Startup · United States
Clearspeed
HQ San Diego, MarylandFounded 201651-200 employeesUpdated
Clearspeed analyzes voice signals in real time to assess risk, accelerate vetting, prevent fraud, and enable trusted decisions at scale.
Federal Obligations by Year (All USAspending, as Reported at the Time)
| Fiscal year | Direct: contracts |
|---|---|
| FY2024 | $1.9M |
| FY2023 | $0 |
| FY2022 | $1.7M |
| FY2021 | $810K |
| FY2020 | $50K |
Direct is the company's own reviewed UEIs. Reported by USAspending is subsidiaries as reported by USAspending: recipients that name this company as their parent, not yet reviewed ownership.
Directly matched recipients (up to 12)
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- CLEARSPEED INC. · J1NRNHP8JAA4 · $4.4M
Each action is credited by the ownership basis shown in its column. Reported-parent rows count for Clearspeed only for the period a subsidiary reported Clearspeed as its parent; reviewed links follow their reviewed dates. Net of de-obligations; these are obligations, not ceilings. They come from the whole USAspending baseline (every recipient size, contracts and assistance) and are a separate view from the curated contract totals on this page. FY2026 and later are partial, as on Markets.
Funding2 rounds · $87.0M
- Equity raised
- $87.0M
- Latest
- $60.0MSeries D · Jun 26, 2025
| Announced | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Other investors | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2025 | Series D | $60.0M | — | Align Private Capital | IronGate Capital Advisors | Reported |
| Oct 6, 2022 | Series C | $27.0M | — | — | — | Confirmed |
- $60.0MJun 26, 2025
- Series CConfirmed$27.0MOct 6, 2022
Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.
Systems1
- ClearspeedVoice-analysis software for questionnaire-based risk screening.
Newest unveiled first. Systems that belong to a government program link to the program page, where variants, costs and contracts are.
People4
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| Alexander Martin · LinkedIn ↗ | Cofounder and CEO |
| Alexander Martin · LinkedIn ↗ | CEO & Co-Founder |
| John Chesson | CISO |
| Scott Moore · LinkedIn ↗ | CRO |
Sources9
Profile5
- 1
PitchBook · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url
“employee_range: 51-200 (profile: 168)”
- 2
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind
“{"country": "USA", "hq_iso2": "US", "id": "1fd4b8c7-7ac6-475c-b5d9-03e6dfb3a6f3"}”
- 3
Clearspeed · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website
“Clearspeed analyzes voice signals in real time to assess risk, accelerate vetting, prevent fraud, and enable trusted decisions at scale.”
- 4
- 5
LinkedIn · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · linkedin url
“employee_range: 51-200 (profile: 51-200 employees)”
Systems1
- 6
Clearspeed · Supports System
“Clearspeed analyzes responses for the vocal characteristics that carry the risk signal. 03 The indicator You receive a clear indicator of potential risk in real-time.”
Funding2
- 7
Axios · Jun 26, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount, Organization · ownership
“has locked up a $60 million Series D led by Align Private Capital”
- 8
Business Wire · Oct 6, 2022 · Supports Funding round · amount
“today announced a $27 million Series C financing”
People1
- 9
Crunchbase · Supports Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Role
“hq_city: San Diego”
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