Where we’re based: HQ in Toronto, employees in Canada, US, Australia, Europe, UK Where we’re hiring: Globally! We’re looking for folks to join our team in North America, Ireland, Australia, and the UK The founding team and their storyBuilt by founders, for founders, Clearco was founded in 2015 by Michele Romanow of CBC’s “Dragons’ Den” (Canada’s “Shark Tank”), Andrew D’Souza, Ivan Gritsiniak, Charlie Feng, and Tanay Delima, Clearco is headquartered in Toronto. Clearco co-founders Michele Romanow and Andrew D’Souza deeply understand the pains of building a business. Michele bootstrapped five companies and sits on the other side of the table as a judge on “Dragon’s Den,” Canada’s equivalent of “Shark Tank.”Andrew has raised hundreds of millions of dollars for multiple startups and is an investor and advisor to many others. The idea for Clearco was inspired by their own experiences and struggles in building companies and working with other entrepreneurs. Key facts Hiring in: Engineering, Go To Market (GTM), Finance, Product, People & Ops Number of Employees: 315 Clearco has invested $2+ billion into 4,500+ companies using data science to identify high-growth funding opportunities in less than 24 hours. This data-driven approach takes the bias out of decision-making and helps Clearco fund 8x more female founders than traditional VCs across 6 countries. Clearco’s portfolio spans small businesses across the United States, Canada, UK, Australia, and the Netherlands to some of the biggest brands today, like unTUCKit, Vanity Planet, Andie Swim, Haus, and Farmgirl Flowers. 30% of Clearco’s portfolio are people of colour. The company has raised $520 million to date and investors include Oak HC/FT, Highland Capital, Emergence, Founder’s Fund, and Inovia. Recently raised a US$100M Series C, bringing Clearco to a near US$2B valuation and Unicorn status
2021 ambitionsClearco is a suite of performance financing products & services tailor-made to help founders win. A pay-as-you-grow pioneer and the world’s largest ecommerce investor, our mission is to remove the barriers between brilliant ideas, and brilliant businesses. With a recent rebrand from Clearbanc to Clearco, the company shows no signs of slowing down. Clearco aims to continue its expansion plans in Europe, Australia, the UK and North America in order to provide support to entrepreneurs and founders in every corner of the world. Looking to add about 150 amazing new humans to the Clearco family by the end of 2021! Join us: www.clear.co Company CultureClearco’s mission is to empower founders around the world and help them win – this is the same for Clearco helping their teammates win. Clearco has built a positive, inclusive and supportive culture to allow employees to do their best work and be their best selves here. Transparency, responsibility, integrity, and authenticity are the core values at Clearco. The Clearco team consists of diverse people and ideas but all encompass the same values, an entrepreneurial-centric mindset. This way, everyone can come together and focus on one goal. Teams work hand in hand and cross-departmental on innovative projects where everyone can have an impact on Clearco’s goal of being full stack support for founders. Clearco supports employees who have a “side hustle” or are operating their own businesses in their downtime. As a company “By Founders For Founders”, Clearco strives to not only hire founders but cultivate founders during their time working at Clearco. Wherever the next chapter may be, Clearco is a launchpad for their careers.**This is a paid promotion |