Mobility & Transportation Startups

RYDE provides a mobile app for purchasing digital transit tickets across trains, buses, and shared mobility services in Japan. The platform enables transportation operators to digitize their ticketing systems and access movement data analytics without development or maintenance costs.

1 investor

Sabrewing Aircraft Company designs and builds aircraft, with development based at Hayward Executive Airport in California.

1 investor

SMBC Aero Engine Lease (SAEL) is a global lessor of commercial jet engines, offering spare engine financing, leasing, trading, and asset management across the full life cycle of an engine. It serves airlines and aviation industry partners such as engine OEMs, MROs, and engine investors.

1 investor

Safe Fleet designs, manufactures, sells, installs and services safety systems for vehicle fleets of all types, aiming to reduce injury risk to operators, passengers, and pedestrians. It combines multiple brands into an integrated hardware and technology platform serving fleet operators.

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Saferide develops driver assistance technology that retrofits existing vehicles with advanced safety features including automatic emergency braking, lane centering, and adaptive cruise control. The system works across 200+ vehicle makes and models to reduce collision risk for all drivers.

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Tenix builds a charge operations and fleet management software platform that lets transport operators monitor chargers and vehicles in real time, optimize smart charging around energy costs, and track fleet performance and maintenance. It serves public transport operators, private fleets, and logistics companies running electric and mixed fleets across Europe, with roots in Norway.

1 investor

Sailo is a boat rental marketplace that connects boat owners with customers seeking to rent boats across locations throughout the United States.

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Sarvdhan is a financing platform for used vehicle loans in India, connecting borrowers and dealers with banks and NBFCs and handling the end-to-end process including loan selection, application, disbursement, and RTO transfer. It offers secured loans against vehicles such as cars, pick-ups, and trucks, along with personal and business loans underwritten against owned vehicles.

1 investor

Sateba is a European manufacturer of precast concrete sleepers and slab track solutions for the rail industry, serving high-speed rail, tramway, underground, and light rapid transit projects. Operating in 10 countries, it also produces bespoke offsite precast concrete elements for infrastructure projects.

1 investor

SaveLIFE Foundation is a non-profit organisation focused on improving road safety and trauma care, working with government, academia, healthcare, and private-sector partners on infrastructure, driver behaviour, regulation, and emergency medical response. It operates primarily in India, running "zero-fatality" interventions on dangerous highway corridors and contributing to road safety policy.

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Savic Motorcycles designs and hand-assembles the C-Series, an Australian-made electric motorbike built to order with customizable bodywork, badging, seat, and headlamp options. It targets road riders in Australia, offering an ADR-compliant, registrable high-performance electric motorcycle starting from around $29,990.

1 investor

Savion is developing an autonomous blended wing body (ABWB) aircraft for zero-emissions air travel, using satellite-piloted proprietary autonomous software and LNG propulsion. The company plans to offer subscription-based zero-emissions flight credits (ZFCs) for passengers to fly on its aircraft, which feature a standup cabin, lavatory, and lie-flat seating.

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SC Automotive Engineering (SCAE) is an engineering services company that helps Japanese automakers and parts suppliers solve development challenges by matching them with engineering service providers and offering support in areas such as cybersecurity, AD/ADAS, electrification and battery systems, functional safety, control system design, virtual (MILS/HILS) environments, crash-safety CAE analysis, and EMC testing. Leveraging the Sumitomo Corporation network, it provides end-to-end engineering support and technical strategy consulting for the automotive industry, in Japan and on overseas projects.

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Scandlines operates ferry crossings between Germany and Denmark (including Rødby-Puttgarden and Gedser-Rostock) and connections onward to Sweden, carrying passengers and vehicles. It sells ferry tickets online for travelers and offers travel inspiration for destinations around the Baltic Sea.

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Scewo builds the BRO, an electric wheelchair that can climb stairs and curbs and is designed for indoor and outdoor daily use by people with mobility impairments. The company supports users through the trial, prescription, and insurance financing process in Germany and Switzerland.

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Scoot Networks operates in urban mobility, offering shared transportation services. The page provides only a newsletter signup with minimal information about the company's specific offerings.

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Scooterson makes Rolley, an electric scooter with an auto-balance design and a companion app offering GPS tracking, anti-theft alarms, and battery monitoring. It sells to individual riders and also offers business, sharing-platform, and residential-development programs, along with a certified partner-store retail model.

1 investor

Scootility develops a purpose-built utility electric scooter with a lockable, swappable weatherproof cargo box designed for urban delivery and other professional payloads. It targets corporate and institutional fleets, including rapid delivery of meals and groceries, campus staff, service technicians, and emergency responders.

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Voltest provides battery health diagnostic testing for used electric vehicles to increase buyer confidence and transparency in the pre-owned EV market. The company targets used EV buyers and dealers with faster, more affordable testing solutions than existing alternatives.

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SCTM Engineering is a joint venture between Sumitomo Corporation and Tech Mahindra that provides engineering services for automotive development, supporting customers from product concept through to mass-production launch. It serves the automotive industry, primarily in Japan.

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Seafar provides certified remote and autonomous vessel operations, letting ship owners control inland waterway vessels from shore-based operation centers to address captain shortages and lower costs. It operates across Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and the Rhine, offering onboard equipment (Seafar Shield/VCS), remote operator staffing, and control software for the inland shipping sector.

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Seatfrog offers a mobile app that lets rail passengers buy tickets, change train times, and bid to upgrade to First Class, serving over 1 million travelers. The company focuses on train travel for European passengers and rail operators.

1 investor

Seojin Automotive (Seco Automotive) is an automotive company; the available page is only its privacy policy and provides no concrete details about its products or services.

1 investor

SEEDiA builds solar-powered urban infrastructure such as benches, info-kiosks, bus stops, and an autonomous solar charging rental station for e-bikes serving hotels, office buildings, and shopping and public facilities. The company operates in the urban mobility and clean energy space, with products deployed in over 25 countries.

1 investor