Part of GEOly's "GEO / AEO Expert Watch" series · meet **Michele Romanow**, a quick map of their public work and where to follow them — with links to the original sources.
Who is Michele Romanow
Michele Romanow is a Canadian tech entrepreneur, investor and co-founder of Clearco (formerly Clearbanc), which she grew into one of the world's largest ecommerce funding platforms, deploying billions across thousands of companies. She stepped down as CEO in 2023 and remains executive chairman, and is a longtime "Dragon" on CBC's Dragons' Den. Her perspective centers on capital, customer-acquisition cost and profitability in DTC growth.
These experts look further ahead: as AI agents begin to compare, decide and even purchase for users, the entrance to commerce shifts from "humans clicking links" to "agents reading data." This is the layer after GEO. Their recurring focus areas include: Ecommerce finance, Clearco, DTC funding.
What GEO / AEO practitioners can learn from Michele Romanow
- **Product data becomes the fuel**: structured, accurate, machine-readable product information decides whether your items enter an agent’s consideration set. - **Trust and rules**: governance of payments, liability and authorization determines whether an agent dares transact with you on a user’s behalf. - **Agent Experience (AX)**: after UX, making AI agents understand and choose you efficiently becomes the new discipline.
**GEOly angle**: Brings a capital, CAC and profitability lens to DTC growth—useful for reading how funding pressures reshape AI-era customer acquisition.
What it means for brands going global
For DTC and ecommerce brands going global, agentic commerce is both threat and opportunity: the sooner you shape product data, reviews and trust signals into a machine-readable, trustworthy form, the more likely you are to be chosen in agent-led shopping.
Follow Michele Romanow: homepage & socials
- [Company](https://clear.co) - [X](https://x.com/micheleromanow) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/micheleromanow/)
To meet more experts across GEO, AEO and agentic commerce, visit the [GEOly author hub](/blog/author).
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