# Martin Hunt

> Martin Hunt is the co-founder and CEO of Garage, an AI-powered marketplace where fire departments, ambulance services, and local governments buy and sell their most expensive gear - fire trucks, ambulances, rescue equipment, and surplus apparatus. A volunteer firefighter at 15 in Delaware who later worked in private equity at Goldman Sachs, Hunt built Garage after a friend in the fire service asked for help unloading old equipment and he found no good way to do it. Out of Y Combinator's Winter 2024 batch, Garage now operates across all 50 states and raised a $13.5M Series A in August 2025, bringing total funding to $18M.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Garage
- **Organizations:** Garage, Goldman Sachs, New Castle County Government, Y Combinator, Scramble
- **From:** Wilmington area, Delaware, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.A. in History (concentration in Business Management), Columbia University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Garage, a nationwide marketplace for fire trucks, ambulances, and municipal equipment operating in all 50 states., Raised $18M total - a $4.5M seed (Initialized Capital) and a $13.5M Series A (Infinity Ventures), with FJ Labs, Benchstrength, Wayfinder Ventures, and Y Combinator participating., Graduated from Y Combinator's Winter 2024 cohort.

## Career timeline

- **2015** — Joins a volunteer fire department in Delaware at age 15; completes 1,500+ training hours and becomes a paid firefighter and EMT for New Castle County Government.
- **2021** — Leaves firefighting (Oct 2015 - Jul 2021) and joins Goldman Sachs as a Private Equity Associate.
- **2023** — Leaves Goldman Sachs to co-found Garage with Columbia friend Alaz Sengul after a firefighter friend asks for help selling equipment.
- **2024** — Garage is accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2024 batch; raises a $4.5M seed round led by Initialized Capital.
- **2025** — Garage raises a $13.5M Series A led by Infinity Ventures, bringing total funding to $18M; operates across all 50 states.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Garage, a nationwide marketplace for fire trucks, ambulances, and municipal equipment operating in all 50 states.
- Raised $18M total - a $4.5M seed (Initialized Capital) and a $13.5M Series A (Infinity Ventures), with FJ Labs, Benchstrength, Wayfinder Ventures, and Y Combinator participating.
- Graduated from Y Combinator's Winter 2024 cohort.
- Logged 1,500+ firefighter training hours and served as a paid firefighter/EMT before age 22.
- Built AI-powered appraisal, virtual inspection, freight, warranty, and financing tooling for hard-to-move heavy equipment.

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — Garage announced a $13.5M Series A led by Infinity Ventures, bringing total funding to $18M, and is expanding engineering and go-to-market teams in NYC.

## Links

- Website: https://shopgarage.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-hunt-jr

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Last updated: 2026-06-03