Clay
Clay is a data-driven growth platform that helps companies act on unique customer insights, with 1,494 employees and $202M in total funding after a 2025 Series C round.
The growth story
Clay grew from 40 to 1,494 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $202M along the way, most recently a Series C in June 2025.
About
Clay provides tools for sales and marketing teams to analyze customer data and automate outreach. Its platform integrates with various data sources to help businesses personalize campaigns at scale.
The company has grown rapidly since its 2017 founding, reaching nearly 1,500 employees. Its $202M in funding includes backing from notable investors like First Round Capital and CapitalG, with the most recent round closed in mid-2025.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Clay's largest function with 61 employees. The company maintains a relatively flat structure with a median tenure of 2 years across its workforce.
The Clay org chart
Kareem Amin (Cofounder/CEO) leads 45 mapped leaders with 4 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 210 (+79% YoY), Entrepreneurship 112 (-3% YoY), Marketing 97 (+143% YoY), Education 93 (+145% YoY), Sales 92 (+70% YoY), Operations 88 (+47% YoY).
Talent flow
Clay recruits heavily from Upwork, Salesforce, and Google, with 10 hires from each. Alumni frequently move to AI and sales tech companies, including OpenAI and Cognition.
Most common previous employers of Clay staff: Upwork (10), Salesforce (10), Google (10), ColdIQ (9), Amazon (8), Bootprint 🥾 (prev Clay Bootcamp) (7). Former Clay employees most often moved to Cognition (3), OpenAI (2), Salesforce (2), SDR Leaders of EMEA (1), The Brand Kitchen 🧑🍳 (1), Hyperbound (1).
Alumni worth knowing
The Clay mafia
Clay alumni have founded 25 companies, including Volca (16 staff), SweepLift (15 staff), and Goodlabs (13 staff), showing strong entrepreneurial spillover from the company.
25Brendan Kazanjian, was Partner until 2024Adam Eldefrawy, was Software until 2024Matt Maiale, was Head of Marketing until 2024Marcella Faingold Jacob, was Batch Member until 2026Joan Carles Sanjurjo, was Clay Spain Community Lead until 2025
Saat Mohan, was Engineering & Head of Data Partnerships until 2024
William Zhang, was Software Engineer until 2022
Muhammad Hammad, was Certified Clay Expert until 2023
Theo Ephraim, was Senior Software Engineer until 2021
Shawn Tenam, was Clay Creator until 2025
Arpit Choudhury, was Community Captain 👨✈️ until 2026
Cody Carnes, was Elite GTM Partner until 2026
Tom Veysey, was Partner until 2026
Alexander Willard, was CEO until 2025
Eva Tuecke, was SWE until 2024
Théo Powers, was Full Stack Engineer - First Hire until 2022
Seif Eddine Touhami, was User Experience Designer until 2020
Jack Hayward, was Enterprise Partner until 2025
Thomas Colitsas, was Engineering until 2025
Emre, was Partner until 2026
George LoSasso, was Enterprise GTM Engineer until 2026
Song Won Chung, was Brand Consultant until 2017Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 61% direct, 25% search, 5% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Clay: Leadership (435), Sales (357), Communication (350), Microsoft Office (346), Microsoft Excel (343), Project Management (322), Lead Generation (319), Public Speaking (298).
Where the team actually sits
Clay people are concentrated in New York, United States (111), New York City Metropolitan Area (37), England, United Kingdom (27), California, United States (27).
Search footprint
Clay attracts about 96,880 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $541K a month if bought through ads. It gained 14,273 ranking keywords and lost 19,989 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.60 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.90 / 5
- Senior management
- 4.80 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.30 / 5
Frequently asked
Clay has 1,494 employees as of September 2026.
Clay has raised $202M in total, most recently a Series C round in June 2025.
Clay was founded in 2017 by Varun Anand, Kareem Amin.
Kareem Amin (Cofounder/CEO) sits at the top of Clay's reporting structure, with 4 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Clay staff are Upwork (10 people), Salesforce (10 people), Google (10 people).
Former Clay employees most often move to Cognition (3), OpenAI (2), Salesforce (2).
At least 25 companies have a founder who previously worked at Clay, including Volca, SweepLift, Goodlabs.
Clay attracts about 96,880 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $541K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Clay staff are Leadership, Sales, Communication, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel.
Clay staff are concentrated in New York, United States (111), New York City Metropolitan Area (37), England, United Kingdom (27).
Clay has about 210 people in Engineering, up 79% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Clay has about 112 people in Entrepreneurship, down 3% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 559 current and 180 former Clay profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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