Mobility & Transportation Startups

Safire develops hardware and software for energy systems, including resilient battery design, ruggedized sensing, secure communications, and an AI-powered energy operating system for real-time monitoring and control. The company targets critical energy infrastructure applications.

3 investors

Sentiance builds an on-device, privacy-first AI platform that turns mobile sensor data into real-time behavioral intelligence about how people move, drive, and live. Its SDK serves mobile apps across insurance, mobility, automotive, and public transport, supporting use cases such as risk management, claims, fraud detection, driving safety, and user engagement.

3 investors

Seyond develops LiDAR sensors and perception software, including its OmniVidi platform, for 3D sensing and scene understanding. Its products serve autonomous and assisted driving, intelligent transportation and traffic management, robotics, warehouse logistics, and industrial sites such as mining, rail, construction, and agriculture.

3 investors

SHARE Mobility provides a transportation management platform for fleet operators, supporting dispatch, driver coordination, and scheduled ride programs. Its customers include municipalities and businesses arranging services such as rides for older adults.

3 investors

Shuttlers provides transportation and shuttle bus services for commuters. It operates in the mobility and transport sector in Nigeria.

3 investors

Smartcar provides an API and integration platform that enables access to connected vehicle data, powering mobility applications and services for consumers and businesses including insurance savings, car-sharing, and electric vehicle adoption.

3 investors

Soul Parking offers Compact Motorcycle Storage (CMS), a patented parking system that fits up to 240 motorcycles in a 60m2 area to expand parking capacity for property owners. It provides parking solutions and revenue-sharing arrangements for properties.

3 investors

Spare is an AI platform for transit agencies that unifies scheduling, dispatch, rider communication, fleet health, and compliance reporting across multiple service modes. It targets paratransit, ADA, and NEMT operations, using AI to automate dispatching, real-time scheduling, and call-center bookings to lower cost per trip and improve on-time performance.

3 investors

Spatial Pleasure builds the Mobility Intelligence Platform (MIP), which combines pre-built functional micro-components to address recurring operational challenges for transport and logistics operators. The company also works on decarbonizing mobility, including obtaining Japan's first J-Credit certification for heavy EV vehicles and quantifying the environmental value of bus modal shifts.

3 investors

Speero operates an online marketplace in Saudi Arabia for buying original and replacement car spare parts, offering listings from multiple dealers and warehouses. It also provides automotive maintenance services such as brake pad replacement, computer diagnostics, wheel alignment, and AC refrigerant refills.

3 investors

SpotAngels provides a mobile app that helps users find parking, avoid tickets through location reminders, and pay parking meters in select cities. The service serves drivers in urban areas and generates revenue through premium subscriptions and parking transaction commissions.

3 investors

Starsky Robotics develops autonomous vehicles for long-haul trucking, targeting transportation companies seeking driverless freight delivery solutions.

3 investors

Steinmetz designs and manufactures high-voltage motor controllers and traction inverters for electric vehicles, industrial automation, and robotics. The company produces power electronics with industry-leading power density and efficiency for EV drivetrains and motor control systems.

3 investors

Sunswap designs and manufactures electric, zero-emission transport refrigeration units (its "Endurance" product) for logistics fleets and retailers, aiming to replace diesel-based refrigeration in the cold chain. The company serves transport operators and retailers across the UK and Europe, with intelligent connected systems that provide real-time performance data.

3 investors

Superlight builds a clean-sheet, aerospace-inspired electric truck for middle-mile cargo transport, using a lightweight aluminium monocoque, software-defined controls, and by-wire architecture to improve payload and operating economics versus diesel. Its platform includes an LLM-driven fleet assistant (ALIS) for predictive maintenance and a modular production system (SPS) with an AI-enabled digital twin of the factory floor.

3 investors

SWAT Mobility is an AI-powered routing technology firm that resolves vehicle routing challenges for customers in Southeast Asia and Japan. The company focuses on optimizing resource efficiency and reducing carbon emissions through its proprietary dynamic routing algorithm.

3 investors

Swift Charge provides fully managed electric vehicle charging for property owners and businesses, handling installation and operation of EV chargers. It offers flexible financing plans ranging from zero upfront cost to full ownership.

3 investors

Swoop operates global drone transport networks and aircraft to provide seamless aerial access in remote and inaccessible areas, with a focus on reducing carbon emissions and enabling delivery services.

3 investors

TERN builds IDPS (Independently Derived Positioning System), a software-only navigation architecture that maintains real-time vehicle positioning without satellites or GPS signals using existing sensors, digital maps, and proprietary AI. It serves automotive, commercial and environmental fleets, delivery services, emergency response, and defense/military applications.

3 investors

Tether develops software that leverages the battery capacity of electric vehicles to provide grid-connected energy storage, enabling higher renewable energy adoption and reducing fossil fuel dependence.

3 investors

The Routing Company builds a real-time routing algorithm and its Pingo platform for on-demand transit and logistics, reoptimizing routes to increase vehicle seat utilization while maintaining ETAs. Its software is used across global transit deployments to move more passengers with fewer vehicles.

3 investors

Touch and Pay Technologies builds an NFC-based mobile payment platform for processing offline and online micro-transactions across Africa, targeting small businesses to large organizations for financial inclusion.

3 investors

Trafi develops a Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform that provides multi-modal journey planning and ticketing for cities across Europe. The white-label product enables municipalities to launch integrated urban mobility solutions combining public transport, payment, and mobility service provider integrations.

3 investors

Transit is a public transit app that helps people navigate cities using buses, trains, bikes, and walking instead of cars. The company builds mobile navigation and real-time transit data products for urban commuters, and partners with transit agencies.

3 investors