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ClearTax Revenue, Valuation, Funding & Investors
ClearTax is valued at $700M as of October 2021, a 28.0x multiple on its last reported $25M revenue.
Last ClearTax valuation
$700M
Series C · Oct 2021
Last ClearTax funding round
$75M
Series C · Oct 2021
ClearTax revenue
$25M
Series C · Oct 2021
Key investors in ClearTax
Sequoia Capital
Peak XV Partners
Naval Ravikant
Founders Fund
Elevation Capital
SAIF Partners
About ClearTax
ClearTax is a Bangalore-based fintech platform for income tax filing, GST compliance, and mutual fund investments serving over 20 million users in India. It offers e-filing for ITR-1 to ITR-7 forms, automated deductions under sections 80C and 80D, and API integrations for CAs. Backed by Sequoia and Y Combinator since 2014, ClearTax processes billions in tax refunds annually through partnerships with banks like HDFC.
Founded
2011
HQ
Website
Status
Privately held
Customer focus
B2C & B2B
Revenue model
Subscription
Revenue
$25M (Oct 2021)
Valuation
$700M (Oct 2021)
ClearTax Valuation
ClearTax is currently valued at $700M, based on its Series C in October 2021.
The $75M round was led by Kora, with participation from Think Investments, Stripe and Alua Capital.
ClearTax valuation by funding round
| Date | Stage | Valuation | Revenue Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2021 | Series C | $700M | 28.0x |
ClearTax Revenue
ClearTax's latest recorded revenue is $25M, as of its Series C in October 2021. At a $700M valuation, that implies a 28.0x revenue multiple.
ClearTax revenue by funding round
| Date | Revenue * | Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2021 | $25M | $700M | 28.0x | Series C |
* Revenue (or ARR) figures are the values recorded alongside each funding round. Typically run-rate revenue at the time of the deal, or a reported LTM (last 12 months) revenue.
ClearTax Funding History
ClearTax has raised a total of $140M across 5 funding rounds.
ClearTax's first fundraising round was a $1M angel round in April 2016. The most recent completed round was a $75M Series C in October 2021.
ClearTax funding rounds
| Date | Stage | Investors | Raised | Valuation | Deal Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2021 | Series C | Kora (lead); Think Investments; Stripe; Alua Capital | $75M | $700M | Clear (formerly ClearTax) is an Indian fintech SaaS company providing platforms for tax compliance, GST filing, invoicing, and expanding into B2B credit, payments, and international markets. Its proprietary platform serves one million small businesses, 3,000 large enterprises, and over 50,000 tax professionals, processing over 10% of India's business invoices with a GMV of $400 billion. The company rebranded from ClearTax and aims to expand to over 10,000 large enterprises and 10 million small businesses, with initial international focus on the Middle East and plans for Europe. In October 2021, Clear raised $75 million in a Series C funding round led by Kora Capital, with participation from Stripe, Alua Capital, Think Investments, and existing investors including Composite Capital, Elevation Capital, Sequoia Capital India, Founders Fund, and AngelList. This brought total funding to over $140 million. The post-money valuation was around $700 million, up from a prior $250 million. Funds are allocated to accelerate B2B credit and payments expansion and international growth, leveraging India's digitization trends like e-invoicing, GST, UPI, and post-COVID tech adoption. At the time of the round, Clear reported a current annualized revenue run rate of $25 million, with expectations to reach $45 million in 24 months and profitability within 18 months. The SaaS platform achieved fivefold growth in the last 18 months, adding over 3,000 large enterprise customers. |
