Clera
HR & Recruiting AI · Recruiting & Staffing
124open roles
$200kmedian advertised pay
$3Mlatest round · Venture round · May 2026 · 5 mo ago
1backers · TU Berlin
Overview
Clera is a San Francisco company that runs an AI recruiting platform positioned as a talent agent rather than a job board, matching engineers and other technical candidates to roles at venture-backed startups. Its system reads a candidate's background and preferences, then represents them to hiring teams at companies funded by firms such as Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, Index Ventures and General Catalyst, compressing the introduction step that traditional headhunting handles manually. The model is aimed at the segment where recruiter fees are highest and candidate supply is thinnest, and the platform handles screening, scheduling and pipeline tracking for both sides of the match.
How Clera hires
Truth index
B 80/100
Median time to fill
6 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
100%
Reposted roles
0%
Clera scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 40 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 100% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 6 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Funding and backers
Total raised
$3M
1 round on record
Latest round
$3M
Venture round · May 2026 · 5 mo ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
219
+179 posted in 30 days
Backers
1
TU Berlin
The money's age
Fresh money
5 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
63/100
hiring for its size, a new city, fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Oct 2026
Formerly Blona (blona.de)
May 21
Raised a round Venture round $3M · Munich Startup Platform
2023
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
2
best: 2 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | May 2026 | $3M | — | Munich Startup Platform |
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Jobs
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$200k
Typical range
$44k – $400k
Open positions
153
127
Jobs
Intern
3.1%
Junior
24.4%
Middle
25.2%
Senior
24.4%
Staff
14.2%
Principal
2.4%
Architect
6.3%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intern | 4 | $61k | $44k – $110k |
| Junior | 31 | $150k | $45k – $300k |
| Middle | 32 | $224k | $60k – $400k |
| Senior | 31 | $180k | $78k – $300k |
| Staff | 18 | $230k | $111k – $400k |
| Principal | 3 | $305k | $305k – $315k |
| Architect | 8 | $220k | $70k – $330k |
Highest paying role
AI Engineer (Mid-Level)
$400k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Clera
By role, level and city, against the market · 153 jobs with pay
Visa sponsorship
51
Adverts offering sponsorship in 24 months
127
Open roles in United States
In the register as Clera
Other sponsors in the same field
Pluto 
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The employer's own adverts on Alion · checked Nov 10, 2026 · Visa details by country
8
Adverts offering sponsorship in 24 months
68
Open roles in Germany
In the register as Clera
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6
Adverts offering sponsorship in 24 months
0
Open roles in Singapore
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
98/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
212
742 opened / 762 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
6 days
faster than 85% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+556%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
24% ▼
Sales
18% ▲
AI/ML
10%
Product
7% ▼
Marketing
7%
Solutions
4% ▲
Actively hiring for Backend (+245 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added Storybook to stack
Nov 2026
Added Design Controls to stack
Nov 2026
Added Ray Serve to stack
Nov 2026
New location: Orlando
Nov 2026
New location: Warsaw
Nov 2026
New location: São Paulo
Nov 2026
New location: San Leandro
Oct 2026
New location: Detroit
Oct 2026
Added IVDR to stack
Oct 2026
Added ISO 13485 to stack
Oct 2026
Added IEC 62304 to stack
Oct 2026
Added GitLab to stack
Oct 2026
Financials
Total raised
$3M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2026 | $3M | Details |
Products
Screening
The screening layer assesses candidates against role requirements before an introduction is made. It is what lets the platform present a short list rather than a long one.
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for Hiring Teams
The employer side gives startups a screened pipeline of candidates matched against a role definition. It replaces the outbound sourcing work an agency recruiter would do.
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Talent Agent
The talent agent represents a candidate to hiring teams rather than leaving them to apply role by role. It reads background and preferences and pitches matches on the candidate's behalf.
getclera.com
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Clera over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
403
Postings analysed
2,177
Stack modernity
79/100AI adopter
Languages
Python42%
TypeScript36%
JavaScript29%
Node JS15%
SQL10%
Go5%
C++3%
Rust3%
Frameworks & libraries
React.js23%
Next.js8%
PyTorch5%
FastAPI4%
TensorFlow4%
Nest.JS3%
Tailwind CSS3%
LangChain2%
Databases
PostgreSQL18%
Google BigQuery3%
Redis2%
Snowflake2%
ClickHouse1%
MySQL1%
Firestore1%
Typesense1%
Cloud & platforms
AWS17%
GCP13%
Kubernetes11%
Azure7%
Figma6%
Linux5%
Supabase3%
GitHub2%
Developer tools
Docker12%
Terraform6%
Cursor4%
Claude Code3%
Model Context Protocol3%
Rest API2%
Prisma2%
Prometheus2%
AI & ML
LLM27%
Claude4%
ChatGPT1%
Gemini1%
VLM<1%
GPT-4<1%
DeepSeek<1%
Llama<1%
Practices & domains
AI Agents34%
Machine Learning15%
CI/CD11%
Reinforcement Learning9%
RAG6%
Function Calling5%
A/B Testing5%
Computer Vision5%
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News
Q&A with Sebastian Scott, Clera
Clera's Sebastian Scott on why recruiting is broken by design, why AI hiring tools miss the point, and why being requested changes everything for candidates.
