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Clay reportedly raising round led by Wellington at $7B pre-money valuation, up from $5B in January

Techmeme 2 weeks ago 72 min read ↗ Original

AI sales and marketing startup Clay is reportedly raising a new funding round led by Wellington at a $7 billion pre-money valuation, up from $5 billion via an employee tender in January.

WHY IT MATTERS

For engineering teams evaluating or integrating AI-driven sales and marketing tooling, Clay's valuation jump signals continued heavy investor demand in this category. The reported involvement of Wellington, a traditional asset manager, suggests institutional capital is still flowing into AI go-to-market startups. Only one feed carries this story, so the details remain uncorroborated.

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The three things worth knowing

Clay is reportedly raising at a $7B pre-money valuation, a $2B increase from its January employee tender at $5B.

Wellington is reportedly leading the round, according to sources cited by Axios.

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Techmeme Sources: AI sales and marketing startup Clay is raising a round led by Wellington at a $7B pre-money valuation, up from $5B via an employee tender in January (Lucinda Shen/Axios) 2 weeks Open ↗