At Best Startup London we track over 100,000 London based startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 101 Transportation companies in London. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Transportation Companies & Startups (London)
Splyt
Founders | Andrius Skerla, Philipp Mintchin, Stephen Mason, Yulia Dankova |
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Splyt is a B2B mobility marketplace that connects institutional supply and demand for ground-based transport.
Wheely
Founders | Anton Chirkunov, Pavel Bocharov |
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Wheely is a luxury ride-hailing service, allowing customers to book chauffeur-driven journeys both on-demand and pre-booked through an app.
Skyports
Founders | Duncan Walker, Simon Morrish |
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Skyports is an urban air mobility infrastructure provider and drone delivery operator for aviation and managing end to end drone deliveries.
Victor
Founders | Clive Jackson |
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Victor is a London, UK-based private jet charter marketplace.
Splend
Founders | Chris King |
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We’re not about cars. We’re about people.
Karhoo
Founders | Boris Pilichowski, Daniel Ishag, Nicolas Andine |
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Karhoo is a B2B marketplace connecting brands and taxi/PVH fleets around the world to deliver e-hailing straight from any website and app
CORE POWER (UK) Ltd
Founders | Mikal Boe |
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Advanced atomic technologies can be a game changer for heavy transport and industry.
Gett
Founders | Dave Waiser, Roi More |
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Gett is a technology platform focused on corporate Ground Transportation Management (GTM), for spend estimated to exceed $100b globally
Applied Blockchain
Founders | Adi Ben-Ari |
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Applied Blockchain builds private and secure business applications
EV Cargo
Founders | Heath Zarin |
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EV Cargo is a privately-owned logistics business.
Sumsub
Founders | Andrey Severiukhin, Jacob Sever, Peter Sever, Vyacheslav Zholudev |
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Sumsub is an AI-based solution that automates identity verification and anti-fraud.
Eurostar International
Founders | Antonio Brites |
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Eurostar International is a high speed train that directly links the UK to France and Belgium via the channel tunnel.
SilverRail Technologies
Founders | Aaron Gowell, Will Phillipson |
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SilverRail offers best-in-class technical solutions that help railways and travel distributors easily connect with each other.
AirPortr
Founders | Randel Darby |
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AirPortr is a Software and Service company developing and delivering innovative baggage services for passengers, airlines and airports.
SKOOT
Founders | Greg Gormley, Mark Stringer |
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SKOOT is a platform for Climate Change helping businesses, communities and individuals to IDENTIFY, OFFSET & AVOID their CO2 footprints.
IOTICS
Founders | Andrew Orrock, Ian Orrock, Mark Wharton, Paul Green |
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Enabling ecosystems of secure data interactions with digital twins
Abellio
Founders | Paul Martin |
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Abellio delivers rail and bus services to passengers in Scotland, England, and Germany.
Immense
Founders | Carl Goves, Dídac Busquets i Font, Eifion Jenkins, Robin North |
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A global decision-support platform for new mobility
Route Reports
Founders | Connell McLaughlin |
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Route Reports sells predictive analytics for transport providers such as bus and train companies.
Seatfrog
Founders | Ben Ient, Dirk Stewart, Iain Griffin |
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Seatfrog is a mobile application designed to make upgrades effortless for airlines and passengers.
Zeelo
Founders | Barney Williams, Sam Ryan |
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Zeelo is the smart bus platform for organizations, providing flexible turn-key, plug-in and SaaS transportation programs.
Sirenum
Founders | Amnon Kruvi, Ben Hizak, Benjamin Rubin, Joshua Pines |
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Sirenum is a WFM platform for employers to put the right shift worker in the right place at the right time and pay the right amount.
Grayscale AI
Founders | Dragos Stanciu |
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SaaS computer vision and neuromorphic AI to increase efficiency, lower costs and improve sustainability.
{buzz
Founders | Becky Downing |
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buzz is making it easier for people to manage, protect and move the things they love.
Citymapper
Founders | Azmat Yusuf |
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Citymapper is a transport app for cities.
minicabit
Founders | Amer Hasan |
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Smart marketplace to connect customers & business with all types of cab service providers of today and those in the mobility future
HCT Group
Founders | Chris Thorpe |
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HCT Group is a transport company operating commercial London red bus routes, yellow school bus routes and Park & Ride services.
Academy of Robotics
Founders | Pasi William Sachiti |
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The Academy of Robotics is a technology institute with an extraordinary technical team of engineers, scientists, and researchers.
UrbanThings
Founders | Carl Partridge |
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UrbanThings builds transit apps and smart ticketing platforms.
elmo
Founders | Luke Gavin, Oliver Jones |
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elmo is a mobility-as-a-service platform providing all-inclusive electric car subscriptions.
HelloDone
Founders | Charles Cadbury, Ed Hodges, Pete Shannon |
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Automating social messaging for online retail brands
Beeline
Founders | Mark Jenner, Tom Putnam |
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Smart navigation, made simple. For a global community of adventurers
CommuterClub
Founders | Petko Plachkov |
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CommuterClub offers a software solution that enables businesses to manage season ticket schemes.
