AI talent agent that introduces candidates directly to startup founders and hiring managers, replacing job applications with warm intros.
Clera is an AI talent agent that represents job candidates rather than employers, inverting the usual recruiting model. Candidates tell Clera what they want in a short conversation — role, stage, compensation, location, dealbreakers — and the agent matches them against a network of 600+ venture-backed startups and makes a warm introduction directly to the founder or hiring manager, with context on why the person fits. There is no application, resume tailoring or cold outreach; the agent also preps candidates before interviews, follows up afterwards and helps navigate offers. It operates over email, iMessage and WhatsApp. The service is free to candidates, with hiring companies paying a placement fee. Founded in 2025 by Sebastian Scott (CEO), Alexander Farr (COO) and Daniel Wintermeyer (CTO) — who started the company while working out of hacker houses across Latin America before relocating to San Francisco — Clera announced a $3M pre-seed led by 1984 Ventures on April 28, 2026. At announcement it reported 80,000+ candidates represented across the US and Europe and more than $1M in annualized revenue within months of launch; its site reported roughly 161,000 people represented and an 8-day average time to first interview as of August 2026. It placed 1st Product of the Day and 2nd Product of the Week on Product Hunt.
Human Capital Services📍 San Francisco, CAFounded 2025
Current Valuation
Private
PRIVATE
IPO Outlookprivate
Is Clera going public?
No. Clera is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Clera's valuation in 2026?
No confirmed valuation is on record for Clera. The roster shows funding and investors where they are public; it does not estimate a mark.
Has Clera filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Clera.
Who are Clera's investors?
Clera's investors include 1984 Ventures, Deel Ventures, Blue Wire Capital, Insiders, BFF, Koro Capital and 1 more.
How much has Clera raised?
Clera has raised $3M in total across 1 disclosed round, most recently a Pre-Seed of $3M in Apr 2026.
Is Clera publicly traded — can you buy Clera stock?
No. Clera is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for Clera on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Company Profile
CEO
Sebastian Scott
Founded
2025
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Employees
11-50
Total Raised
$3M
Est. Revenue
$1M (2026-04)
Growth
Surpassed $1M annualized revenue within months of launch; talent represented grew from 80,000+ (Apr 2026) to ~161,000 (Aug 2026), against a network of 600-700+ venture-backed startups
Last Round
Pre-Seed — $3M (Apr 2026) · Lead: 1984 Ventures
IPO Status
private
Fundraising Status
Pre-Seed · $3M · 5 mo ago
privateTotal raised $3M1 disclosed rounds
Funding History
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Pre-Seed
$3M
Apr 2026
1984 Ventures
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Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML
No verified Hugging Face organization found for Clera — no attributable open-model footprint. Closed-weights labs are common; this is a distribution signal, not a capability judgment.
Checked huggingface.co as of 2026-09-19. Re-checked weekly.
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▼ Hiring downtrend
-14% vs 2026-08
Open roles
265
via ashby
Product-build share
65%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
tightening
heavy product build — 65% of open roles are product-building functions (engineering/research/product) — 127 of 265 open roles are engineering.
Open roles trending down; no tracked executive churn.
Counted from Clera's live job board as of 2026-09-14; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Founders & Key People
Sebastian ScottAlexander FarrDaniel Wintermeyer
Investors
1984 Ventures · Deel Ventures · Blue Wire Capital · Insiders · BFF · Koro Capital · rule30
Products
AI talent agent for candidates (conversational role matching over email, iMessage and WhatsApp)
Warm introductions to founders and hiring managers at venture-backed startups
Interview prep, follow-up and offer-negotiation support
Employer-side sourcing: matched candidate intros in place of an application pipeline
AIHR TechRecruitingTalent MarketplaceFuture of WorkPre-SeedProduct Hunt
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of recent date. Refreshed quarterly.