Chalo
Founded 2014 · 758 employees on LinkedIn · 7 known investors
Chalo provides a live bus-tracking app and a tap-to-pay Chalo Card that lets riders in India see real-time bus arrival times and pay for bus travel. It targets daily public bus commuters as a mobility and transit technology company.
Also known as Chalo App
Investors · 7
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountSeries DMay 2023
Avataar Ventures (lead), Lightrock India, Stride Ventures, Trifecta, WaterBridge Ventures
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Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Chalo is a bus transport technology company operating in India that combines a consumer mobile app with payment hardware and prepaid products for daily bus commuters. Through the Chalo App, riders can track buses live, buy digital bus tickets in advance and activate them at the time of travel, and obtain a mobile bus pass without visiting a physical pass counter. The Chalo Card is a tap-to-pay travel card that removes the need to carry cash or exact change for bus fares.
Alongside these core products, Chalo markets Super Saver, a set of flexible prepaid plans available on both the Chalo Card and the Chalo App that reduce the cost of frequent bus travel. The company also operates Chalo Bus and has enabled features such as reserving airport bus seats in Mumbai through its app. Chalo describes itself as India's leading bus transport technology company and positions its offering as a single solution covering tracking, ticketing and payment for bus journeys.
Business model
Chalo provides technology products for bus travel — live tracking, digital tickets, mobile passes, prepaid Super Saver plans and the tap-to-pay Chalo Card — used by commuters in the cities where it operates and deployed alongside city bus services.
The company sells digital bus tickets, mobile bus passes and prepaid travel plans (Super Saver) through the Chalo App and the Chalo Card.
Traction
The company reports operations in 65 cities and total funds raised of $119 million following a $45 million Series D.
Latest developments
Recent items publicised by the company include a $45 million Series D taking cumulative funding to $119 million, the World Economic Forum New Champions Award for Digital Innovation, the introduction of the National Common Mobility Card by Srinagar Smart City Limited, and airport bus seat reservations in Mumbai via the Chalo app.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography
Market position
Chalo describes itself as India's number one bus transport technology company and mobility company, and cites a World Economic Forum New Champions Award for 'Digital Innovation'.
Technology
Live bus tracking technology that tells riders how far away their bus is and its expected arrival time, a mobile application for ticketing and passes, and a contactless tap-to-pay travel card.
Go-to-market
Consumer acquisition through the Chalo App and card distribution in the cities it serves, supported by advertising campaigns such as #HarSafarkaDigitalHumsafar and #TapKaroAurChalo, and deployments tied to city transit programmes.
Daily urban bus commuters in Indian cities and, per its own framing, a population of about 200 million people in India who travel by bus each day; city bus operators and smart-city transit programmes are implied counterparties.
Geography
Operates in 65 cities, including Indian cities such as Mumbai, Chennai, Lucknow, Kanpur, Nagpur, Patna, Indore, Bhubaneswar, Kochi, Guwahati, Agra, Meerut, Mangaluru and Jabalpur, plus Bangkok and Metro Manila outside India.
Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Competitors · 4
by search overlap
Companies competing with Chalo for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
Timeline · 4
launches, deals, and filingsA news item on Chalo's site notes Srinagar Smart City Limited introducing the National Common Mobility Card for its commuters.
Chalo enabled riders to reserve airport bus seats in Mumbai through the Chalo app.
Chalo won the World Economic Forum New Champions Award in the 'Digital Innovation' category, as highlighted in the company's news section.
Chalo announced a $45 million Series D round, bringing total funds raised to $119 million, per a news item highlighted on the company's website.
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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
▸Research sources · 1
primary sources listed
- Chalochalo.com · web
1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Chalo do?
- Indian bus transport technology company offering live bus tracking, digital tickets and passes, and the tap-to-pay Chalo Card.
- Who are Chalo's investors?
- Chalo's investors include Advantedge Founders, JITO Angel Network, Snowflake Ventures, Stride Ventures, Trifecta Capital Advisors, WaterBridge Ventures, Avataar Venture Partners.