# Jonathon Barkl

> Jonathon Barkl is the co-founder and CEO of AirGarage, a San Francisco parking operator that grew from an Arizona State University driveway marketplace into a vertically integrated system for payments, enforcement, pricing, license plate recognition, and real-time asset analytics. Trained in physics and economics, Barkl has built his career around making neglected physical assets measurable, beginning with door-to-door sales in Tempe and extending to more than 300 parking facilities across 38 states by 2025.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at AirGarage
- **Organizations:** AirGarage, Arizona State University, Arizona NASA Space Grant Consortium, Boy Scouts of America
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science degrees in Physics and Economics, Arizona State University
- **Known for:** Co-founded AirGarage and grew it from a campus driveway marketplace into a full-service parking operator., Helped scale AirGarage to more than 300 parking facilities across 38 U.S. states by July 2025., Raised a $23 million Series B led by Headline Growth in 2025; AirGarage reported $41 million in total funding at the time.

## Career timeline

- **2015-2017** — Worked with the Arizona Microcredit Initiative while studying physics and economics at Arizona State University.
- **2016** — Began the project that became AirGarage after testing a marketplace for unused driveways near Arizona State University.
- **2017** — Co-founded AirGarage with Scott Fitsimones and Chelsea Border.
- **2018** — Completed bachelor's degrees in physics and economics at Arizona State University and expanded AirGarage from driveways to underused commercial and institutional parking lots.
- **2019** — Co-authored the peer-reviewed paper 'Diamond photochemistry with visible light' in Diamond and Related Materials.
- **2020** — Led AirGarage through a pandemic-era revenue collapse and a shift toward serving commercial real estate owners with an owner-aligned operating model.
- **2021** — AirGarage raised a $12.5 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz.
- **2023** — Named with AirGarage's co-founders to Forbes 30 Under 30 in Consumer Technology.
- **2025** — AirGarage raised a $23 million Series B led by Headline Growth after reaching more than 300 facilities across 38 states and cash-flow positivity.

## Achievements

- Co-founded AirGarage and grew it from a campus driveway marketplace into a full-service parking operator.
- Helped scale AirGarage to more than 300 parking facilities across 38 U.S. states by July 2025.
- Raised a $23 million Series B led by Headline Growth in 2025; AirGarage reported $41 million in total funding at the time.
- Reached cash-flow positivity and reported more than 10 million parking sessions processed by 2025.
- Named to the 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 Consumer Technology list with co-founders Chelsea Border and Scott Fitsimones.
- Co-authored a peer-reviewed 2019 physics paper on diamond photochemistry with visible light.
- Earned Eagle Scout recognition after participating in the Boy Scouts of America from 2002 to 2014.

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — AirGarage announced a $23 million Series B led by Headline Growth, with participation from existing investors and customers.
- **2025-07** — AirGarage reported more than 300 parking facilities in 38 states, over 10 million parking sessions, 10x revenue growth since its Series A, and cash-flow positivity.
- **2025-07** — Barkl described AirGarage's evolution from property management toward data-informed asset management for parking real estate.
- **2025-09** — Barkl said AirGarage's team had grown from about 30 to about 75 people during 2025 and that the company was hiring its first Head of Finance.

## Links

- Website: https://www.airgarage.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathonbarkl
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/jonathonbarkl

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Last updated: 2026-08-18