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ClearSky

ClearSky backs early-stage and high-growth companies, typically pre-profit, from United States. It states a focus on software & internet and energy & utilities.

Disclosed holdings68
Earliest stated investment
HeadquartersUnited States
Stated fund size$1 Billion

Stated investment criteria

What ClearSky says it buys

Read from ClearSky’s own website in August 2026. This is what the firm says it buys, not what anyone has recorded it buying, and figures are shown in the currency the firm itself used - nothing here is converted. Every line links to the page it was read from.

Transaction typesGrowth1
People listed on its team page152

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Regulatory record

How ClearSky is registered

From this firm's Form ADV, the annual filing every registered and exempt investment adviser makes to the SEC.

Adviser statusExempt reporting adviser
Regulatory assets under managementNot reported by an ERA
Private funds advised5 · $716m gross
SEC adviser numberCRD 326951

An exempt reporting adviser is not required to report regulatory assets under management, so the blank above means the question was not asked rather than that the answer is unknown. Where a figure exists it is the gross asset value of the private funds the firm advises, which is a different and usually larger measure.

Portfolio

Disclosed holdings

Companies ClearSky lists on its own website. No investment years are published.

CompanyInvestedYears heldRecorded transaction
Accurics
Altamira
AppOmni
Aquion Energy
Arctic Wolf
Authentic8
AutoGrid
BHI Energy
Beacon Ai
BigID
BlueLava
Capsule8
ClearTrace
Climate Trade
CloudKnox
Cloudgenix
Cylance
Databricks
Demisto
Diamanti
EdgeQ
Fermata Energy
Field
Fortress
Greensmith
Guardz Cyber Ltd.
HUMAN
Harness
Inky
IntSights
Lasso Security
Mainspring
Mandiant
Mitiga
Mod Wind
Nextracker
Nikola
Noda
Novinium
Optiv
Phylum
Pike
Process Unity
Protect Wise
Query
Qwiet Ai
Red Owl
Renew Home
Resilient Systems
Sceye
Sec Zetta
Security Advisor
Sentient Energy
Skout Cyber Security
Space-Time Insight
Spruce
Systems Control
T Rex
Utility Innovation Group
Verodin
Xgs Energy
iControl
iS5
powerphase
preempt
respond
solebit
ubicquia

Compiled from ClearSky’s published portfolio page. Where a recorded transaction is shown, that company was the target of a reported deal and has most likely already been realised. Nothing here is represented as being for sale.

Valuation context

Transaction values in Software & Internet

What companies have actually sold for in software & internet, across 2,672 recorded transactions.

Median consideration$80m
Middle 50%$20m-$250m
Revenue multiple2.2×
EBITDA multiple10.9×

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