Fontinalis Partners

Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Detroit with an additional office in Boston, Fontinalis Partners is a venture capital firm focused on next-generation mobility solutions. It invests across stages and sizes, with a preference for taking a board seat. The firm targets technology companies in areas such as connected vehicles, data analytics, intelligent infrastructure, location-based services, and smart logistics, among others.

Ralph Booth

Managing Partner

Christopher Cheever

Partner

Gabe Cunningham

Principal

Amy Dai

Senior Associate

Gabe Klein

Venture Partner

Past deals in Smart Cities

Ouster

Post in 2021
Ouster, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in the development of high-resolution digital lidar sensors and software products. Founded in 2015, Ouster's innovative approach integrates an all-semiconductor design to enhance 3D sensing capabilities, making it applicable across various industries, including autonomous vehicles, robotics, industrial automation, mapping, and smart infrastructure. The company's product offerings consist of multi-beam lidar sensors suitable for long, mid, and short-range applications, which are distributed globally. Ouster targets a wide range of markets, leveraging its technology to support advancements in smart cities, defense, and virtual reality/augmented reality. With a strong presence in the Americas, as well as operational reach in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, Ouster is positioned to capitalize on the growing demand for lidar solutions across diverse sectors.

Ouster

Series B in 2020
Ouster, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in the development of high-resolution digital lidar sensors and software products. Founded in 2015, Ouster's innovative approach integrates an all-semiconductor design to enhance 3D sensing capabilities, making it applicable across various industries, including autonomous vehicles, robotics, industrial automation, mapping, and smart infrastructure. The company's product offerings consist of multi-beam lidar sensors suitable for long, mid, and short-range applications, which are distributed globally. Ouster targets a wide range of markets, leveraging its technology to support advancements in smart cities, defense, and virtual reality/augmented reality. With a strong presence in the Americas, as well as operational reach in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, Ouster is positioned to capitalize on the growing demand for lidar solutions across diverse sectors.

Ouster

Series A in 2017
Ouster, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in the development of high-resolution digital lidar sensors and software products. Founded in 2015, Ouster's innovative approach integrates an all-semiconductor design to enhance 3D sensing capabilities, making it applicable across various industries, including autonomous vehicles, robotics, industrial automation, mapping, and smart infrastructure. The company's product offerings consist of multi-beam lidar sensors suitable for long, mid, and short-range applications, which are distributed globally. Ouster targets a wide range of markets, leveraging its technology to support advancements in smart cities, defense, and virtual reality/augmented reality. With a strong presence in the Americas, as well as operational reach in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, Ouster is positioned to capitalize on the growing demand for lidar solutions across diverse sectors.

Stae

Seed Round in 2017
Stae empowers cities with advanced technology platforms that foster a healthy ecosystem for data management. It collaborates with local governments to streamline data-sharing processes, enhance operational efficiency, and facilitate informed decision-making through real-time insights.

HAAS Alert

Seed Round in 2016
HAAS Alert is a prominent provider of mobility and smart city data services focused on enhancing safety for emergency crews, drivers, and the general public through Cellular Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communication. The company's Safety Cloud delivers real-time data that connects first responders and various fleets with motorists and autonomous vehicles, helping to prevent collisions and minimize traffic delays. HAAS Alert's platform issues preemptive notifications to drivers, alerting them to the approach of emergency vehicles via their car dashboards or smartphones. Additionally, the service supports smart city initiatives by providing valuable traffic information to government officials, aiding in infrastructure planning and real-time traffic management. HAAS Alert collaborates with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on innovative safety solutions and has garnered support from notable safety organizations.

Zendrive

Series A in 2016
Zendrive is a mobility data analytics company that uses smartphone sensor data to monitor driving behavior and traffic dynamics, producing actionable insights to improve road safety for passengers and drivers. The company’s AI-powered platform analyzes signals such as speed, location, direction, acceleration, speeding, hard braking, and phone usage, and can detect collision events. It enables safety improvements through behavioral coaching and incentives and supports timely interventions in moments of truth. Zendrive serves transportation stakeholders including on-demand and commercial fleets, leveraging data to help manage safety as mobility shifts toward shared and on-demand transportation. Headquartered in San Francisco, Zendrive was established to advance safety through data and analytics.

