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LinkBycar
Techstars '23Paris, FR · 15 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors
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LinkByCar provides real-time vehicle telematics and data analytics for fleet operators and insurers, enabling battery health monitoring, theft recovery tracking, and usage-based insurance pricing. The platform helps fleet managers reduce operational costs and extend EV battery life while enabling insurers to improve risk assessment through granular driver behavior data.
Also known as Linkbycar · LinkByCar · LINKBYCAR
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026Linkbycar is a Paris-based software company that operates a SaaS platform for collecting, aggregating and analysing data generated by connected vehicles across multiple car brands. The platform is designed to deliver vehicle data to insurers, fleet managers, maintenance providers and assistance services without requiring additional aftermarket telematics boxes, drawing instead on embedded OEM connectivity, with aftermarket devices supported for certain tracking use cases.
The product set spans fleet management (real-time vehicle tracking, route optimisation, trip history and fleet-wide performance analytics), predictive maintenance (maintenance alerts, real-time diagnostics on components such as engine health, battery voltage and tyre pressure, and cost-savings analysis), a "Battery Care Score" for electric vehicles that monitors state of health and charging habits to support battery longevity and residual value, a "Find My Car" module for locating and recovering stolen vehicles with unauthorised-movement alerts and law-enforcement sharing, and pay-as-you-drive insurance insights covering speed, acceleration, harsh braking and cornering. Additional stated capabilities include real-time accident detection and reconstruction of events. Data is exposed through developer-facing APIs intended for integration into underwriting systems, claims evaluation tools and mobility platforms.
Founding story
Founded in January 2021 by Ahmed Salem Soumare, who serves as CEO and co-founder and previously worked as a software engineer at LCL and co-founded Dira Partners.
Business model
Software-as-a-service platform monetised around access to aggregated connected-vehicle data and analytics, delivered via dashboards and APIs to business customers such as insurers, fleet operators and mobility service providers.
Business-to-business sale of platform access and vehicle data services to insurers, fleet operators and mobility companies, delivered through a SaaS subscription-style platform and API integrations.
Traction
Publicly referenced customers include Casawatt, which uses Linkbycar data to identify charging refills and generate customer receipts; GoMecano, a mobile car-maintenance service that uses vehicle data ahead of interventions; and Dadycar, a shared-mobility operator using the data for daily fleet management. A pilot with Ethias targeting young drivers was under exploration at the time of the October 2024 investment announcement.
Latest developments
In October 2024, Ethias Ventures and LeanSquare announced a EUR 1.4 million strategic investment intended to accelerate development of Linkbycar's platform and its presence on the European market, alongside access to Ethias's direct-insurance markets and other group entities.
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Market position
Positions itself as aiming to become the leading European platform dedicated to processing connected-vehicle data, serving insurers and fleet managers.
Access to multi-brand vehicle data without installing additional telematics boxes, combined with AI-based real-time processing and API delivery covering insurance, fleet, maintenance and assistance use cases in a single platform.
Technology
AI-driven platform that ingests and normalises telemetry from multiple vehicle brands using embedded OEM connectivity rather than additional telematics hardware, with optional aftermarket devices for tracking. Capabilities include real-time processing, battery state-of-health analytics, predictive maintenance diagnostics, driver behaviour scoring, GPS/telematics geolocation, and REST-style APIs for third-party integration. The public site runs on Webflow/Wized with AWS and Cloudflare infrastructure.
Go-to-market
Direct enterprise sales supported by free demo requests and public API documentation on the company website, plus partnerships and co-development with insurers and mobility operators; the company has gone through accelerator programmes including MooveLab and French AssurTech in France and Plug and Play and Techstars in Germany.
Insurance companies (including usage-based and young-driver programmes), fleet managers and leasing operators, vehicle maintenance and assistance providers, and mobility service operators such as car-sharing platforms.
Geography
Headquartered in Paris, Île-de-France, France (6 rue d'Armaille, 75017 Paris), with expansion focused on the European market; Belgium is described by its investors as a launch market via Ethias and LeanSquare, and the company has participated in accelerator programmes in France and Germany.
History
Founded in 2021 in France. The company took part in the MooveLab and French AssurTech accelerators in France and Plug and Play and Techstars in Germany. In October 2024, Ethias Ventures and LeanSquare announced a joint EUR 1.4 million strategic investment to fund platform development and European expansion.
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Timeline · 3
launches, deals, and filingsEthias Ventures, the investment vehicle of Belgian insurer Ethias, and LeanSquare (Noshaq group) announced a joint strategic investment of EUR 1.4 million in Linkbycar to accelerate development of its connected-vehicle data platform and expand its European presence.
Since its creation, Linkbycar has taken part in the MooveLab and French AssurTech accelerators in France and Plug and Play and Techstars in Germany.
Several use cases were under exploration within Ethias Group entities, including a pilot designed for young drivers that analyses driving parameters with consent to build driver profiles and provide personalised driving coaching.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does LinkBycar do?
- French SaaS platform that collects and analyses connected-vehicle data with AI for insurers and fleet operators.
- Who are LinkBycar's investors?
- LinkBycar's investors include Techstars.
- Where is LinkBycar headquartered?
- LinkBycar is headquartered in Paris, FR.