| Oct 2018 | Series B | Composite Capital Management (lead); SAIF Partners; Naval Ravikant; Sequoia Capital; Peak XV Partners | $50M | - | ClearTax raised USD 50,000,000 in its Series B funding round in October 2018, led by Composite Capital Management, with participation from investors including Naval Ravikant, Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Surge), SAIF Partners, and Sequoia Capital. The funds were intended to accelerate growth, enhance engineering infrastructure, and boost sales and marketing efforts. ClearTax provides taxation and financial solutions to individuals, businesses, organizations, and chartered accountants in India, including e-filing of income tax returns, GST software, and tax-saving investment options. As of later reports, ClearTax had served over 1.5 million customers, 20,000 CAs and tax experts, and 10,000 businesses, with further growth to 2.5 million individual taxpayers and over 100,000 businesses. The platform focuses on digitizing financial services like ITR filing, TDS returns, GST compliance, and mutual fund investments via its Clear and Black apps. ClearTax, developed by Defmacro Software Pvt. Ltd., operates with ISO 27001 certification and SSL encryption. It has continued expanding post-2018, raising additional rounds such as Series C of INR 5.62 billion in October 2021 led by Kora, with total funding reaching approximately USD 140 million by 2022. The company targets growth in GST, e-waybill solutions, and mutual fund investments amid India's increasing digitization of financial services. |
| Jun 2016 | Series A | Elevation Capital (lead) | $12M | - | ClearTax, an income tax return e-filing platform run by Defmacro Software Pvt. Ltd, raised $12 million in a Series A round in June 2016 led by Elevation Capital (SAIF Partners). The funding followed a $1.3 million angel round in April 2016 and a $2 million seed round in May 2016 from investors including Founders Fund, Sequoia Capital, Max Levchin, and others. The company aimed to use the proceeds to launch new products in consumer and business taxes, tax savings, and investments, as well as to hire talent and grow its user base to 25 lakh by year-end. ClearTax provided e-tax filing services to individuals, SMEs, and chartered accountants via a web platform and mobile app. Over 10 lakh users e-filed tax returns through its platform during FY2015-16. It was part of Y Combinator's 2014 summer batch, the fourth Indian startup funded by the accelerator. The Series A CEO noted the funds would support growth without needing more capital for three to four years even with 4x headcount expansion, anticipating breakeven within two years after bootstrapping for three and a half years. |
| May 2016 | Seed | Founders Fund (lead); Peak XV Partners (lead); Sequoia Capital (lead) | $2M | - | - |
| Apr 2016 | Angel | Max Levchin (lead); Scott Banister (lead); Neeraj Arora; Naval Ravikant; Ruchi Sanghvi | $1M | - | - |
Who has invested in ClearTax?
15 investors have backed ClearTax across its funding rounds, including Sequoia Capital, Peak XV Partners, Naval Ravikant, Founders Fund, Elevation Capital and SAIF Partners.
Lead investors include Kora, Composite Capital Management, Elevation Capital, Founders Fund, Peak XV Partners and 3 other investors.
ClearTax Investors
| Investor | HQ | Rounds | Role | First check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Participant | Apr 2016 | ||
| 2 | Lead | May 2016 | ||
| 2 | Lead | May 2016 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Oct 2018 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Oct 2021 | ||
| 1 | Lead | Oct 2021 | ||
| 1 | Lead | Apr 2016 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Oct 2021 | ||
| 1 | Lead | Jun 2016 | ||
| 1 | Lead | Apr 2016 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Apr 2016 | ||
| 1 | Lead | Oct 2018 | ||
| 1 | Lead | May 2016 | ||
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Start Free TrialAcquisitions by ClearTax
ClearTax has acquired 6 companies to date.
Last acquisition by ClearTax was on July 6th 2022. ClearTax acquired Cimplyfive for $1M.
