# Zūm

> Zūm is a Redwood City, California company that has reinvented the most analog corner of education: the yellow school bus. It pairs an AI-driven routing and fleet-management platform with apps for parents, drivers and districts, then layers on a fast-growing fleet of electric buses with vehicle-to-grid charging that can sell power back to the grid. Serving roughly 4,500 schools and districts nationwide, Zūm turned a clipboard-and-radio industry into a connected, electrified mobility network.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** Redwood City, California, United States
- **Founders:** Ritu Narayan (Founder & CEO), Vivek Garg (Co-founder), Abhishek Garg (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** approximately 560 employees
- **Products:** Connected Mobility Experience (CMX) platform, Home-to-school transportation, AI route optimization, Parent & driver apps, Fleet electrification & V2G
- **Notable:** Reached unicorn status with a $1.3B valuation in January 2024, Powered Oakland USD to become the first US district with a 100% electric school bus fleet, Three-time Fast Company World's Most Innovative Company

## Products & services

- **Connected Mobility Experience (CMX) platform** — End-to-end software suite with apps and dashboards connecting parents, drivers, schools and districts in real time.
- **Home-to-school transportation** — Full-service contracted student transportation, including special-needs and customized routes, using multi-size vehicles.
- **AI route optimization** — Algorithms that plan and dynamically adjust bus routes for efficiency, on-time arrival and cost reduction.
- **Parent & driver apps** — Live bus tracking, per-trip notifications, RFID attendance, student profiles and incident reporting.
- **Fleet electrification & V2G** — Deployment of electric school buses with bidirectional vehicle-to-grid charging that returns clean energy to the grid.
- **Charter and community services** — Charter bus rentals and additional community transportation offerings.

## Achievements

- Reached unicorn status with a $1.3B valuation in January 2024
- Powered Oakland USD to become the first US district with a 100% electric school bus fleet
- Three-time Fast Company World's Most Innovative Company
- Three-time Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Company
- Named to CNBC's 2025 Disruptor 50 list
- Completed 139 million student rides to date
- Awarded $32M by the EPA to electrify school bus fleets nationwide
- Great Place to Work Certified

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Announced largest electric school bus deployment in the nation with SFUSD - 104 bidirectional V2G buses from August 2026, scaling to 238 EVs by 2027-2028.
- **2026-04** — Raised a $100M venture round, lifting total funding to roughly $577M.
- **2026** — Launched its first fully electric school bus yard on the East Coast; Branford, CT set to become the Northeast's largest V2G electric district for 2026-27.
- **2024-08** — Deployed the nation's first 100% electric school bus fleet for Oakland USD with V2G technology.
- **2024-01** — Closed $140M Series E led by GIC at a $1.3B valuation.

## Links

- Website: https://ridezum.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/ridezum
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ridezum
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ridezum
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ridezum/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/ridezum

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Last updated: 2026-06-01