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Report
AI in Hiring: Why the Résumé Is Losing Its Monopoly
Hiring is shifting from résumés to signals. A Clera founder explains how AI surfaces the candidates keyword filters miss, and where humans must stay in control.
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The New Rules of Survival in a Broken Job Market
There is a feeling that almost everyone in the professional world knows all too well. It is the quiet frustration of spending an entire evening updating your resume, tailoring it to look perfectly professional, and then sending it off into a web portal wh
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Clera Is Reversing Recruitment by Putting Candidates First
For decades, the hiring process has followed the same familiar pattern. Job seekers search for openings, tailor resumes, submit applications, and often wait weeks without
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Inside AI and the Broken Job Market
For years, artificial intelligence has been tied to predictions of mass unemployment. Each wave of technological change tends to trigger the same story.
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Jun 22 Gulf Business Online The hidden filters of hiring: Why great candidates never make it to the interview By Nida Sohail Read
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5 neue Startups: Lockaly, Constrct, mindocu, HappySupport, Clera
Die Startup-Welt schläft nie! Zeit, einen Blick auf einige brandneue Unternehmen zu werfen, die man unbedingt auf dem Radar haben sollte. Diese Jungfirmen stellen wir euch heute vor: Lockaly, Constrct, mindocu, HappySupport und Clera.
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The Real Risk Isn't Job Loss. It's Losing Purpose.
Nobody sees it coming, or more accurately, everyone sees it coming and chooses not to believe it will arrive like this: sudden, total, and irreversible.
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7 aufstrebende Startups, die einen Blick wert sind
In der großen und millionenschweren Startup-Welt tummeln sich viele aufstrebende (junge) Unternehmen, die viel mehr Aufmerksamkeit verdient haben. Dazu gehören aufstrebende Startups wie ClearOps, Elephant und LawX.
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
This company is a staffing agency: the cities below are where its clients hire, not its own offices.
Cities
23
Hiring now
22
Countries
5
Busiest office
San Francisco
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San Francisco
United States
HQ
107 open roles 834 posted in 90 days 64% engineering 2% remote 10-50 est. staff $230k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, AI/ML, Sales
Berlin
Germany
44 open roles 579 posted in 90 days 25% engineering 1-10 est. staff $108k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Backend, HR
Munich
Germany
29 open roles 445 posted in 90 days 76% engineering 1-10 est. staff $142k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Sales, AI/ML
New York
United States
18 open roles 213 posted in 90 days 56% engineering 61% remote 1-10 est. staff $256k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, AI/ML, Product
Palo Alto
United States
5 open roles 30 posted in 90 days 80% engineering 80% remote 1-10 est. staff $325k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, AI/ML, Industrial Engineering
Salt Lake City
United States
4 open roles 17 posted in 90 days 50% remote 1-10 est. staff $91k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Operations, Early Careers
Chicago
United States
3 open roles 18 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 67% remote 1-10 est. staff $170k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Sales, Solutions
Karlsruhe
Germany
2 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Backend
Hamburg
Germany
2 open roles 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Backend
Vienna
Austria
1 open roles 111 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Backend
Los Angeles
United States
1 open roles 18 posted in 90 days 100% remote 1-10 est. staff
hires for Marketing
San Mateo
United States
1 open roles 22 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Data Science
Austin
United States
1 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 100% remote 1-10 est. staff
hires for Backend
Nuremberg
Germany
1 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $223k Avg Salary
hires for Sales
Zurich
Switzerland
1 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Backend
Miami
United States
1 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 100% remote 1-10 est. staff $60k Avg Salary
hires for Sales
Boston
United States
1 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 100% remote 1-10 est. staff
hires for Backend
Montreal
Canada
1 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 100% remote 1-10 est. staff $176k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML
Seattle
United States
1 open roles 100% engineering 100% remote 1-10 est. staff
hires for Backend
Detroit
United States
1 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $210k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
Stuttgart
Germany
1 open roles 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Backend
Aachen
Germany
1 open roles 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Backend
Dover
United States
Mailing address
1111B S Governors Ave STE 40598, Dover, DE 19904 , United States
Earlier presence
Singapore, Singapore
Amsterdam, Netherlands
London, United Kingdom
Stockholm, Sweden
Barcelona, Spain
Mountain View, United States
Indianapolis, United States
Regensburg, Germany
Cologne, Germany
Paris, France
Copenhagen, Denmark
Warsaw, Poland
San Leandro, United States
São Paulo, Brazil
Leipzig, Germany
Little Rock, United States
Birmingham, United States
Fremont, United States
Gurgaon, India
Campinas, Brazil
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Tokyo, Japan
Marina del Rey, United States