Best Road Transport Tech Companies in Saudi Arabia
The 35 best Road Transport Tech companies in Saudi Arabia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Shift.
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.
Ranked: Best Road Transport Tech companies in Saudi Arabia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shift Provider of on-demand chauffeur, car rental, carsharing, and leasing services | $83M | 24 mo ago | Seed | Khalid Al-Sulaiman Founder & Chief Executive Officer | 2017 | TypeScriptZone.jsAngular+8 | — |
| 2 | Telgani App-based B2C car rental aggregator | $8M | 44 mo ago | Series A | Abdulkader Almkinzy Founder & CEO | 2018 | Node.jsGoogle MapsMUI+18 | — |
| 3 | Mondo Ride Taxi-booking app | $5M | 104 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2013 | — | — |
| 4 | Ejaro App-based peer-to-peer car rental platform | $4M | 32 mo ago | Seed | Mohammed Khashoggi Founder & CEO | 2014 | SentryZendeskGoogle Maps+10 | — |
| 5 | Sadeem Developer of a connected sensor system for monitoring urban traffic and floods | $3M | 82 mo ago | Seed | Christian Claudel Co Founder | 2016 | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | — |
| 6 | GAZAL App-based platform offering multi-category electric-two-wheeler sharing services | $2M | 66 mo ago | Seed | Sarah A CEO | 2020 | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | — |
| 7 | Spiders Mobility App-based platform offering electric kick-scooter sharing services | $1M | 54 mo ago | Seed | Majd Baik Co-Founder & CEO | 2021 | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | — |
| 8 | Sharik App-based platform offering P2P marketplace for car rentals | $666K | 63 mo ago | Seed | Jamal Al-Baqmi Founder | 2018 | — | — |
Top 12 Road Transport Tech companies in Saudi Arabia
#1
Seed · Jeddah, Makkah Province · founded 2017$82.8Mraised▾
Provider of on-demand chauffeur, car rental, carsharing, and leasing services. The business offers vehicle rentals through an application and physical branches. It provides chauffeur services with trained drivers. The company facilitates vehicle leasing and sales. It also offers last mile and cross border transportation. Group transportation services are available with professional drivers.
- Sep 2024Seed$82.8M
#2
Seed · Jeddah, Makkah Province · founded 2014 · 18 employees$4.1Mraised▾
App-based peer-to-peer car rental platform. It offers a peer-to-peer vehicle sharing marketplace where users can get connected with car owners with individuals. It offers features like variant payment options, insured rides, etc. The mobile application is available for Android and iOS platforms.
- Jan 2024Seed$3.3M
- Jan 2021Seed$850K
#3
Series A · Riyadh, Riyadh Province · founded 2018 · 20 employees$8.5Mraised▾
App-based B2C car rental aggregator. Users can book their rides by providing location details, passenger details, and more. Users can book the cars of their preferences via their app. Their mobile app is available for both Android and iOS devices.
- Feb 2023Series A$6M
- Nov 2021Seed$2.5M
- May 2020Seed—
#4
Seed · Jeddah, Makkah Province · founded 2021 · 9 employees$1.4Mraised▾
App-based platform offering electric kick-scooter sharing services. The platform enables users to find, book and unlock through mobile applications. It offers features like vicinity-based search, online payments, etc. At the end of the ride, users have to leave the vehicle at any of the allocated parking spaces. The mobile application is available for Android and iOS platforms.
- Mar 2022Seed$1.4M
#5
Seed · Riyadh, Riyadh Province · founded 2020 · 10 employees$2Mraised▾
App-based platform offering multi-category electric-two-wheeler sharing services. The platform enables users to find, book and unlock electric kick-scooters and electric bicycles through the mobile application. It offers features like variant payment options, eco-friendly rides, etc. It offers dockless vehicle sharing services, etc. The mobile application is available for Android and iOS platforms.
- Apr 2021Seed$2M
#6
Deadpooled · Riyadh, Riyadh Province · founded 2013 · 33 employees$5Mraised▾
Mondo Ride is app-based taxi service provider. App is available for both iOS & Android platforms. Within the app, the user has to select the pickup location so that he can see the nearby available taxis with estimated fares. Payments can be done via cash, MPESA or credit card. Users can rate their drivers and add them to favorites. Claims to work only with legalized taxi-drivers. Mondo Corporate option is available for corporate companies for employee travel management. Currently working in Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, and Kenya.
- Jan 2018Seed$2M
#7
Seed · Jeddah, Makkah Province · founded 2016 · 10 employees$2.6Mraised▾
Developer of a connected sensor system for monitoring urban traffic and floods. Its sensor boxes are installed on roadsides and they collect water level and traffic data in real-time. This data is sent to a central hub through a gateway that allows its web portal to provide consumable traffic and flood information to citizens and governments.
- Dec 2019Seed$2.6M
#8
Seed · Al Khobar, Eastern Province · founded 2018 · 3 employees$666Kraised▾
App-based platform offering P2P marketplace for car rentals. The platform enables car owners to list their vehicles for rentals and claims to get monetized from it. Users in need of vehicles can find and book the vehicle for rental by providing location, date details, etc. It offers features like variant payment options, wide variety of vehicles, etc. The mobile application is available for Android and iOS platforms.
- Jul 2021Seed$666K
#9
Seed · Riyadh, Riyadh Province · founded 2019 · 14 employees$50Kraised▾
Ridewee is an app-based electric kick-scooter rental platform. Users can find and book nearby vehicles by using the mobile app. Once the vehicle is booked user can unlock the vehicle by scanning the QR code in the vehicle with the mobile app. At the end of the ride, users have to park the vehicle at the designated bike lanes. The mobile app is available for both Android and iOS devices.
- Seed$50K
#10
Funding Raised · Riyadh, Riyadh Province · founded 2000—raised▾
App that provides a station-based car rental platform. Users can search cars by city & provide a pick-up/drop-off location via their app. Their app is available for iOS & Android devices.
- Feb 2022Unattributed—
#11
Seed · Makkah Province · founded 2017 · 22 employees—raised▾
HazenAI provides an AI-based traffic violation monitoring solution. The product offering includes Traffic Violations Monitor (a tool that uses deep learning algorithms to identify dangerous driving behavior & traffic violations), and Traffic Spot & Turn Counter (a real-time traffic analytics solution). It also offers real-time analysis of vehicle trajectories, traffic turn counts, alerts if drivers are using mobiles & more.
- Feb 2021Seed—
- Nov 2020Grant (prize money)—
- Aug 2019Seed—
#12
Late Stage · Jeddah, Makkah Province · founded 1976—raised▾
Provider of leasing and renting cars
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How research on Autonomous Vehicles is moving in Saudi Arabia
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 196 Saudi Arabia-affiliated papers.
- King Saud University22
- King Abdulaziz University20
- Ministry of Education20
- Northern Border University18
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology16
- Cloud computing1→5
- Computer network1→4
- Computer network7
- Transport engineering6
- Pattern recognition (psychology)4
- Systems engineering3
- Convolutional neural network3
- Humanities5
- Computer security4
- Context (archaeology)4
- Key (lock)4
- Automation3
Where autonomous vehicles is researched across Saudi Arabia
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.
Common questions
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