Mileus
Founders | Juraj Atlas, Martin Krecek |
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Commuting Home. Comfortably. | Automated combination of public transport and taxis for a comfortable yet sustainable commute.
Drover
Founders | Felix Leuschner, Matt Varughese |
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Drover is a mobility-as-a-service platform providing monthly, all-in car subscriptions to its end-customers.
UvU
Founders | Madiyar Toleugali, Muammar Al-Shedivat |
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UvU is a ride-sharing platform which provides safe kids delivery service with best-fit size vehicles
Litta iOs app
Founders | Aaron Georgiou |
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Revolutionising waste management with 94% recycle rate. You click, We collect.
Pushme
Founders | Dan Keene, George Kalligeros |
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BatterySwap Infrastructure-as-a-service
Nwave Technologies
Founders | Yury Birchenko |
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Nwave eradicates the anxiety and frustration of inefficient parking by bringing real time sensor data to drivers and parking asset operators
XeroE
Founders | Steve Evans |
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XeroE is the UK’s leading emission-free, final-mile delivery provider.
Prospective
Founders | Camilo Vargas, Joan Serras, Pete Ferguson, Vassilis Zachariadis |
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Autonomous Networked Operations
Parcelly
Founders | Sebastian Steinhauser |
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The tech platform that enables retailers and carriers to resolve last-mile delivery and first-mile fulfilment challenges
Honeycomb Network
Founders | Cameron Brown, Gabriel Yoong, Maysa Abadi, William Cox |
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An innovative technology start-up developing smart charging and storage infrastructure for electric scooters.
TAUR
Founders | Carson Brown, Richard Adey |
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The electric scooter built for life in the city. Available for pre-order now. Winner of 2021 GOOD DESIGN® Awards.
Faredirect
Founders | Aleksandar Serdarevic, Nevzat Arshan, Niels Colemont |
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Faredirect is helping airlines to build and scale ancillary revenues.
Spokesafe
Founders | Maxwell Wilson |
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Spokesafe is an urban mobility platform that gives cyclists access to a growing network of secure parking spaces at the click of a button.
FuroSystems
Founders | Albert Nassar, Eliott Wertheimer |
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We are the direct to consumer brand for elegant, practical and high performance electric vehicles.
Firnas Private
Founders | Kazi Shafiqur Rahman |
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Private Air Travel Made Affordable
dRISK
Founders | Chess Stetson |
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DRISK is an autonomous vehicle company that provides smoother and safer AVs solutions for the vehicle industry.
JIVR
Founders | Marcin Piatkowski |
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JIVR is a hassle-free commuting bike, allowing you to enjoy the benefits of cycling, without any lifestyle compromises.
Arrive
Founders | Hans Manku |
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The only Taxi app where you can choose your driver… D’you want the cheapest, quickest or highest-rated driver?
Omni
Founders | Unknown |
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Omni is a dock-less bike share system, aims to revolutionize urban mobility and solve the first and last mile transportation challenges.
TransferTravel.com
Founders | Simon Powell |
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TransferTravel.com operates as a global peer to peer travel marketplace.
Yomp
Founders | Ry Morgan |
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Yomp is B2B Employee-engagement platform to improve Health and Wellbeing.
Pop & Rest
Founders | Mauricio Villamizar, Yoann Demont |
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Our platform connects local workers and travellers with sleep & meditation pods. Book by the hour to recharge
Haxi
Founders | Aleksander Soender, Joonas Kirsebom, Robert Daniel Nagy |
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Transport sharing service. Passengers can search local drivers. Drivers can offer transport.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
Founders | Giovanni Agnelli |
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles designs, engineers, manufactures, and sells vehicles and related parts, services, and production systems.
Havebike
Founders | Nick Brown |
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Havebike is a supplier of bicycles and fleet services to public and private organizations.
Compare The Man And Van
Founders | James alexander, monty alexander |
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The only dedicated live Man and van price comparison site
SPARKL
Founders | Jacoby Thwaites |
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SPARKL designs and develops the SPARKL Sequencing Engine, a powerful technology for managing the behavior of distributed systems.
GoodVision
Founders | Daniel Stofan, Lukas Hruby |
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Advanced Traffic Analytics Platform via Artificial Intelligence
Beasts of Balance
Founders | Unknown |
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A game that encourages teamwork & transports play into a digital world.
Kiimo
Founders | David Pavlovski |
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Kiimo operates as a crowdsourcing delivery marketplace platform.
Advanced Blast & Ballistic Systems
Founders | Roger Sloman |
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ABBS has developed world-leading active systems for protecting armoured vehicles from mine and IED blasts.
No.1 Traveller
Founders | Phil Cameron |
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No.1 Traveller provides smart choices from driveway to runway, offering a tailored service and providing excellence at great value.
British Airways
Founders | Unknown |
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British Airways provides international and domestic scheduled air services for the carriage of passengers and cargo.
121 Rental
Founders | Abraham Omoyele |
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We are a hub for individuals to earn money on their vehicles and supply rental & lease vehicles to retail and business users.
