Best Auto IT Companies in Texas, United States
The 87 best Auto IT companies in Texas, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Epicor.
Ranked: Best Auto IT companies in Texas
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Epicor Cloud-based enterprise resource planning software for the automotive industry | $215M | 22 mo ago | Acquired | Steve Murphy CEO | 1972 | Optimizely Content ManagementSalesforceBootstrap+35 | — | 1 partnership · 2 awards |
| 2 | Rollick Omnichannel marketing automation for automotive industries | $6M | 103 mo ago | Seed | Jason Nierman Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer | 2017 | TypeScriptNode.jsQuill+21 | — | — |
| 3 | MobileTechRx SaaS-driven repair estimation & invoicing solution for auto workshops | $4M | 84 mo ago | Acquired | Eric Garves CEO | 2004 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressBetterDocs+37 | — | 2 launchs |
| 4 | CarServ Workshop management solution for the automotive repair industry | $4M | 67 mo ago | Deadpooled | Mars Mundy CEO & Head of Product | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 5 | LeftLane Provider of a suite of dealer management software for auto dealers | $4M | 15 mo ago | Series B | — | 2022 | TypeScriptGraphQLClerk+13 | — | — |
| 6 | EMOTIVE SOFTWARE Dealership management system for automotive dealerships | $3M | 12 mo ago | Seed | Allen Dobbins President & CEO | 2019 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Carphoria Provider of software solutions for automotive dealerships to improve trade-ins | $2M | 144 mo ago | Seed | Michael Dodd Founder & CEO | 2011 | — | — | — |
| 8 | FunnelAI SaaS-based social media monitoring solutions for lead generation | $2M | 86 mo ago | Acquired | Sridhar Kamma Co-Founder & CEO | 2017 | — | 2 patents AI-driven personalized advertising and life-event-based communication generation | — |
| 9 | Fastlane E-commerce platform for automotive dealerships | $2M | 102 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2016 | — | 2 patents Blockchain transaction ordering and mempool management for decentralized finance platforms. | — |
| 10 | F&I Express F&I solutions for automotive dealerships | $1M | 157 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2008 | — | 9 patents Design and manufacturing of plastic beverage bottles and screw-on caps | — |
| 11 | Tekmetric SaaS-driven workshop management system for automotive service centers | $1M | 51 mo ago | Series A | Prasanth Chilukuri Co-Founder & CFO | 2015 | WebflowSentryZendesk+26 | — | — |
| 12 | DealerHQ Platform for dealers to access, optimize and discover their vendors | $270K | 135 mo ago | Deadpooled | Brady Ferron CEO | 2013 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Auto IT companies in Texas
#1
Acquired · Austin, Texas · founded 1972 · 501 employees$214.7Mraised▾
Cloud-based enterprise resource planning software for the automotive industry. The company caters to the manufacturing, distribution, retail, hospitality, and services industries. It provides customer relationship management, supply chain management, human capital management, and enterprise retail software solutions. It also provides POS solutions to help manufacturers and retailers perform operations including order management, payments, returns, and more.
#2
Seed · Fort Worth, Texas · founded 2019$2.7Mraised▾
Dealership management system for automotive dealerships. The platform offers solutions that includes inventory management, operations management, marketing, and more.
- Jun 2025Seed$2.8M
- Jan 2025Seed$250K
- Nov 2022Seed$2.7M
#3
Series B · Austin, Texas · founded 2022 · 9 employees$3.5Mraised▾
Provider of a suite of dealer management software for auto dealers. The platform offers solutions that include documentation, payments, customer management, employees management, inventory management, and more.
- Mar 2025Series B$5M
- Feb 2023Series A$3.5M
#4
Deadpooled · Austin, Texas · founded 2015 · 13 employees$3.9Mraised▾
CarServ is a cloud-based workshop management solution for the automotive repair industry. It offers the functionalities of a shop management system and a customer communication platform to auto repair shops. It provides the customers with invoices, service and maintenance reminders, shop promotions, etc. and ensures customer loyalty. It was announced as one of the companies joining Techstars for their 2016 program in Austin.
- Oct 2020Series A$1.1M
- Apr 2020Series A$2.5M
- Aug 2018Seed$150K
- Feb 2016Seed$120K
#5
Series A · Houston, Texas · founded 2015 · 107 employees$1.1Mraised▾
SaaS-driven workshop management system for automotive service centers. Enables workshops to streamline their operations, inventory, and repair processes. Key features offered by the software include integrated workflow management, repair estimates, online order processing & appointment management, real-time job profitability measurement, inventory control, built-in CRM, custom reporting, and more.
- Mar 2022Series A—
- Jun 2017Seed$640K
- Jan 2016Seed$500K
#6
Acquired · Austin, Texas · founded 2004 · 25 employees$4.3Mraised▾
SaaS-driven reconditioning software for auto technicians who offer PDR (Paintless Dent Repair), mobile paint, rim repair, and other bodywork services. Features offered by the system include VIN decoding, photo capture, dynamic pricing & estimates, subcontracting, client management, job assignment, and real-time reports among others. Available for both Android & iOS devices.
- Jun 2019Series A$4.2M
- May 2015Seed$100K
#7
Seed · Austin, Texas · founded 2017$5.6Mraised▾
Rollick offers a marketing platform to OEMs and automotive dealers in the powersports, marine, and recreation vehicles industry. Manages a dealer network as well(Affinity) which assists them to offer an engaging buying and ownership experience to their patrons. Allows businesses to run targeted marketing campaigns from the platform. It provides its members with an exclusive pricing and personalized offers from network partners. Clients include Lonestar Yamaha, and World of Powersports, among others.
- Nov 2017Seed$5.6M
#8
Acquired · Austin, Texas · founded 2017 · 8 employees$2Mraised▾
SaaS-based social media monitoring solutions for lead generation. It utilizes a variety of social platforms including social media, forums and open source in real-time to find prospective customers with high intent to purchase. The software's AI technology, Aingine, uses machine learning based natural language processing (NLP) and image recognition to identify a potential lead. Also provides customer lifecycle management solutions.
- Mar 2019Seed$1.5M
- 2018Seed$375K
- Apr 2018Seed$100K
#9
Seed · Houston, Texas · founded 2011$2Mraised▾
Provider of software solutions for automotive dealerships to improve trade-ins. The company offers a platform designed to streamline the trade-in appraisal process. This aims to attract online shoppers and generate leads for dealerships. The platform integrates with dealership websites and provides tools for customers. It enhances customer engagement, potentially leading to higher sales conversion rates.
- Jun 2014Seed$2M
#10
Deadpooled · Dallas, Texas · founded 2016 · 55 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Fastlane provides an e-commerce platform for automotive dealerships. It aims to completely automate the car buying experience by offering an online transaction process which enables the automotive dealerships to sell their inventory online. Its solution integrates with the systems that are already in use at the dealerships and covers payment, paperwork, warranties, etc. It claims that its system makes the entire transaction transparent and fast.
- Dec 2017Seed$1.5M
#11
Acquired · Grapevine, Texas · founded 2008 · 6 employees$1.2Mraised▾
F&I Express provides automotive dealerships with digital F&I tools and electronic contracting solutions. The company enables dealers to streamline their sales process by electronically connecting finance sources and F&I product providers.
- May 2013Seed$407.7K
- Jul 2012Seed$761.9K
#12
Deadpooled · San Antonio, Texas · founded 2013 · 11 employees$270Kraised▾
DealerHQ is a single portal for all vendor connections. The platform provides a tool which provides real-time oversight of vendors. Identify all online and offline vendors. Target vendors as per companies strategy.
- Mar 2015Seed$270K
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