Companies · Energy

ClearBrainWinter 2018Acquired

San Francisco · CA, USA · Energy · founded 2017 · https://clearbrain.com/

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on ClearBrain — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
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ClearBrain: limited disclosed financing to assess.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page.

Where it sits in Energy

ClearBrain is one of 69 Energy companies tracked from San Francisco, CA, USA, on record since 2017. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 54% of sector peers), and mid-pack by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

AI analyst read est. — model-extracted from this company's public description, not a verified fact. 30%

operates a technology-led product inferred from public copy

Grounded in: “You are a venture analyst

Causal Analytics for Growth Teams

ClearBrain (YC W18) is a startup building the first self-serve AI platform for growth marketing. We help companies automatically predict and retarget users when they are most likely to purchase. Fortune 1000 companies use ClearBrain’s automated machine learning platform to personalize experiences for hundreds of millions of user predictions - as effectively as Uber or Google. We’re led by the founding engineers of Google Ads and Optimizely’s data infrastructure teams, and backed by investors in Dropbox, Optimizely, and AdMob. We’re a deeply technical team who value humility and customer empathy above all. As a group we’re also pretty good at bowling, D&D, and Rubik’s cubes. We are building an advanced analytics platform with the challenge of making it accessible to a smart, capable clientele of growth experts that demands ease of use, utility, high availability and good responsiveness. You’ll join a startup environment where you'll be exposed to a variety of backend, frontend, machine learning frameworks in a fast-moving company!

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Amount raised vs valuation, by round

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Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size. Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.

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How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 69 companies in Energy. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages)
This company
Sector median$6.8M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)
This company
Sector median$22.4M

Raised more than 54% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 54% of peers (estimate).

Full financing history

Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.

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Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.

Registry & provenance

ClearBrain is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

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What does ClearBrain do and where is it based?
ClearBrain operates in the Energy sector, based in San Francisco, CA, USA. Causal Analytics for Growth Teams
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