Latest Acquisitions by ClearTax
| Description | - | Xpedize is a Bengaluru-based supply chain finance platform connecting buyers, suppliers, and financiers through an auction-based discounting system. The SaaS tool handles GST-compliant invoice financing and working capital optimization for SMEs in manufacturing and trading across India. | yBANQ is a Mumbai-based fintech platform streamlining collections, payouts, and reconciliation for Indian businesses. Launched in 2020, it supports marketplaces, lenders, and retailers with NEFT/UPI automation at low fees, handling invoice discounting and three-way matching. yBANQ processes billions in transactions monthly across 10,000-plus merchants. | Karvy GST filing unit is a Hyderabad-based provider of Goods and Services Tax compliance services in India. It handles registration, return filing, reconciliation, and audits for SMEs through a cloud portal integrated with GSTN. | |
| HQ Country | |||||
| HQ City | - | Gurgaon | Bangalore | Hyderabad | |
| Deal Date | 6 Jul 2022 | 16 Mar 2022 | 7 Jul 2021 | 4 Mar 2020 | |
| Valuation | $1M | $13M | $5M | undisclosed | |
| EV/Revenue | |||||
| EV/EBITDA | |||||
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ClearTax Competitors
ClearTax competitors include listed companies like Teamshares and Abaxx Technologies, and private ones like INDmoney, Monarch Money, Clear and Omie.
| Company | HQ | Status | Revenue | EBITDA | Valuation | Revenue Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private | $18M | - | $650M | 36.1x | ||
| Private | - | - | $850M | - | ||
| Private | $25M | - | $700M | 28.0x | ||
| Private | $102M | - | $700M | 6.9x | ||
| Publicly listed | $472M | ($23M) | $545M | 1.4x | ||
| Publicly listed | $749K | ($28M) | $503M | 136.9x |
ClearTax Public Comps
ClearTax is still privately-owned, but its public comps include Tiger Brokers, Teamshares, Fujian Boss Software, Abaxx Technologies, Finatext, Stewards, Leonteq, PensionBee, Miroku Jyoho Service and Bravura Solutions.
| Last FY | EV/Revenue | EV/EBITDA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | EBITDA | Last FY | LTM | 2027E | Last FY | LTM | 2027E | |
| $612M | $284M | 0.4x | 0.4x | 0.9x | 1.2x | |||
| $472M | ($23M) | 1.7x | 1.4x | (35.0x) | 33.2x | |||
| $299M | $40M | 2.8x | 2.9x | 21.1x | 21.0x | |||
| $749K | ($28M) | 600.9x | 136.9x | (16.1x) | (10.0x) | |||
| $71M | $13M | 6.3x | 5.4x | 34.1x | - | |||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| $217M | $12M | 8.7x | 7.3x | 158.4x | - | |||
| $57M | ($5M) | 6.6x | 5.5x | (81.4x) | 107.9x | |||
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Common questions about ClearTax
| When was ClearTax founded? | ClearTax was founded in 2011. |
| Where is ClearTax headquartered? | ClearTax is headquartered in Bangalore, India. |
| Is ClearTax publicly listed? | No, ClearTax is a private, VC-backed company. |
| What is ClearTax's valuation? | ClearTax was last valued at $700M in its Series C in October 2021. |
| How much funding has ClearTax raised? | ClearTax has raised $140M across 5 funding rounds. |
| What was ClearTax's last funding round? | ClearTax's last funding round was a $75M Series C in October 2021, led by Kora. |
| Who are ClearTax's investors? | ClearTax's investors include Naval Ravikant, Sequoia Capital, Peak XV Partners, SAIF Partners, Think Investments, Kora, Scott Banister, Stripe, Elevation Capital, Max Levchin and 5 others. |
| What is ClearTax's revenue? | ClearTax's latest recorded revenue is $25M (October 2021). |
| What is ClearTax's revenue multiple? | ClearTax's latest valuation implies a 28.0x revenue multiple ($700M valuation on $25M of revenue). |
| Which companies are comparable to ClearTax? | Companies comparable to ClearTax include INDmoney, Monarch Money, Clear, Omie, Teamshares and Abaxx Technologies. |
| How many companies has ClearTax acquired? | ClearTax has acquired 6 companies, including Cimplyfive, Xpedize, yBANQ, Karvy (GST filing unit) and Dose FM. |
| What was the largest acquisition by ClearTax? | The $13M acquisition of Xpedize in March 2022 is the largest acquisition ClearTax has made to date. |
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