Swiftly develops enterprise software to help transit agencies and cities improve urban mobility. Built by transportation experts for transportation professionals, the Swiftly platform harnesses billions of data points and sophisticated algorithms to improve transit system performance, service reliability, and real-time passenger information. Cities from coast to coast use Swiftly’s technology platform, improving transportation services for millions of riders each day.
Location: Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Employees: 51-200
Total raised: $12.5M
Founded date: 2014
Founders name: Jonathan Simkin; Will Dayton; Michael Smith
Founders Related Locations: United States, California, San Francisco; United States, California, Mountain View; United States, California, San Mateo; United States, California, San Diego; United States, California, Palo Alto; United States, California, Emeryville
Investors 10
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 07.06.2019 | Series A | $10M | - |
| 03.05.2017 | - | $2.5M | - |
Persons 3
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Mentions in press and media 6
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| 27.08.2024 | Swiftly Acquires Hopthru | Swiftly, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a transit data platform, announced its acquisition of Hopthru, a Seattle, WA-based transit data platform for agencies to share real-time passenger information, manage day-to-day operations, and... |
| 07.06.2019 | Swiftly Raises $10M in Series A Funding | Swiftly, a San Francisco, CA-based mobility operating system for cities, raised $10m in Series A funding. Backers included Via ID, Aster Capital, Renewal Funds, Total Energy Ventures, Samsung NEXT, RATP Dev, Wind Capital, 1776, Plug and Pla... |
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| 03.05.2017 | Swiftly Raises $2.5M in Funding | Swiftly, a San Francisco, CA-based big data platform for public transit and mobility services, raised $2.5m in funding. The round was led by Via ID (Mobivia) with participation from RATP Dev, Ford Smart Mobility, Samsung NEXT, 1776 Ventures... |
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| 18.02.2016 | Swiftly Aims To Be The Waze For SF’s Dysfunctional Public Transit System | It’s 11:05 and you need to be at a meeting across town in an hour. The problem is you are car-less and San Francisco’s public transit system sucks. It’s a mere 4 or so miles you’ll be traveling but it will take you the entire hour to get th... |