30% of Clearco’s portfolio are people of colour. Founded in 2015 by Michele Romanow of CBC’s “Dragons’ Den” (Canada’s “Shark Tank”), Andrew D’Souza, Ivan Gritsiniak, Charlie Feng, and Tanay Delima, Clearco is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The company has raised $520 million to date and investors include Oak HC/FT, Highland Capital, Emergence, Founder’s Fund, and Inovia. For more information, visit clear.co and @getclearco.