What is AirGarage?
- Category
- Parking management software
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA
- Founded
- 2017
- Employees
- ~115 reported
- Total funding
- About $48.9M reported
- Valuation
- Private; latest valuation not disclosed
What is AirGarage?
AirGarage is a full-service parking management platform that helps real-estate owners operate lots and garages with software, payments, dynamic pricing, enforcement, and license-plate-recognition tools.
AirGarage started as an “Airbnb for driveways” idea near Arizona State University and evolved into an operating system for parking real estate. The company replaces fragmented pay stations, enforcement workflows, listing management, and manual operations with a unified platform for payments, dynamic pricing, license plate recognition, analytics, and operations. Public profiles describe more than 300 managed parking facilities by 2025.
Its customers are owners of churches, offices, mixed-use buildings, retail centers, multifamily properties, and underutilized lots that want parking income without running the operation themselves. The July 2025 Series B announcement framed AirGarage as a way to bring offline parking real estate online, with growth funded by Headline Growth, Founders Fund, Fourthline, and existing investors.
Sources:AirGarageAirGarage LinkedIn
What does AirGarage offer?
AirGarage offers end-to-end parking operations software and services for property owners.
- Payments and mobile checkout· Parking OS
- Dynamic pricing· Revenue management
- License plate recognition· Computer vision
- Enforcement and violation workflows· Operations
- Listing distribution· Demand generation
- Owner analytics· Reporting
- Remote operations· Managed service
- Driver support· Support
Sources:AirGarageAirGarage Series B
How does AirGarage make money?
AirGarage monetizes parking assets by managing operations for property owners and sharing in revenue or charging operating fees under owner-specific agreements.
AirGarage does not publish a simple SaaS seat-price grid because it operates parking locations, payments, enforcement, and demand generation for asset owners. The economic model is property-by-property and depends on stall count, location demand, operating scope, enforcement rules, payment volume, and whether AirGarage runs the asset as a managed service.
The company’s pitch is that better pricing, automated enforcement, online discovery, and lower hardware/labor costs can materially raise owner net operating income. Growth comes from adding facilities, improving utilization, increasing payments captured digitally, and proving that software-led operations outperform traditional parking operators.
Sources:AirGarageAirGarage for owners
Who leads AirGarage?
AirGarage is led by co-founder and CEO Jonathon Barkl with co-founders Scott Fitsimones and Chelsea Border tied to product and company formation.
- Jonathon BarklCo-founder & CEOFounder, since 2017Leads GTM, fundraising, and parking-asset owner strategy.
- Scott FitsimonesCo-founderFounder, since 2017Technical co-founder associated with the parking operating system and early product.
- Chelsea BorderCo-founderFounder, since 2017Co-founded the original campus parking marketplace at Arizona State.
- Mike Maples Jr.Board investorFloodgate board roleEarly investor signal for marketplace and real-estate software strategy.
How do you contact AirGarage's leadership?
AirGarage routes support through its help center and owner inquiries through its website. A founder has publicly referenced contact@airgarage.com on Reddit, but personal executive emails are not verified.
contact@airgarage.com / help-center form; personal format not verifiedHow much funding has AirGarage raised?
AirGarage has raised about $48.9 million across reported rounds, including a $2 million seed, a $12.5 million Series A led by a16z in 2021, and a $23 million Series B led by Headline Growth in July 2025.
The first reported institutional round was a roughly $2M seed in 2019, backed by investors including Founders Fund, Floodgate, Abstract Ventures, and others in public funding databases. In October 2021, AirGarage raised a $12.5M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Founders Fund, Floodgate, and Abstract Ventures; the company said it had grown rapidly and was operating hundreds of locations.
The latest major disclosed round was the July 2025 $23M Series B led by Headline Growth with participation from existing investors and customers. Tracxn reports about $48.9M of total funding over four rounds. AirGarage has not publicly disclosed a latest valuation, so this profile does not invent one.
How did AirGarage get here?
AirGarage shifted from campus parking marketplace to full-stack parking operator.
- 2017Founded at Arizona StateJonathon Barkl, Scott Fitsimones, and Chelsea Border start with driveway and campus parking demand.
- 2019Seed fundingAirGarage raises early institutional capital.
- 2021Series A led by a16zThe company raises $12.5M and scales beyond early marketplace roots.
- 2023300+ facilities reportedPublic profiles cite hundreds of managed parking facilities.
- Jul 2025Series BAirGarage raises $23M to bring parking real estate online.
Sources:AirGarageAirGarage Series B
Who are AirGarage's competitors?
AirGarage competes with parking operators, parking access/revenue-control systems, and newer parking-software networks.
- ParkHubEvent and venue parking platform with payments and operations tools.
- FlashParking access, payments, and mobility hub infrastructure for operators.
- LAZ ParkingTraditional large-scale parking operator with services across many asset types.
- SP PlusLarge incumbent parking and mobility operator.
- Vend ParkSoftware-first parking management platform for modern properties.
- SpotHeroConsumer parking marketplace focused more on demand aggregation than full operations.
Sources:AirGarageAirGarage profile
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