AirGarage

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AirGarage
Company type Private
IndustryParking management
Founded2017;8 years ago (2017)
Founders
  • Scott Fitsimones
  • Jonathon Barkl
  • Chelsea Border
Headquarters San Francisco, California, U.S.
Number of locations
300+ parking facilities (2025)
Website www.airgarage.com

AirGarage is an American parking management company that partners with real estate owners to operate their parking lots and garages. The company has developed a license plate recognition camera system to automatically detect when vehicles enter and exit. [1] [2]

History and growth

AirGarage was founded by Scott Fitsimones, Jonathon Barkl, and Chelsea Border in 2017. [3] The trio met and conceived the idea for AirGarage while attending Arizona State University, initially renting out driveway spaces near campus to college students. [3] [1] The company offers parking operations, enforcement, and mobile payments to over 300 parking facilities. [1] [4] [2] After partnering with several nearby churches and Graduate Hotels locations to manage their parking operations, [5] the company began managing surface lots and garages. [4] [5]

AirGarage has raised $40m from Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, and Headline [2] [6] [7] and has also received investment from angel investors. [1]

The company manages parking operations for major real estate firms including Hines and Greystar, as well as office campuses like Meta. [7]

AirGarage was on Forbes 30 Under 30 - Consumer Technology (2023). [8] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Alamalhodaei, Aria (2021-10-21). "AirGarage, a full-stack parking operator, raises $12.5M in round led by a16z". TechCrunch.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Shrivastava, Rashi. "From Pool Rentals To A Pet Adoption Marketplace: These 30 Under 30 2023 Finalists Are Using Tech To Meet Consumer Needs". Forbes.
  3. 1 2 "Student startup AirGarage receives $12.5M from venture capitalists". ASU News. 2021-11-05.
  4. 1 2 "Report: AirGarage Business Breakdown & Founding Story". Contrary Research.
  5. 1 2 Soland, Aeden. "AirGarage: Affordable on-campus parking". The Daily Wildcat.
  6. ↑ Hustle, The (2023-07-28). "Airbnb, but for cars". The Hustle.
  7. 1 2 Metinko, Chris (2025-07-08). "Exclusive: Parking startup AirGarage raises $23M Series B". Axios Pro. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
  8. ↑ "AirGarage". Forbes.
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