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Clearspeed

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380 people in our graph share verified history with the Clearspeed team — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Bill Gurleyunlockedknows Francesco Crippa · together at Zillow (overlapped)
×5knows the team · via United States Marine Corps
knows the team · via Zillow
knows the team · via Università degli Studi di Milano
×3knows the team · via United States Naval Academy
knows the team · via Webex

Clearspeed provides voice-based risk screening that analyzes vocal signals from a short set of yes-or-no questions, answered by phone or web, to indicate potential risk in real time. It serves organizations making trust decisions in areas such as financial fraud, benefits fraud, and defense/security screening.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintech

Founders & leadership

AMAlex Martin
Alex MartininCEO & Co-FounderAlex Martin is CEO and co-founder of Clearspeed, which offers voice-based risk assessment technology for personnel vetting and enterprise security. He previously served in the U.S. Marine Corps leading infantry, reconnaissance, and special operations units across four deployments, founded a maritime security company in Muscat, Oman, and spent two years in rural Kenya as a team leader for the social enterprise Nuru International; he holds an MBA from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business and a BS from the U.S. Naval Academy, and completed Stanford's IGNITE entrepreneurship program and the Marine Corps War College.
FCFrancesco Crippa
Francesco CrippainChief Technology OfficerHe has spent over two decades in engineering leadership roles, with expertise in building and scaling complex software and data platforms, including experience migrating systems to multi-cloud architectures and modernizing legacy monolithic applications into microservices; he has also led multiple acquisitions and organizational transformation initiatives.
JZJohn Zaal
John ZaalChief Operations Officer
JEJules Ehrlich
Jules EhrlichinChief Product & Strategy Officer

Investors · 2

BVVCBurr Ridgevia Joe Musselman · inferred
IronGate Capital AdvisorsNew York

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$120M disclosed across 2 rounds · 2025

Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.

Competitors · 1

by search overlap
Vendelux14 shared keywordsVendelux runs an AI-based event intelligence platform that helps B2B teams pick events, book meetings and attribute pipeline.

Companies competing with Clearspeed for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.

Non-dilutive funding · 4 SBIR/STTR awards

Federal grants — no equity taken
AgencyPhaseYearAmount
U.S. Air ForceAir ForcePhase II2022$1.7M
U.S. Air ForceAir ForcePhase II2021$749.6K
U.S. Air ForceAir ForcePhase II2020$1.5M
U.S. Air ForceAir ForcePhase I2020$50K

Source: SBIR.gov award data (U.S. Small Business Administration). SBIR/STTR awards are competitive federal R&D grants and contracts — non-dilutive capital alongside any venture rounds above.

In the news

Clearspeed Raises $60M in Series D Fundingfinsmes.com · Jun 2025Clearspeed raises $60M to expand voice-based risk assessment platform - SiliconANGLEsiliconangle.com · Jun 2025Insurance POST: Clearspeed raises $60m for ‘high growth’ | Clearspeedclearspeed.com · Jun 2025Claims Journal: Clearspeed Secures $60M in Series D Funding for Voice-Based Risk Assessment Tech | Clearspeedclearspeed.com · Jun 2025Clearspeed Secures $60M in Series D Funding for Dual-Use Voice-Based Risk Assessment Technologybusinesswire.com · Jun 2025Silicon Angle: Clearspeed raises $60M to expand voice-based risk assessment platform | Clearspeedclearspeed.com · Jun 2025

Frequently asked questions

What does Clearspeed do?
Clearspeed provides voice-based risk screening that analyzes vocal signals from a short set of yes-or-no questions, answered by phone or web, to indicate potential risk in real time. It serves organizations making trust decisions in areas such as financial fraud, benefits fraud, and defense/security screening.
Who founded Clearspeed?
Clearspeed was founded by Alex Martin.
Who are Clearspeed's investors?
Clearspeed's investors include BVVC, IronGate Capital Advisors.
How much funding has Clearspeed raised?
Clearspeed has disclosed $120M raised across 2 rounds.