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Clari Funding History

Clari developed software that helps sales teams manage revenue operations and forecast their pipelines. The company later merged with Salesloft.

Company Overview

  • Sales & Relationship Management

Founded 2012 · Sunnyvale, California, US

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Clari Funding Timeline

  1. Announced Mar 3, 2021

    Series E

    US$150 million

    The financing backed Clari’s work on a revenue operations platform that connected forecasting with the rest of the sales process.

    Led by Silver Lake.

    Source · techcrunch.com ↗

  2. Announced Oct 10, 2019

    Series D

    US$60 million

    Clari said the financing would help grow the business and expand its revenue-operations software.

    Led by Sapphire Ventures.

    Source · techcrunch.com ↗

  3. Announced Mar 21, 2018

    Series C

    US$35 million

    Clari said it would expand its own sales and marketing teams and develop more capabilities for its revenue platform.

    Led by Tenaya Capital. Participation included Sequoia Capital, Bain Capital Ventures.

    Source · techcrunch.com ↗

  4. Date under review

    Series F

    US$225 million · $2.6B valuation

    Blackstone said it would look for opportunities to deploy Clari across companies in its portfolio.

    Led by Blackstone. Participation included Bain Capital Ventures.

    Source · prnewswire.com ↗

Clari Founding Team

Clari’s founding team came out of enterprise software. At Clari the focus was sales forecasting and giving teams a clearer view of their pipeline. The founding team included Andy Byrne (former CEO) and Kurt Leafstrand.

  • Venkat Rangan — CTO. Previously at Symantec and Clearwell Systems.

Clari Products

  • Clari Revenue Orchestration Platform

    Review the sales pipeline and update revenue forecasts in one place.

Clari Company Development

Forecasting Joined a Sales Engagement Suite

Clari and Salesloft completed their combination in December 2025 under the Salesloft name. The deal paired Clari’s view of pipeline and forecast data with software used to run the sales activities behind that pipeline.

Clari Competitive Landscape

Where to Act on Pipeline Data

Clari’s forecasting software overlaps with revenue tools sold by Gong. Clari’s roots are pipeline inspection and forecasting, while Gong’s conversation intelligence adds evidence from calls and other sales interactions. The Salesloft combination adds an execution layer to the comparison.