What Clever does

Clever is a privately held, for-profit distributor of electronic components, founded in 2010 and headquartered in Granarolo, Italy. The company operates with a small organizational footprint of 11-50 employees and is classified as a for-profit, non-public entity. Its product scope, as described in the firmographic record, centers on the distribution of connectors, keyboards, printed circuits, and broader electronic components — a profile consistent with a niche B2B industrial supplier serving OEM and reseller customers in need of discrete electronic parts.

The company maintains a web presence at cl-ever.com, although the source data indicates that the website did not return substantive content during data collection (displaying only a verification/loading placeholder). Consequently, no further information on product catalog depth, supplier partnerships, customer base, pricing model, or go-to-market motion is verifiable from public sources aggregated in this dataset. There is also no evidence of disclosed revenue, funding history, headcount details, management team, or certifications in the available material.

From a business model perspective, the available evidence points to a traditional distribution model — procuring electronic components from upstream suppliers and reselling them to downstream buyers — rather than a software-, IP-, or platform-driven model. No technology stack, integrations, or AI capabilities are documented. The operating geographies, customer segments, and revenue mechanics cannot be characterized with confidence from the current input, representing a material data gap for any investment-grade assessment.

Name

Clever

Website

https://cl-ever.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Clever is a privately held Italian distributor of electronic components — including connectors, keyboards, and printed circuits — serving B2B customers. Founded in 2010, the Granarolo-based company operates with 11-50 employees in a niche distribution role.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Electronic Components Distribution

NAICS

Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (33441), Bare Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing (334412), Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (334)

SIC

Electronic Components & Accessories (3670), Printed Circuit Boards (3672)

akta.pro primary industry

Electronic Components (Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors) Retail (CRACAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

PCB, Prototyping Boards & Etching Supplies Retail (CRACAKAF)

Keywords

• Electronic components distribution
• Connector distribution
• Printed circuit boards
• Keyboard distribution
• Electronic hardware supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Granarolo

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Core offering

Clever is a distributor of electronic hardware products, including connectors, keyboards, printed circuit boards (PCBs), and a broader range of electronic components. The company sources and supplies these parts to customers requiring off-the-shelf electronic building blocks.

Product overview

The source data does not contain information about Clever's product or service offerings. The retrieved page (http://cl-ever.com/) displayed only a loading/verification placeholder: "One moment, please..." with no substantive company, product, or feature content.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Connectors
• Keyboards
• Printed Circuit Boards
• Electronic Components

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Regional players

• Conrad Electronic: Conrad Electronic is a German-headquartered pan-European distributor of electronic components, connectors, tools, and IT peripherals, serving DACH-region engineers and OEMs. Comparable to Clever in catalog (connectors, components, peripherals) and European mid-market customer focus, but with significantly larger scale and DACH geographic concentration.
• Distrelec: Distrelec is a Swiss-headquartered European distributor of electronic components, connectors, tools, and IT peripherals, with strong DACH and Nordics presence. Comparable to Clever in serving small and mid-sized European industrial customers, but operates across multiple European countries with broader SKU depth.

Broad incumbents

• Mouser Electronics: Mouser Electronics is a US-based, globally operating broad-line distributor specializing in semiconductors, connectors, passives, and electronic components for design engineers. Closely comparable catalog overlap with Clever, but with millions of SKUs and next-day European logistics from a much larger operational footprint.
• Digi-Key Electronics: Digi-Key is a US-headquartered, global broad-line distributor of electronic components, connectors, and peripherals serving engineers and OEMs worldwide. Shares Clever's core product categories but competes on catalog breadth, online search, and rapid cross-border fulfillment at a scale Clever cannot match.
• Arrow Electronics: Arrow Electronics is a global broad-line distributor of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions, serving industrial, automotive, and IoT customers. Overlaps Clever in connector and electronic-component distribution but operates as a Fortune-500 incumbent with full design-support services.
• Avnet: Avnet is a global broad-line distributor of electronic components and embedded solutions, with a strong EMEA presence including Italy. Directly comparable to Clever in product category but at vastly greater scale, with broad-line authorized franchises across major component brands.
• Future Electronics: Future Electronics is a global broad-line distributor of semiconductors, passives, connectors, and electromechanical components, with strong European operations serving industrial and automotive customers. Shares Clever's component-distribution model but operates at scale across multiple product families.
• Farnell / element14: Farnell (element14, owned by Avnet) is a global high-service distributor of electronic components, connectors, and development tools with strong European presence. Comparable to Clever in core catalog (connectors, components, peripherals) but operates at multi-thousand-employee scale with proprietary online procurement platforms.
• RS Components: RS Components (RS) is a UK-headquartered global distributor of electronic components, connectors, and industrial supplies serving maintenance, OEM, and design engineers. Directly comparable to Clever in product category and customer base, but at vastly larger scale and with pan-European logistics that Clever does not appear to match.

Direct peers

• TTI Inc. TTI Inc. is a specialty distributor focused on connectors, passive components, electromechanical devices, and discrete semiconductors. Closely comparable to Clever's connector and electronic-component focus, but with global IP&E (interconnect, passive, electromechanical) franchise relationships and European warehouses that Clever does not appear to match.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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