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Snapshot 2026-10-24- Startup SignalsTop 25%↓18
- Retail & Marketing#9of 104↓1
- Sales Agents#1of 10
About
Clay, founded in 2017 in New York, USA, uses AI to gather and refine data from multiple sources, enabling businesses to build detailed prospect lists and create personalized messages at scale.
Full tier & rationale — an SVTR Intelligence benefit
Capital graph
Company· 12
Investor· 10
Founders / team· 3
Funding history
- 2026-09-09
- 2025-08Series C$100M
Investors · Capital Group, Sequoia Capital, CapitalG, Meritech CapitalSource · SVTR Weekly #117
- 2025-01Series B$40M
Investors · First Round Capital, Meritech Capital, Sequoia CapitalSource · SVTR Weekly #089
- 2024-06New funding round$46M
Investors · First Round Capital, Meritech Capital, Sequoia CapitalSource · SVTR Weekly #059
Comparable companies· by market
This company
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Series D+ · $392M · 2026-09
$392M
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Series A · $32M · 2026-07
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"Reasoning-based" AI tools helping marketing teams optimize sales prioritization and drive growth
Undisclosed · $18M · 2025-04
$18M - Bounti
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Seed · $16M · 2024-09
$16M
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BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDateEurope
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Zeliq
AI sales workspace and sales agents for mid-market sales teams (lead prospecting, data enrichment, multichannel outreach)
Seed · $24M · 2026-09
$24M - lemlist
Multichannel sales engagement SaaS: B2B database of 450 million+ contacts, email verification, sequence automation across email/LinkedIn/phone/WhatsApp, AI icebreakers and AI copy/personalization variables, deliverability optimization; serves 37,000+ SMBs and sales/marketing teams worldwide. Parent company lempire also owns lemwarm, Taplio, Tweet Hunter, lemcal and Claap.
$30M
$30M - Solda.AI
AI sales agent system that automates phone sales and lifts outbound team conversion rates
Seed · $4M · 2025-05
$4M
Other / unspecified
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- HeyReach
LinkedIn outreach automation SaaS: connects and rotates multiple LinkedIn accounts to auto-send connection requests, messages and voice notes, with a unified inbox for replies and lead import from Sales Navigator, Clay and HubSpot; HeyReach MCP lets AI agents such as Claude/ChatGPT create outreach campaigns in natural language and tag reply sentiment. Customers are lead-generation agencies and B2B sales/growth teams.
$500K
$500K - Firmable
AI sales platform (account data + real-time buying signals + automated sales tasks)
Series A · $28M · 2026-03
$28M - Dealism
"Vibe Selling" Sales AI Agent combining intent/emotion recognition with multichannel (WhatsApp, Instagram) sales automation
Angel · $15M · 2025-11
$15M
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Investors that may fit
Y Combinator
36 Retail & Marketing deals in the last 24 months · 1 at a nearby stage · 30 in NYC Metro
Request intro →Lightspeed
12 Retail & Marketing deals in the last 24 months · 3 at a nearby stage · 7 in NYC Metro
Request intro →General Catalyst
12 Retail & Marketing deals in the last 24 months · 1 at a nearby stage · 8 in NYC Metro
Request intro →Bessemer Venture Partners
10 Retail & Marketing deals in the last 24 months · 1 at a nearby stage · 4 in NYC Metro
Request intro →Kleiner Perkins
10 Retail & Marketing deals in the last 24 months · 2 at a nearby stage · 9 in NYC Metro
Request intro →Madrona Ventures
8 Retail & Marketing deals in the last 24 months · 1 at a nearby stage · 8 in NYC Metro
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