Ep. #67: Clay Curran, CEO & Cofounder, FreshX from The Freight Pod

The Freight Pod

Andrew Silver

Episodes

About

Reviews

Promote

Ep. #67: Clay Curran, CEO & Cofounder, FreshX

1 hour 9 minutes Posted May 27, 2025 at 9:00 am.

Sponsor message and episode intro

Clay's background and entrepreneurial journey

What Clay learned from his entrepreneurial parents

Clay’s original business idea

Launching a brokerage without freight experience

Early lessons in reefer LTL freight

Why FreshX pivoted from brokerage to tech platform

Fundraising for a freight tech startup without freight experience

Launching FreshX

Early-stage challenges

The unique complexities of reefer LTL

How commodity impacts carrier matching

Claims, compliance, and platform responsibility

The FreshX roadmap, including reefer backhauls and OS&D cross-docking

Vision for the future and growth plans

Why brokers hesitate with reefer LTL (and why they shouldn’t)

Growing the reefer LTL capacity market

Advice for brokers new to reefer LTL

Vetting and managing carriers and brokers on the platform

What’s next for FreshX

Advice for aspiring freight entrepreneurs

0:00

1:09:46

Download MP3

Share at current time

Show notes

Andrew welcomes Clay Curran, CEO and cofounder of FreshX, a young company tackling the tricky reefer LTL space. Clay shares his entrepreneurial journey, marked by a willingness to pivot that has shaped both his personal career trajectory and the FreshX business model. Today, FreshX is a marketplace that connects brokers with more than 80 reefer LTL carriers. In this episode, Clay also covers: His path to entrepreneurship and early lessons learned from his entrepreneurial parents.The evolution...

← See all 88 episodes of The Freight Pod