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ClearJet raised $25M led by Edison Partners to scale its belly-space cargo network across 95 airports, now profitable and approaching nine figures in revenue.
Key Takeaways:
- The $25M Series B was led by Edison Partners; returning backers Venture53, Origin Ventures, SaltVC, and SpringTime Ventures joined.
- ClearJet's AI-driven SuperCarrier network routes over 30 million packages annually through unused belly space on commercial flights.
- Founded in 2022, ClearJet is profitable, with revenue tripling year over year and approaching $100M annually.
Lead
Austin-based ClearJet closed a $25 million Series B on August 12, 2026, led by Edison Partners, bringing total funding to $40 million since the company's founding four years ago. The logistics startup fills unused cargo capacity on scheduled commercial flights - no owned aircraft, no owned trucks - and now routes more than 30 million packages annually across a 95-airport U.S. network. It is profitable, a distinction that matters in a sector that has consumed capital at a rate inversely proportional to its margin discipline.
What Does ClearJet Actually Do?
The company connects ecommerce shippers directly to belly cargo space that would otherwise fly empty on domestic routes. Its SuperCarrier platform combines the ground infrastructure - staffing, sorting, last-mile handoff - with an AI routing layer that selects each parcel's path based on cost, speed, and origin-to-destination geography. The result is air-speed delivery priced closer to ground shipping.
This model is not entirely new. Charter cargo brokers have worked unused airline capacity for decades. What ClearJet has built is the automation layer that makes it viable at parcel-level scale, and a terrestrial network that makes a scheduled flight useful for the final mile. The asset-light structure keeps capital requirements low relative to volume, which helps explain the profitability that most logistics startups never reach.
Why Is Edison Partners Writing a $25M Check Now?
Revenue at ClearJet has more than tripled year over year. The company is approaching nine figures in annual top-line revenue - somewhere north of $75 million and closing on $100 million for a startup that did not exist before 2022. For Edison Partners, which focuses on growth-stage B2B technology companies at the inflection from scaling to market leadership, a profitable logistics tech company at that revenue run-rate fits squarely in its established thesis.
The prior investors - Venture53, Origin Ventures, SaltVC, and SpringTime Ventures - all returned for this round. A unanimous returning cap table typically signals the company is hitting internal milestones without drama, not simply burning cash and buying time. No valuation was disclosed.
How Does the SuperCarrier Network Work at Scale?
ClearJet does not compete with airlines for cargo contracts. It aggregates shippers on one side and fills airline belly space on the other, then handles the terrestrial portions itself. Its AI models, trained on historical routing and cost data, select optimal paths across the 95-airport grid in real time. Each package's journey - which flights, which ground legs, at what cost - is decided algorithmically rather than through human dispatch.
The trade-off in this model is structural dependency on airline schedules and belly availability, both of which are outside ClearJet's control. Schedule disruptions, airline capacity shifts, and seasonal belly constraints are inherited risks, not managed ones. At 30 million packages annually, that exposure is meaningful.
What Comes Next for ClearJet?
The $25 million is earmarked to scale the SuperCarrier infrastructure - more airports, deeper ground partnerships, and expanded AI routing capabilities as volume grows. The company has not disclosed specific expansion targets or a revenue threshold timeline.
The broader competitive question is whether the major integrators - FedEx, UPS, or Amazon's logistics arm - eventually move to fill the same gap internally rather than cede the market to an asset-light intermediary. ClearJet's implicit bet is that the coordination and automation problem is hard enough, and the incumbents distracted enough by their own network optimization, that a purpose-built platform can hold its position. That bet gets tested at scale.
Outlook
ClearJet is at the stage where the fundraising story matters less than the operating one. Revenue tripling annually and profitability already in place at four years old suggests the model works. The $25 million gives Edison Partners a growth-stage position in air-cargo logistics before the company is large enough to attract a strategic acquirer or consider a public path. Whether ClearJet can sustain margin as it scales, and whether commercial belly space remains as accessible at 10x current volume, are the questions this round does not answer.
