

Chris Hale
Co-founder and CEO of Klear (branded Clear with a K), a fintech platform providing payments and working capital infrastructure for industrial manufacturers, with prior experience in trade finance and supply-chain-focused fintech.
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Jan 27, 2026 • 33min
272: Working Capital: The Hidden Constraint to Sustainable Manufacturing Growth featuring Klear Co-Founder & CEO Chris Hale
Chris Hale, co-founder and CEO of Klear, builds fintech that ties payments and working capital to industrial execution. He talks about trade finance as the backbone of big projects. He explains orchestration and clean handoffs, why money gets harder as manufacturers scale, and how software plus capital can restore cash visibility and financial control.


