Rajeev Madhavan
Co-Founder & General Partner @ Clear Ventures
San Francisco, United States
Rajeev Madhavan is a Co-Founder and General Partner of Clear Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm that provides startups capital, connections and company-building assistance from the earliest stages of company creation so their visions can grow intro market-leading companies. Clear Ventures launched its debut fund with $120 millioncommitted capital from a world-class investor base and an active portfolio that includes early positions in Cyphort, Espresa, Falcon, Paysa, Reflektion, Robin Systems, Swift Navigation, and Vera.
- Total investments:
- 26
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 12%
Last updated:
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Industries Rajeev Madhavan invests in
Stages Rajeev Madhavan invests in
Countries Rajeev Madhavan invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.6M–$6.8M
- Series A
- $7.2M–$25M
- Series D
- $15M–$50M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Information Technology 5 (19%)
- Software 4 (15%)
- E-Commerce 2 (8%)
- Semiconductor 2 (8%)
- Machine Learning 2 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 8 (31%)
- Series A 8 (31%)
- Series D 2 (8%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (4%)
- Series B 1 (4%)
Country
- United States 8 (31%)
- India 1 (4%)
- United Kingdom 1 (4%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Opsera provides an AI-powered DevOps platform that automates and streamlines the software delivery process. The company offers tools for CI/CD pipeline automation, DevSecOps, release orchestration, and toolchain management, aiming to enhance productivity, accelerate innovation, and improve security for software teams. Its AI-driven approachintroduces autonomous AI agents that dynamically analyze, adapt, and optimize software delivery in real-time. | $20M / Series B / Apr 02, 2025 | ||
| A fabless semiconductor company, designing lowest power wireless solutions to dramatically reduce battery power. | $40M / Series D / Mar 03, 2025 | ||
| Evidently is a creative agency that renders content, digital campaigns, animation and brand planning services. | $15M / Series A / Dec 09, 2024 | ||
| Arrcus offers hyper-scale networking software that provides software-powered network transformation for the interconnected world. The company's software improves human experiences by connecting people, machines, and data, and it provides simple-to-use software that spans the infrastructure, from routers to switches to servers, allowingbusinesses to unify manageability and control with the ease of a single network solution that works across the entire network infrastructure and simplifies operations.Arrcus was established in 2016 in San Jose, California by Devesh Garg. | $30M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 18, 2024 | ||
Kognitos
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Kognitos is in stealth mode. | $20M / Series A / Nov 29, 2023 | |
| Opsera provides an AI-powered DevOps platform that automates and streamlines the software delivery process. The company offers tools for CI/CD pipeline automation, DevSecOps, release orchestration, and toolchain management, aiming to enhance productivity, accelerate innovation, and improve security for software teams. Its AI-driven approachintroduces autonomous AI agents that dynamically analyze, adapt, and optimize software delivery in real-time. | $12M / Series A / Oct 04, 2023 | ||
| Arrcus offers hyper-scale networking software that provides software-powered network transformation for the interconnected world. The company's software improves human experiences by connecting people, machines, and data, and it provides simple-to-use software that spans the infrastructure, from routers to switches to servers, allowingbusinesses to unify manageability and control with the ease of a single network solution that works across the entire network infrastructure and simplifies operations.Arrcus was established in 2016 in San Jose, California by Devesh Garg. | $15M / Series D / Jul 10, 2023 | ||
| Arrcus offers hyper-scale networking software that provides software-powered network transformation for the interconnected world. The company's software improves human experiences by connecting people, machines, and data, and it provides simple-to-use software that spans the infrastructure, from routers to switches to servers, allowingbusinesses to unify manageability and control with the ease of a single network solution that works across the entire network infrastructure and simplifies operations.Arrcus was established in 2016 in San Jose, California by Devesh Garg. | $50M / Series D / Feb 09, 2023 | ||
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Kognitos
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Kognitos is in stealth mode. | $6.8M / Seed / Feb 07, 2023 | |
| It has been known for decades that optical interconnects have the potential to provide significant benefits even at lengths down to 1 millimeter and below. Silicon photonics, plasmonics, and other high-volume commercial technologies have reached a tipping point where they can be used to address critical chip-to-chip interconnect needs.Avicena’sultra-dense, low-latency, low-cost, low-power optical interconnects revolutionize inter-chip communications and vastly improve the performance of systems that are hampered by legacy chip-to-chip interconnects. | $25M / Series A / Aug 02, 2022 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Clear Ventures
Clear Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm focusing on investing in startup companies.
Clear Ventures Contacts
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Rajeev Madhavan
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Christopher Rust
Co-Founder & General Partner
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Glenn Gow
Marketing Partner
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Noor Kamruddin
Vice President, Investment Operations
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Zachary Poley
Chief Technology Officer
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FAQ
What does Rajeev Madhavan invest in?
Rajeev Madhavan invests primarily in Information Technology, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Rajeev Madhavan invest in?
Rajeev Madhavan typically joins rounds of $1.6M–$6.8M at Seed, $7.2M–$25M at Series A and $15M–$50M at Series D. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Rajeev Madhavan's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Rajeev Madhavan took part in.
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When did Rajeev Madhavan last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Rajeev Madhavan closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 26 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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