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Firefly

500 Global

Founded 2017 · 352 employees on LinkedIn · 15 known investors

Firefly operates a network of digital advertising screens on vehicles including car top displays and branded wraps on taxis and rideshare vehicles, delivering geo-targeted and contextually relevant messages to urban audiences across 60,000+ screens in the U.S. and 7 countries globally.

Also known as Firefly Systems

Founders & leadership

Firefly was founded in 2017 by Kaan Gunay.

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Onur Kardeşler
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Steve Cymerman

Investors · 15

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Firefly is a digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising network built around vehicle-based media. Its core product is a network of GPS-enabled digital screens mounted on the roofs of taxis and rideshare vehicles, complemented by static taxi tops and vehicle wraps offered in full (360-degree), partial (270-degree) and door (180-degree) formats, available on vehicles with or without digital tops.

Beyond on-car media, Firefly sells in-car inventory including TaxiTV, an in-vehicle screen product that has run since 2007 and carries local NBC news and entertainment programming, and HD touchscreen golf screens with GPS yardage, sports tickers, music streaming and scorecards alongside advertising. Around-car and experiential offerings include coordinated multi-vehicle "swarms" on custom routes, complimentary branded rides, 3D animated hologram projection, brand ambassador programs, mobile retargeting tied to OOH exposure, custom vehicle build-outs, LED digital trucks, 3D hologram trucks with transparent displays, laser "velocity projection" onto buildings along a route, branded food trucks, and the Vegas Miracle, a synchronized set of three large-format digital displays spanning eight faces and more than 20,000 square feet, plus an interior network of nine large-format LED displays and 23 interior kiosks.

Firefly positions itself as a data-first network, emphasizing tracking, measurement and campaign optimization. Advertisers can target by geofence, zip code, DMA and day-part, serve dynamic creative triggered by real-time signals such as weather, vehicle location, time of day and sports scores, and measure results through foot traffic, brand recall, and web and app conversion research.

Business model

Firefly sells advertising campaigns on vehicle-mounted and vehicle-adjacent media it operates, including digital and static taxi tops, wraps, in-car screens, LED and hologram trucks, and large-format displays. Supply comes from taxi and rideshare drivers, who are recruited through a Firefly driver app and paid additional income for carrying the media on their vehicles.

Latest developments

In April 2026 Firefly announced an integration with VIOOH to expand its programmatic capabilities. In May 2026 it published a joint study with Reveal reporting that moving out-of-home can unlock up to 2.8x greater reach and optimize frequency in OOH campaigns. In August 2026 it announced a launch in Colombia, expanding its Latin American footprint.

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography

Market position

Firefly describes its digital top network as industry-leading and differentiates on data, measurement and dynamic creative capabilities within mobility-based digital out-of-home.

Combination of a full-motion GPS-enabled vehicle-top screen network with a data layer for hyper-targeting, dynamic content serving and attribution, alongside a broad catalogue of adjacent formats (static tops, wraps, in-car screens, LED and hologram trucks, projection, brand ambassadors and mobile retargeting) that can be combined into nationwide campaigns.

Technology

Digital tops are GPS-enabled and full-motion, connected to a data system supporting pre-campaign planning and in-flight optimization. The platform supports geofencing, zip code, DMA and day-parting targeting, and dynamic creative served on real-time triggers such as weather, vehicle location, time and live sports scores. Measurement covers foot traffic, brand recall and web/app conversion. Experiential formats use 3D projection, transparent LED displays and laser projection technology.

Go-to-market

Firefly markets its media directly to advertisers via its website and campaign-planning offering, and is extending distribution into programmatic buying through an integration with VIOOH announced in April 2026. Driver supply is recruited via an app-based sign-up and application flow. The company also publishes research and market guides, including a joint study with Reveal on moving out-of-home reach and frequency.

Brands and agencies buying out-of-home and mobility advertising, particularly those seeking urban audience reach in major North American markets; also taxi and rideshare drivers as the supply side of the network.

Geography

The digital top network covers New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Las Vegas, Austin, Miami, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Phoenix, Washington DC, Houston and Toronto, with additional locations described as coming soon. Wraps, LED trucks and experiential products are offered nationwide in the U.S., and the company announced a launch in Colombia in August 2026, expanding its Latin American presence.

Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Digital top network marketsJan 202615 cities
HeadcountAug 2026352
Reach uplift from moving out-of-home (Firefly/Reveal study)May 20262.8 x greater reach
Vegas Miracle display areaJan 202620,000 square feet

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Competitors · 1

by search overlap

Companies competing with Firefly for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.

Timeline · 3

launches, deals, and filings
Aug 2026
Firefly launches in Colombia

Firefly announced an expansion of its Latin American presence with a launch in Colombia.

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May 2026
Firefly and Reveal publish study on moving out-of-home reach

A joint Firefly and Reveal study reported that moving out-of-home advertising unlocks up to 2.8x greater reach and optimizes frequency in OOH campaigns.

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Apr 2026
Firefly integrates with VIOOH to expand programmatic capabilities

Firefly announced an integration with VIOOH extending programmatic buying access to its inventory.

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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

1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Firefly do?
Firefly is a mobility-focused digital out-of-home ad network running digital taxi tops, car wraps and LED trucks.
Who founded Firefly?
Firefly was founded by Kaan Gunay in 2017.
Who are Firefly's investors?
Firefly's investors include NFX, 500 Emerging Europe, 500 Global, Caruso Ventures, Chesterfield Fund, MaC Venture Capital, Multiplier Capital, Muse Capital and 7 more.