ClearJet $25M Series B led by Edison Partners funds cargo delivery startup
Austin-based ClearJet reported a $25 million Series B as it uses open space on commercial flights for e-commerce deliveries.
By Jordan Bell · Startups & Deals Reporter
· 3 min read
ClearJet’s $25M Series B gives the Austin logistics startup a new financing milestone as it builds a service that routes e-commerce packages through spare space on scheduled U.S. commercial flights. Edison Partners led the round, according to Crunchbase News, and ClearJet said the financing brings its total funding since its 2022 founding to $40 million.
For investors watching logistics technology, the key distinction is that ClearJet says it does not own the planes or trucks used in its service. Instead, it coordinates airport handling and delivery partners around transportation capacity that airlines already have in the air.
Returning investors Venture53, Origin Ventures, SaltVC and SpringTime Ventures also participated, Crunchbase News reported. Crunchbase Daily published a summary of the financing on Aug. 11, 2026.
How does ClearJet move e-commerce packages?
Retailers connect to ClearJet through an application programming interface, or API, which lets software systems exchange data. The company says a retailer can create a two-day shipping label through that connection.
ClearJet then picks up packages, brings them to an airport, sorts and screens them, and places them on commercial flights traveling between U.S. cities, according to founder and Chief Executive Chris Guggenheim. At the destination, the packages move into a final-mile network, meaning the provider that takes an item through its last step to the recipient.
Guggenheim told Crunchbase News that possible final-mile providers include FedEx, the U.S. Postal Service, DoorDash, Uber, OnTrac and Veho. ClearJet described its network as spanning 95 U.S. airports and connecting retailers with airlines and multiple delivery providers.
The arrangement seeks to combine airline capacity with pickup, sorting and last-mile delivery without operating a dedicated fleet. It also means ClearJet’s service depends on coordinating several parts of a shipment rather than controlling every vehicle involved.
What does ClearJet say about its scale?
ClearJet says its model can reduce shipping costs by as much as 35% and cut delivery times by one to three days. Those are company claims, not independently documented results in the Crunchbase News report.
Guggenheim also said ClearJet is profitable, that revenue has more than tripled from a year earlier, and that the company is approaching nine figures in top-line revenue. ClearJet says it handles more than 30 million packages a year and estimates that about 1.8 billion U.S. parcels could be suitable for air transport.
In one customer example, Guggenheim said a large retailer cut factory-to-customer delivery from seven days to five and saved $35 million through ClearJet’s system. The company did not identify the retailer in the report.
For now, the verified news is the funding round and its investor group. The company’s profitability, growth, package volumes and delivery savings remain statements from ClearJet and its chief executive.
This story draws on original reporting from Crunchbase News.
