Clerkie

Clerkie

AI-powered debt management and budgeting assistant

About Clerkie

Simplify's Rating
Why Clerkie is rated
C
Rated C on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated D+ on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

Consumer Software

Fintech

Financial Services

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$41M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2017

Overview

Clerkie is an AI-powered personal finance assistant that helps users manage debt, automate budgets, and lower monthly bills. It includes a debt negotiation feature that can reduce debt, along with 24/7 financial advice and real-time support. The platform also offers tools to build credit and guide budgeting and borrowing decisions. Its goal is to be a single financial wellness platform that combines debt relief, budgeting, credit-building, and borrowing guidance in one place.

Significant Headcount Growth
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Raised $33M Series A in 2023 led by Left Lane Capital.
  • Funds expand engineering team and scale debt workout solutions.
  • Free core app features drive user adoption with premium upsells.

What critics are saying

  • Intuit's Credit Karma AI tools capture users via 100M base.
  • CFPB sues Clerkie for false 70% debt reduction claims.
  • OpenAI partners YNAB, stealing Clerkie's beta users immediately.

What makes Clerkie unique

  • Clerkie's Fiber platform launched in 2021 connects debt operations for lenders.
  • AI identifies at-risk borrowers pre-default using multiple data points.
  • Proactive debt negotiation reduces debt up to 70% for consumers.

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Funding

Total Funding

$41M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

3 Rounds

Series A funding typically happens when a startup has a product and some customers, and now needs funding to scale. This money is usually used to grow the team, expand marketing, and improve the product. Venture capital firms are frequently the main investors here.
Series A Funding Comparison
Above Average

Industry standards

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Clerkie

Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

Annual company retreat

Professional Development Budget

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-5%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

2%
FinSMEs
Apr 18th, 2023
Clerkie Raises $33M In Series A Funding

Clerkie, a San Francisco, CA-based AI-powered financial automation platform, raised $33M in Series A funding. The round was led by Left Lane Capital with participation from other notable investors including Wellington Management Company, Flourish Ventures, Citi Ventures, CMFG Ventures and Vestigo Ventures. David Velez, founder of Nubank, and Tom Proulx, founder of Intuit, also participated in the round. The company, which has raised $41M to date, intends to use the funds to grow the engineering team and rapidly scale its debt workout solutions.Co-founded by Guy Assad, Sebastian Wigstrom and Gray Hoffman, Clerkie is an AI-powered financial automation platform purpose-built to enable over 100 million Americans ease their debt burden. Its systems help borrowers by providing personalized debt guidance and workout options to avoid delinquency and build their credit scores. The platform uses a number of data points to identify and help potentially delinquent borrowers avoid default

PR Newswire
Apr 18th, 2023
Clerkie raises $33M Series A funding from top investors to address the broken debt system

/PRNewswire/ -- Clerkie, the leading AI-powered financial automation platform, today announced its $33M Series A round led by Left Lane Capital with...

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