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Clay

Clay lets sales and marketing teams build automated prospecting workflows by pulling data from 150+ sources and applying AI agents to research, enrich, and personalize outreach at scale.

clay.com · New York

CALL NO.CS·CLAY·26
StageSeries CAugust 2025 · led by CapitalG[1][2][4]
Raised$204Mdisclosed rounds[1][2][4][5]
Headcount795as of Apr 2026[7][6]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2017[3][2]
Money

Raised $204M across disclosed rounds.[1][2][4][5]

Series C closed August 2025, led by CapitalG.[1][2][4]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, Meritech Capital, First Round Capital, BoxGroup, Boldstart Ventures, Sapphire Ventures.[1][2][4]

People

Varun Anand, Co-Founder[10][11][13][14][15][6]

Kareem Amin, Co-Founder and CEO[10][11][13][14][15][6]

KAREEM MOHAMED AMIN, Co-Founder and CEO[10][11][13][14][15][6]

Bruno Estrella, Head of Marketing[12][16][7]

Alfred Lin, Board of Directors[12][16][7]

Wayne Titus, Head of Services[12][16][7]

Signals
May 20 2026fundingClay raises $62M at a $500M valuation to turn any growth idea into reality - The GTM with Clay. company claim, not independently confirmed[18]
May 20 2026newsHow Anthropic uses Clay to 3x their enrichment coverage—with no manual work | Clay.com company claim, not independently confirmed[19]
Mar 11 2026newsIntroduction of Clay's New Pricing Model with Cheaper Data and Enhanced Features on Growth Plan. company claim, not independently confirmed[21]
Mar 4 2026newsInside Clay’s $5 Billion, AI-Powered Bid to Make Lead Gen Fun[20]
Aug 5 2025fundingClay Secures $100M in Series C Funding to Boost GTM Engineering | Clay company claim, not independently confirmed[17]
Comps

Apollo.io · apollo.io · Sacra published a direct head-to-head analysis titled 'Clay vs Apollo,' placing both in the same buyer workflow — B2B sales teams building outbound prospecting lists and running enriched outreach — and treating them as substitutes competing for the same GTM...[23]

ZoomInfo · zoominfo.com · CBInsights lists ZoomInfo as a top Clay alternative and competitor; both sell data enrichment to B2B sales and marketing teams and compete for the same data-provider budget line.[24]

Lusha · lusha.com · Extruct AI's 39-tool Clay alternatives roundup includes Lusha as a direct data enrichment substitute, targeting the same sales team buyer and the same workflow of building enriched prospect lists.[25]

Clearbit · clearbit.com · Extruct AI's Clay alternatives list names Clearbit as a comparable data enrichment tool; Clay's own inbound enrichment and CRM enrichment use cases directly overlap with Clearbit's core workflow of auto-enriching records at the point of entry.[25]

Risk

The customer proof is company-sourced only. No independent source in this ledger confirms it.[18]

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Clay

CALL NO.CS·CLAY·26

Clay lets sales and marketing teams build automated prospecting workflows by pulling data from 150+ sources and applying AI agents to research, enrich, and personalize outreach at scale.

clay.com · New York

StageSeries C
Raised$204M
Headcount795
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2017
CompsApollo.io +3

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