Today's episode I’m joined by Ahana Banerjee the founder and CEO of Clear

I’m fortunate enough to have learnt from Ahana over the past couple of years, she’s shared so many amazing lessons with me from building Clear that I’m really excited to bring you this conversation today 

Ahana is the youngest solo female founder to get into YC, The biggest accelerator program in the world!

• App of the Day features: 4 times
• Special 2025 South Asian Heritage Month Apple feature
• Downloads: 65,000+
• Funding raised: ~$1M

Clear in the Apple app store

Clear in the Google Play app store

We discussed:

Fundraising for a D2C subscription tech app, any tips for founders vs being told build in a different sector or business model

How are you using data from a partnership perspective ( and commercial perspective?) ethics and regulation around this. Fundraising narrative: I know we spoke about having a different narrative to different investors going forward. Did you do that previously and are you still doing it for this round 

Not being a medical device but still having a data stratergy

Future fundraising and growth targets 

What role has personal brand played in your companies success

Balancing spending money you’ve raised for growth vs sufficient runway and how does your own salary fit into that

Being a solo founder, tips for time management, work life balance, community

I hope you learned as much from this episode with Ahana as I did! Any feedback or questions please feel free to drop me an email - [email protected]

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