Clear Street

Clear Street

Cloud-based prime brokerage with execution, financing

Overview

Clear Street provides prime brokerage and capital markets infrastructure via a cloud-based, API-first platform that supports trading equities and options across major markets, including trade execution, financing, clearing, custody, and securities lending. The product runs in the cloud and exposes APIs for easy integration, delivering a unified solution that streamlines onboarding and settlement and enables cross-market trading. It differentiates itself with a cloud-native, API-first design and a single platform that covers multiple core services with flexible pricing and a strong capital base. Its goal is to modernize and simplify capital markets infrastructure so clients can trade efficiently and access financing and securities lending through an integrated, scalable system.

About Clear Street

Simplify's Rating
Why Clear Street is rated
B-
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

Enterprise Software

Fintech

Financial Services

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$1B

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2018

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What believers are saying

  • August 2026 execution launch expanded into 27 EMEA and APAC markets immediately.
  • September 2026 LSE clearing membership removed third-party dependency and deepened European control.
  • Partnerships with STS Digital and Kalshi open new institutional flows and product revenue.

What critics are saying

  • Bloomberg reported May 2026 layoffs of more than 50 employees after the IPO collapse.
  • CEO Ed Tilly exited in June 2026, signaling strategic strain after abandoning public listing plans.
  • Employment litigation in Batanjany v. Clear Street shows costly internal broker-dealer disputes continue.

What makes Clear Street unique

  • Cloud-native prime brokerage unifies execution, clearing, financing, custody, and settlement on one ledger.
  • Clear Street now clears UK and European equities directly through LSE and LCH EquityClear.
  • One platform spans equities, private markets, digital assets, and prediction markets like Kalshi.

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Funding

Total Funding

$1B

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

7 Rounds

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Benefits

Company equity

401k matching

Parental leave

Full medical, dental & vision insurance

Lunch stipends

Fully stocked kitchens

Happy hours

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

↑ 1%

1 year growth

↑ 1%

2 year growth

↑ 4%
Forbes
Sep 26th, 2026
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Funds Global Asia
Sep 22nd, 2026
Clear Street expands electronic execution globally.

Clear Street expands electronic execution globally. Financial technology provider Clear Street has launched electronic execution across Europe and Asia Pacific, expanding its algorithmic trading offering beyond the US and Canada for the first time. The expansion covers 27 new markets across Emea and Apac with clients able to execute through a single connection and view positions and trades through the same real-time ledger used by Clear Street's US business. In Emea, the firm now provides execution across primary exchanges in 22 markets, as well as dark venues, systematic internalisers, periodic auction books and ETF liquidity through request-for-quote trading. In Asia-Pacific, Clear Street has launched electronic execution in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand and Singapore. South Korea and Taiwan are expected to be added in the coming months. The offering supports nine main execution strategies and integrates with major execution management and order management systems. Clients can also choose from various configurable execution parameters. Alongside the regional expansion, Clear Street has introduced a 24-hour smart order router designed to provide overnight access to US equities between 8pm and 4am Eastern Time.

Yahoo Finance
Sep 17th, 2026
Clear Street secures London Stock Exchange clearing membership for UK and European equities

Clear Street has completed its UK and European equities infrastructure build after gaining London Stock Exchange clearing membership. The financial technology firm's UK business now provides execution, clearing and financing in UK and European equities following admission as a General Clearing Member of the LSE on 3 September. The development follows Clear Street's FCA authorisation in December 2024 and London Metal Exchange Category 1 membership the same month. The company joined LCH EquityClear as a General Clearing Member in July 2026. Clear Street now clears its own UK and European equity business directly, holding UK, European and US positions on one ledger. The firm received authorisation from the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets in April 2026. Globally, Clear Street serves over 900 institutional clients and trades an average of $33.6 billion of US equities daily.

Asset Servicing Times
Sep 14th, 2026
Clear Street appoints Nash as chief business officer.

Clear Street appoints Nash as chief business officer. 14 September 2026 US Reporter: Zarah Choudhary Clear Street, a cloud-native financial infrastructure technology firm, has appointed Stephen Nash as chief business officer of Global Partnerships. In this role, Nash will lead commercial strategy for the firm's work with foreign financial institutions, banks, and fintechs that use the company's infrastructure to offer their own clients access to US markets. Nash previously spent nearly nine years at DriveWealth as chief commercial officer, leading global commercial strategy for the brokerage-infrastructure platform that lets banks, fintechs, and financial institutions offer investing to their customers. He built and led partnerships with a wide range of sophisticated brokers and digital disrupters across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. Uri Cohen, CEO and co-founder of Clear Street, says: "Our global build continues at a rapid pace, and global partnerships are the natural next step, extending our platform to the institutions serving millions of investors around the world. An opportunity of that scale demands leadership that has lived on both sides of the business, and Stephen brings it." Nash adds: "I've spent my career around the evolving complexity of cross-border capital markets, first as a banker bringing foreign issuers into the US, then helping institutions bring their own customers in. "Clear Street's infrastructure was built and proven for the most demanding institutional clients in the market, and extending that same standard to banks, brokers, and fintechs around the world is the opportunity I came here to deliver." Previous people moves article Next people moves article NO FEE, NO RISK 100% ON RETURNS If you invest in only one asset servicing news source this year, make sure it is your free subscription to Asset Servicing Times

Associated Press
Sep 9th, 2026
Clear Street appoints Stephen Nash as chief business officer for global partnerships

Clear Street, a cloud-native financial infrastructure technology firm, has appointed Stephen Nash as Chief Business Officer, Global Partnerships. Nash will lead commercial strategy for the company's work with foreign financial institutions, banks and fintechs using Clear Street's infrastructure to provide clients access to US markets. Nash brings nearly nine years of experience from DriveWealth, where he most recently served as Chief Commercial Officer. He led global commercial strategy and built partnerships with brokers and digital disrupters across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. Prior to DriveWealth, Nash spent a decade in cross-border capital markets banking, including co-heading the International Markets Group at Cowen and Company. Clear Street was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in New York.

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