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Best Road Transport Tech Companies in British Columbia, Canada

The 50 best Road Transport Tech companies in British Columbia, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Spare Labs.

50companies tracked
$157.4Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
6have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · ROAD TRANSPORT TECH × BRITISH COLUMBIA

Our analysis of 99 Road Transport Tech companies

$54.1b in tracked funding; 86% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.

99companies analysed
86%cloud-native stacks
2024funding peak (by rounds)
15unicorns
2017median founding year

Ranked: Best Road Transport Tech companies in British Columbia

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Spare Labs
Saas-enabled platform offering comprehensive mobility management solutions
$70M22 mo agoFunding RaisedKristoffer Vik Hansen
Co Founder and CEO
2015SentryApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+21—
2Spare
Operations management solutions for transit operators
$59M22 mo agoSeries BJosh Andrews
Co-Founder & COO
2015WebflowApple iCloud MailPreact+16—
3Aegis Mobility
Software for safe driving targeted towards corporate fleets
$20M140 mo agoSeries B—2006——
4Digital Payment Technologies
Provider of multi-space parking meters, management software, and online services
$6M213 mo agoAcqui-HiredMike Simmons
CEO & Chairman
1997HighchartsNginxGoogle Font API+6—
5Loop Scooters
Electric scooter sharing service
$3M80 mo agoPublicAnwar Sukkarie
Founder & CEO
2016——
6Wilma
App-based platform offering ride-hailing services for women
$38K43 mo agoSeedMary Morrison
Co-Founder
2012——
7APARC Systems
Integrated parking and enforcement solutions
—160 mo agoDeadpooledRobert Ziola
Founder
2006——
8Akasha Technology
Provider of cloud-driven solutions
——UnfundedChenchen Guo
Co-Founder
2019——

Top 7 Road Transport Tech companies in British Columbia

#1
Series B · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2015
$59Mraised
▾

Operations management solutions for transit operators. The platform provides an end-to-end ecosystem for operating modern paratransit and public transportation services.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2024Series B$31M
  • Jun 2024Series A$10M
  • Nov 2021Series A$18M
Founders & team
Josh AndrewsCo-Founder & COOKristoffer HansenCo-Founder & CEOAlexey IndeevCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Inovia Capital, Kensington Capital Partners, LinkVC, Ramen Ventures, Ridge Ventures, Japan Airlines
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementContentsquareGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#2
Funding Raised · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2015 · 118 employees
$70Mraised
▾

Saas-enabled platform offering comprehensive mobility management solutions. The company offers tools for mobility companies for launching, operating, and managing their services. The company's products include autonomous platforms for smart shuttling providing real-time ETAs for shuttle commuters, a mobile-based scalable carpooling platform for companies and their employees, and custom-made solutions at clients' request.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 16k LinkedIn followers — 31.3% of this cohort's audience
Founders & team
Kristoffer Vik HansenCo Founder and CEOJosh AndrewsCo-founder & COO
Investors
Inovia Capital, Kensington Capital Partners, Nicola Wealth, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, LinkVC, Ramen Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailChart.JsCloudflareDetectify
#3
Series B · Burnaby, British Columbia · founded 2006 · 11 employees
$19.6Mraised
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Aegis Mobility's FleetSafer is software for corporate fleets that automatically promotes safe and legal use of mobile devices while driving. Using GPS, OBD or telematics the fleet controller can trigger safe modes which automatically remove nonconforming functions of the phone. The cloud platform, allows data analysis and easy policy management. Acquired ZoomSafer for an undisclosed amount November 2012.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2014Series B$1.2M
  • Dec 2013Series B$940K
  • Jul 2013Series B$1.3M
  • Nov 2012Series B$5M
Investors
Ventures West
Tech stack
JoomlaPhpBootstrapAmazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerJquery Migrate
#4
Public · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2016 · 4 employees
$2.7Mraised
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Loop Scooters provides a station-less electric scooter sharing service operating in Lebanon. Offers a smartphone app through which users can find & reserve a nearby available scooter. Users can unlock the reserved scooter using the PIN code generated after booking. The company offers custom-designed smart scooters equipped with a telematics digital dashboard (provided by its own subsidiary company Saturna Green Systems). Apps are available for both Android & iOS devices.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2019Post IPO$20K
  • Apr 2019Post IPO$1.2M
  • Feb 2018Post IPO$187.5K
  • Sep 2016Post IPO$1.3M
Founders & team
Anwar SukkarieFounder & CEO
Investors
SS Investment Group, Berytech
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpWpbakeryW3 Total CacheGoogle Tag Manager For Wordpress
#5
Acqui-Hired · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 1997
$6Mraised
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Digital Payment Technologies (DPT), a wholly owned subsidiary of T2 Systems Inc., is a provider of multi-space pay stations and enterprise software solutions for the parking industry. Founded in 1997, Digital Payment Technologies (DPT) is involved in the design, manufacture, and distribution of parking management technologies for the North American parking industry. The company's core business is designing, manufacturing, and distributing advanced multi-space parking pay stations. DPT's first pay station, the Intella-Pay, was introduced in 1997, catering to the needs of both parkers and parking operators; parkers discovered quick and easy payment options, and parking operators discovered advanced management functionalities.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2008Conventional Debt$6M
Founders & team
Mike SimmonsCEO & Chairman
Investors
C.A. Bancorp
Tech stack
CloudflareGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiHighchartsHstsJquery
#6
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2012 · 6 employees
$37.5Kraised
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App-based platform offering ride-hailing services for women. The platform is an aggregator platform that provides taxi-hailing services for women. It offers features like women drivers, no booking fee, facial recognition identity verification for drivers, and more. Mobile applications are available for Android and iOS users.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2022Seed$37.5K
Founders & team
Mary MorrisonCo-FounderTerri PhippsFounder and CEO
Investors
JAMCO Capital, Neapeg
#7
Deadpooled · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2006 · 11 employees
—raised
▾

