Clerq

$19.7Mtotal raised · 2 rounds on record
$12Mlatest round · Venture round · Aug 2025 · 14 mo ago
1backers · Fika Ventures
50+team · employees, estimated range

Overview

Clerq makes it easy for your business to accept low-cost, guaranteed bank payments with the ease and safety of cards.

Funding and backers

Total raised
$19.7M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$12M
Venture round · Aug 2025 · 14 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Backers
1
Fika Ventures
The money's age
Due for its next round
14 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Aug 29, 2025 Raised a round Venture round $12M · SEC Form D Mar 25, 2024 Raised a round Venture round $7.7M · SEC Form D 2022 Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 6%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round Aug 2025 $12M — SEC Form D
Venture round Mar 2024 $7.7M — SEC Form D
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity Clerq Inc. SEC Form D
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Benjamin MarkowitzExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Truett DwyerExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Fika Ventures fund
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Financials

Total raised
$19.7M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
2
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2025 $12M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2024 $7.7M Details

People

Benjamin Markowitz
Executive Officer, Director
SEC Form D
Truett Dwyer
Executive Officer, Director
SEC Form D
Adam Nelson
Director
SEC Form D
Nnamdi Okike
Director
SEC Form D
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Shared investors1
Fika VenturesVia a fund
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
New York United States
HQ
50-200 est. staff