ClearJet has raised a $25 million growth equity investment led by Edison Partners to expand its AI-powered parcel logistics platform and SuperCarrier delivery network. Returning investors Venture53, Origin Ventures, Salt VC and SpringTime Ventures also participated. ClearJet’s existing investor base includes Sky VC, formerly JetBlue Ventures, and Tandem Ventures. The financing brings ClearJet’s total capital raised to more than $40 million.
ClearJet plans to use the new capital to expand its network, which currently spans 95 U.S. airports, and continue investing in its profitable AI-powered logistics platform.
The Austin, Texas-based company connects shippers with unused cargo capacity on scheduled commercial airline flights, allowing packages to move across the country at air-freight speeds while targeting costs closer to ground transportation.
ClearJet describes the approach as a carrier-agnostic SuperCarrier model. Its platform combines airline capacity with the staffing, sorting and ground infrastructure required to move consolidated e-commerce packages between U.S. cities.
The company currently moves more than 30 million packages annually. ClearJet estimates approximately 1.8 billion parcels each year are eligible to move by air, leaving substantial room for further expansion.
ClearJet said both its revenue and delivery volume are growing approximately 2.5 times annually.
A key component of its platform is Air Zone Skip, which moves consolidated e-commerce parcels directly by air to their destination regions before injecting them into local last-mile delivery networks.
By bypassing regional distribution hubs and long-distance trucking stops, ClearJet said its model can reduce shipping costs by as much as 35% while making deliveries one to three days faster.
Customers and partners include multi-billion-dollar retailers, e-commerce platforms, third-party logistics providers, marketplaces and regional parcel carriers.
Alternative delivery companies OnTrac and Veho also integrate ClearJet’s infrastructure into their own systems and brands to build customized delivery networks based on cost, speed, geography and preferred carriers.
ClearJet’s technology uses AI models to determine the optimal path for individual parcels across its 95-airport network based on factors such as geography, speed and cost.
The asset-light model allows retailers and logistics companies to assemble delivery networks without owning aircraft, trucks or sorting facilities.
The company operates within a global parcel market that ClearJet expects to reach approximately $900 billion by 2032.
Edison Partners said the investment reflects ClearJet’s ability to combine an AI-driven technology stack with logistics operations at enterprise scale.
The growth equity firm manages approximately $2.2 billion in assets and focuses on high-growth vertical SaaS, fintech, healthcare IT and marketplace businesses.
KEY QUOTES:
“Rather than compete with the existing national package delivery services, we work with them. We’ve created a service that lets retailers build their own parcel delivery network with regional and national carriers of their choice to every zip code nationwide, efficiently and affordably.”
“This investment lets us expand this vision at scale, with Edison’s growth experience for our next chapter.”
Chris Guggenheim, Founder and CEO of ClearJet
“What stood out to us is that ClearJet is built by operators who’ve run national delivery systems, have already proven the model at scale with a large number of enterprise customers, and is doing it profitably.”
“By connecting multiple carriers into one platform, ClearJet’s AI tech stack and operations layer helps retailers to deliver on their consumer brand promise at lower cost. We believe ClearJet’s Air Zone Skip product will become the default way e-commerce moves through this country.”
Ryan Ziegler, General Partner at Edison Partners