Aparc Systems specializes in delivering integrated, complete turn-key parking solutions. Aparc develops technological solutions which provide clients with increased revenue, security, customer satisfaction, intelligence gathering and operational efficiency.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2013PE—
Founders & team
Robert ZiolaFounder
Investors
Kayne Anderson
Tech stack
OpensslApache Http Server

Funding & investor landscape

$157.4Mtotal disclosed funding
6companies funded
20disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
SFU VentureLabs3 rounds
Berytech1 rounds
C.A. Bancorp1 rounds
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce1 rounds
Carpere Capital Management1 rounds
Foresight1 rounds
GoodPaper Ventures1 rounds
Inovia Capital1 rounds
JAMCO Capital1 rounds
Japan Airlines1 rounds

Notable founders

Josh Andrews
Co-Founder & COO · Spare
Kristoffer Hansen
Co-Founder & CEO · Spare
Kristoffer Vik Hansen
Co Founder and CEO · Spare Labs
Anwar Sukkarie
Founder & CEO · Loop Scooters
Mike Simmons
CEO & Chairman · Digital Payment Technologies
Mary Morrison
Co-Founder · Wilma
Terri Phipps
Founder and CEO · Wilma
Robert Ziola
Founder · APARC Systems
Prism market signals · Canada · country-scoped Prism corpus, 8,640,897 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Road Transport Tech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Canada

How research on Autonomous Vehicles is moving in Canada

A read on the academic research around Autonomous Vehicles — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 602 Canada-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201620222026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 35% → 45% across 2016–2026.
top research entities
  • University of Waterloo92
  • Carleton University42
  • University of Toronto39
  • Concordia University36
  • University of Ottawa29
leading researchers
F. Richard Yu · Amir Khajepour · Yuchuan Fu · Changle Li · Hong Wang · Dongpu Cao · Chen Sun · Zejian Deng
▲ Breakthroughs211 · 35%
▼ 56%→36% share
▼0.6× share momentum2 median citations87% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are cooling (56%→36% of field), led by Computer vision.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Computer vision1→18
  • Robustness (evolution)1→13
  • Control theory (sociology)2→14
  • Object detection1→11
  • Convolutional neural network1→5
Newly emergingReinforcement learning 0→16 · Computer security 0→15 · Adversarial system 0→13
Landmark Monocular 3D Object Detection for Autonomous Driving · 1,068 cites
◆ Advancements212 · 35%
▲ 22%→35% share
▲1.6× share momentum2 median citations83% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (22%→35% of field), led by Computer vision.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Computer vision1→14
  • Control theory (sociology)1→13
  • Trajectory1→12
  • Real-time computing1→10
  • Automation1→6
Newly emergingReinforcement learning 0→19 · Human–computer interaction 0→15 · Transport engineering 0→14
Landmark Communicating Awareness and Intent in Autonomous Vehicle-Pedestrian Interaction · 348 cites
▼ Concerns115 · 19%
▲ 11%→18% share
▲1.6× share momentum1 median citations80% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (11%→18% of field), led by Systems engineering.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Systems engineering1→4
Newly emergingHumanities 0→14 · Context (archaeology) 0→10 · Computer security 0→8
Landmark Deep Learning for LiDAR Point Clouds in Autonomous Driving: A Review · 555 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Canada

Where autonomous vehicles is researched across Canada

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Waterloo/Hamilton115 · +0.56
Hot · Path (computing)Advancing · Model predictive controlOpportunity · Robot
Ottawa/Kingston71 · +0.45
Hot · Distributed computingAdvancing · AdaptabilityOpportunity · Human–computer interactionConcern · Automation
Toronto65 · +0.45
Hot · SegmentationAdvancing · KinematicsOpportunity · Perception
Edmonton/Calgary32 · +0.50
Hot · Point cloudAdvancing · Human–computer interactionOpportunity · Cloud computing
Montreal29 · +0.48
Advancing · TrajectoryOpportunity · Human–computer interaction
Vancouver29 · +0.59
Hot · Distributed computingAdvancing · Computer networkOpportunity · Software deployment
PATENT SIGNAL · Canada

Who's filing autonomous vehicles patents in Canada

Canada autonomous vehicles patent filing is cooling — 334 filings from 341 assignees (2016–2025), led by Blackberry, Rohani Mohsen, Research IN Motion; annual filings 26→21.

334 filings341 assigneespeak 44/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Blackberry18
  • Rohani Mohsen16
  • Research IN Motion15
  • Huawei TECH12
  • Yeung Peter11
  • LUO JUN11
  • Medicago10
  • Xenon Pharmaceuticals10

Common questions

How many Road Transport Tech companies are there in British Columbia, Canada?
Radar tracks 50 indexable Road Transport Tech companies headquartered in British Columbia, Canada that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Road Transport Tech companies in British Columbia, Canada?
The Road Transport Tech companies in British Columbia, Canada on this list have raised a combined $157.4M in disclosed equity funding across 6 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Road Transport Tech company in British Columbia, Canada?
Spare Labs is the highest-funded Road Transport Tech company in British Columbia, Canada, with $70M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Road Transport Tech companies in British Columbia, Canada are funded?
6 of the 50 Road Transport Tech companies in British Columbia, Canada on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Road Transport Tech unicorns are there in British Columbia, Canada?
None of the Road Transport Tech companies in British Columbia, Canada on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in British Columbia, Canada Road Transport Tech companies?
The most active investors in British Columbia, Canada Road Transport Tech companies on this list include SFU VentureLabs, Berytech, C.A. Bancorp, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Carpere Capital Management.
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