Podaris
Founders | Nathan Koren |
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Podaris is a real-time collaborative urban infrastructure planning.
eConnect cars
Founders | Alistair Clarke |
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eConnect cars uses electric cars to offer chauffeur-driven car services using electric vehicles.
Veluba
Founders | Keith Hamilton |
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Veluba is an app-hailed eco-cab service that aims to be a cheaper, faster, and zero-emission transport solution.
Adaptis Solutions
Founders | Manni Marway |
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Adaptis Solutions Ltd, a Liverpool, UK-based transport and travel software business. Founded in 2005 by CEO Manni Marway, Adaptis provides
Transport for London
Founders | Unknown |
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Transport for London is the integrated body responsible for London”s transport system.
Bounce – Fixed Fare Cabs
Founders | Nicko Williamson, Peter Kovari, Rich Lewis Jones, Simon Mizzi |
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Bounce is a minicab & taxi app. Users can choose their nearest car at a FIXED FARE. We’re a true marketplace where drivers set their prices.
Cirium
Founders | Unknown |
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Cirium brings together aviation and travel data and analytics to keep the world moving.
Hellocar
Founders | Ben Smith, Nicholas Carnell |
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Hellocar is a website for buying used cars online without the need for a dealer.
Toocs
Founders | Mandeep Singh, Navjeet Gill, Ramandeep Kaur |
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Toocs helps people reserve a local e-scooter on its Android or iOS app, ride for a small fee, and leave it at a designated drop-off point.
Park Street Shipping Ltd.
Founders | Unknown |
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Park Street Shipping Ltd. purchases and operates second-hand dry bulk vessels.
Sellplex
Founders | Ahmad Bakhiet |
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Intelligent algorithms and automated rules to help sellers maximise profits across ecommerce platforms.
Oseven Telematics
Founders | Leda Liakopoulou, Petros Fortsakis, Vassilis Stivaktakis |
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Insurance telematics and driving behavioural analytics
Bellwether Industries
Founders | Chenchang Li, Daniel Chen, Kai-Tse Lin |
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Bellwether Industries is a startup providing advanced Urban Air Mobility solutions.
Addison Lee
Founders | John Griffin |
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Addison Lee is a private hire services company that provides services through its vehicles for passengers and couriering needs worldwide.
Shiply
Founders | Robert Matthams |
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The online transport marketplace matching people moving goods with transport companies “going there anyway”.
BoxMan
Founders | Paul Stricker |
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Vitual storage for the moderna age- never visit a self storage unit again. Boxes deliverd, collected, and returned to your door.
Signal
Founders | Unknown |
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Signal, uniquely combining shipping and technology, offers a SaaS platform and commercial management services for bulk shipping
BSixGroup
Founders | Unknown |
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Bsix provides a chauffeur service, throughout London and the United Kingdom.
Signol
Founders | Daniel White, Robert Hahn, Robert Metcalfe |
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Signol develops software which focuses on fuel efficiency by analysing operational data.
BCA Marketplace
Founders | David Allen Wickins |
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BCA Marketplace is a vehicle remarketing company that offers used vehicles.
Tristar Worldwide Chauffer Services
Founders | Unknown |
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Tristar Worldwide Chauffer Services is a worldwide chauffeur company operating in over 80 countries.
FlowX
Founders | Kylan Gibbs, Richard Cartwright |
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FlowX integrates with city authorities’ existing CCTV network to provide better transport data.
Zeus Labs
Founders | Anthony Gale, Clemente Theotokis, Janko Stojanovic, Samuel McGuirk, Vuk Nikolić |
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The next-generation digital freight platform
JumpIn
Founders | Barney Williams, Sam Ryan |
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Taxi booking and sharing for students
TICO NETWORK LLP
Founders | Alex Kreger |
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TICO – International Community of Licensed Taxis
Scubacraft
Founders | James Browne, Robin Harris |
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Scubacraft is a marine technology platform.
CargoCoin
Founders | Bogomil Alexandrov |
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A decentralised cargo protocol built with blockchain technology powered by a native utilty token
Snowdrop Solutions
Founders | Ken Hart |
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Snowdrop Solutions is a software development company, specialists in Geo applications. Google Cloud & Maps Premier Partner.
Cheapflights
Founders | David Soskin, John Hatt |
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Cheapflights is a search and comparison site offering information on flight deals, travel agents and flight deal providers.
Direct Ferries
Founders | Howard Davies |
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Direct Ferries helps customers plan ferry routes and compare prices on different lines.
eLogii
Founders | Andrew Mukerjee, Leonard Budima, Saagar Shah |
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eLogii is the leading delivery management software solution (SaaS) for route planning and optimisation.
Snap It Limited
Founders | Viktor Muhhin |
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Snap It is building materials procurement, sourcing & instant delivery app for trades people on the go.
Alpha Aviation Group
Founders | Bhanu Choudhrie |
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A leading provider of aviation training solutions for the global airline industry
Flit Technologies group
Founders | Boris Pilichowski, Nicolas Andine |
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Urban mobility technologies provider Urban mobility technologies provider