Zendrive

Venture Round in 2014
Zendrive is a mobility data analytics company that uses smartphone sensor data to monitor driving behavior and traffic dynamics, producing actionable insights to improve road safety for passengers and drivers. The company’s AI-powered platform analyzes signals such as speed, location, direction, acceleration, speeding, hard braking, and phone usage, and can detect collision events. It enables safety improvements through behavioral coaching and incentives and supports timely interventions in moments of truth. Zendrive serves transportation stakeholders including on-demand and commercial fleets, leveraging data to help manage safety as mobility shifts toward shared and on-demand transportation. Headquartered in San Francisco, Zendrive was established to advance safety through data and analytics.

Streetline

Series D in 2014
Streetline, Inc. is a smart parking company that develops innovative data and analytics software aimed at addressing parking challenges for customers across the United States and internationally. Founded in 2005 and based in Foster City, California, the company leverages ultralow power sensors, wireless networks, and mobile applications to facilitate smart city development. Streetline offers a suite of solutions, including Parker, a real-time parking guidance app; ParkerMap, which provides an embeddable map of nearby parking locations; and ParkSight, an application for accessing parking analytics on various devices. These tools enable cities, merchants, universities, airports, and other stakeholders to manage their parking assets more effectively. Streetline’s deployments are primarily found in the United States, Canada, and Europe, and it operates as a subsidiary of Kapsch TrafficCom AG.

Masabi

Venture Round in 2013
Masabi Limited is a leading provider of mobile ticketing and fare collection solutions, serving passengers, transport authorities, and operators in the United Kingdom and globally. Established in 2001 and headquartered in London, Masabi offers its flagship product, the JustRide platform, which is a comprehensive, cloud-based system for mobile ticketing and fare management. This platform allows users to efficiently purchase, display, and validate tickets for various modes of public transportation, including buses, trains, and ferries. JustRide encompasses a suite of tools, such as customer apps for ticket sales and schedules, a Web Sales Portal for online ticketing, and a reporting hub for real-time analytics. By enabling secure mobile transactions, Masabi's technology eliminates the need for physical tickets, enhancing convenience for passengers while streamlining operations for transport providers. The company operates with numerous transport agencies worldwide, helping to modernize and simplify fare collection processes.

Streetline

Series C in 2013
Streetline, Inc. is a smart parking company that develops innovative data and analytics software aimed at addressing parking challenges for customers across the United States and internationally. Founded in 2005 and based in Foster City, California, the company leverages ultralow power sensors, wireless networks, and mobile applications to facilitate smart city development. Streetline offers a suite of solutions, including Parker, a real-time parking guidance app; ParkerMap, which provides an embeddable map of nearby parking locations; and ParkSight, an application for accessing parking analytics on various devices. These tools enable cities, merchants, universities, airports, and other stakeholders to manage their parking assets more effectively. Streetline’s deployments are primarily found in the United States, Canada, and Europe, and it operates as a subsidiary of Kapsch TrafficCom AG.

Streetline

Series B in 2011
Streetline, Inc. is a smart parking company that develops innovative data and analytics software aimed at addressing parking challenges for customers across the United States and internationally. Founded in 2005 and based in Foster City, California, the company leverages ultralow power sensors, wireless networks, and mobile applications to facilitate smart city development. Streetline offers a suite of solutions, including Parker, a real-time parking guidance app; ParkerMap, which provides an embeddable map of nearby parking locations; and ParkSight, an application for accessing parking analytics on various devices. These tools enable cities, merchants, universities, airports, and other stakeholders to manage their parking assets more effectively. Streetline’s deployments are primarily found in the United States, Canada, and Europe, and it operates as a subsidiary of Kapsch TrafficCom AG.
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