ClearBlade is an Austin, TX–based Internet of Things company that provides IoT, Edge, and AI software. The company is led by founder and CEO Eric Simone. Its software has been used by some of the largest companies in North America across transportation, energy, industrial products, and manufacturing. ClearBlade received an investment from Sumitomo Corporation of Americas; the amount and instrument were not disclosed. The investment is intended to help the company expand its operations internationally and provide SCOA and affiliated companies access to ClearBlade’s software. The article includes no operating metrics or further financial details. ClearBlade is an Austin, Texas–based IoT software company that provides platforms enabling companies to build IoT solutions that connect devices to enterprise applications. Its core products are the ClearBlade Cloud Platform and ClearBlade Edge Platform, engineered to securely and flexibly deploy across any cloud, on-premise infrastructure or industrial gateways. The platforms support use cases including smart buildings, smart factories, connected job sites, connected assets, products-as-a-service, and embedded OEM. The company completed a $3.0M Series A funding round led by Align Capital. ClearBlade plans to use the funds to accelerate expansion of its engineering and sales teams. Lisa Harris of Align Capital will join the ClearBlade board; other investors in the round include Capital Factory, Jan Lindelow, Jim Schneider, Brett Hurt, Andrew Busey and Ben Lamm.

Total raised

$3M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Sep 2017