# AirGarage

> AirGarage is a San Francisco-based, full-stack parking management company that helps real estate owners turn parking lots and garages into higher-yielding assets. It combines software - dynamic pricing, license plate recognition cameras, mobile payments and a real-time owner dashboard - with on-the-ground operations like enforcement, maintenance and marketing, all under a revenue-share model. Founded in 2017 by three Arizona State University students, the company manages 400+ parking locations across 40+ states and has served more than 11 million drivers.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Jonathon Barkl (Co-founder & CEO), Scott Fitsimones (Co-founder & CTO), Chelsea Border (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~80 employees
- **Products:** Full-stack parking management, Dynamic pricing engine, License plate recognition (LPR) & aerial cameras, Mobile payments, Owner dashboard / Asset Intelligence
- **Notable:** Grew to 400+ managed parking locations across 40+ states, Served more than 11 million drivers, Reached cash-flow positive operations

## Products & services

- **Full-stack parking management** — End-to-end operation of parking lots and garages including payments, pricing, enforcement, maintenance and marketing under a revenue-share model.
- **Dynamic pricing engine** — Software that automatically adjusts parking rates in real time based on occupancy and demand, applied across all bookings.
- **License plate recognition (LPR) & aerial cameras** — Camera systems that detect vehicle entry/exit and identify cars by plate, color, make and model for automated enforcement and hands-free payment.
- **Mobile payments** — Phone-based QR code or text-to-pay parking payment that eliminates gates and broken meters.
- **Owner dashboard / Asset Intelligence** — Real-time analytics dashboard showing revenue, occupancy, driver behavior and market trends to owners.
- **Space Force enforcement network** — A gig-worker enforcement program where contractors use an app to scan plates and issue citations, earning per paid ticket.
- **AirGarage driver app** — Consumer mobile app for finding, comparing and reserving hourly, daily and monthly parking across the US and Canada.

## Achievements

- Grew to 400+ managed parking locations across 40+ states
- Served more than 11 million drivers
- Reached cash-flow positive operations
- Raised $23M Series B in July 2025 led by Headline with Founders Fund and Fourthline Capital
- Backed by Andreessen Horowitz in its 2021 Series A
- Founder Jonathon Barkl featured on Forbes 30 Under 30 - Consumer Technology (2023)
- Applies dynamic pricing to 100% of bookings vs. ~20% for typical incumbents

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Raised $23M Series B led by Headline, with Founders Fund and Fourthline Capital, to bring parking real estate online; reported 300+ (now 400+) facilities and cash-flow positivity.
- **2023-01** — Founder Jonathon Barkl named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in Consumer Technology.
- **2021-10** — Raised $12.5M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz to scale full-stack parking operations.

## Links

- Website: https://airgarage.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/airgarage
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/airgarageinc
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/airgarageinc

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Last updated: 2026-07-14