About us
Building the future of mobility
Learn more about Smartcar’s mission, team, and investors.
Our mission
Empowering developers to build the future of mobility
While software has disrupted every other industry for more than a decade, innovation in the mobility space is still surprisingly slow. Today, 80% of cars sold in the U.S. feature built-in internet access, but the software and APIs that would allow apps to communicate with those cars are still fragmented and proprietary to each car brand.
Smartcar is leading the way to open up access to those APIs, powering a new community of innovators in the mobility space. Auto insurance providers use our platform to verify their customers’ mileage and charge lower premiums. Governments implement ways to tax drivers more fairly. Car sharing businesses offer contactless rentals with digital keys. EV charging networks make owning electric vehicles more convenient and affordable. Electric utility providers manage their customers’ EVs to balance the grid and prevent power outages.
By making it easy to connect to their customers’ vehicles, Smartcar allows businesses to focus on what’s important: building the future of mobility.
Meet the team
Mike
VP of Sales
Process-driven. Runner with goals. Always looking for good Neapolitan pizza, fried chicken, or street tacos.
Victor
Head of Customer Success
Jack of all trades, obsessed with customer experience. Would instantly fall to the Dark Side if he could use the Force.
Mathilde
Director of People
Creative assistant to Napa the Yorkie. Avid multitasker. Enjoys mango boba.
Angie
Director of Experience Engineering
Weekend traveler. Amateur runner. Loves family, food, and good design.
Gurpreet
Director of Platform Engineering
Bhangra aficionado. Guardian of Smartcar’s eslint rules. Limits mouse usage to six clicks per day.
Stephen
Account Executive
Sneakerhead. Concert goer. Can identify me by the sound of my Hydro Flask clinking on the table.
Paige
Sales Development Representative
Self-proclaimed professional dog trainer. If you can't find me, I'm at the lake. When life happens, coffee helps.
Jackie
People & Operations Associate
Serial snacker, part-time vegetarian. Powered by iced coffee and Costco samples.
Michele
Talent Sourcer
Fashion enthusiast. Doodle mom. Passionate about green smoothies and reality TV.
Winona
Content Marketing Manager
Avid reader of fiction and sociology. Pasta enthusiast. Loves the gym and long runs.
Dennis
Senior Designer
Basketballer. A novice cyclist, hiker and snowboarder when the weather permits it.
Ashwin
Sr. Software Engineer II
Self-proclaimed hot sauce connoisseur. Ardent musician. Perennially in search for problems to solve!
Bharath
Software Engineer II
Amateur sky diver. Chocolate chip cookie monster. Pokémon Master in training.
Neel
Staff Software Engineer II
Identifies himself with personality traits of the main characters in his favorite TV show “SpongeBob SquarePants,” maybe including Plankton.
Kayleigh
Software Engineer II
Açaí bowl enthusiast. Aspires to visit all the national parks. Occasionally swaps laptop for sketchbook and pencil.
Connick
Software Engineer
Diehard overlander. Ambitious photographer. Geeks out about almost anything.
Oreo
Chief Puppy Officer
Also known as “Leave it” and “Drop it.” Expert at playing fetch and destroying shoes. Still learning to be the goodest boy.
Holly
Chief Happiness Officer
A little bit dramatic.
Nike
Head of Sniffing Operations
Loves chasing anything that moves. You have to dangle a treat to see his most obedient pose.
Kuzco
Chief Fluffy Officer
Cuddle monster. Will play fetch at any time unless sleeping. Thinks eating snow is a treat.
Pablo
Chief Disruption Officer
Moves fast and breaks things.
Goose
Junior QA Tester
Aspiring Masters Agility Champion. Life motto: play hard, nap harder.
Rumplestiltskin
Head Snack Sourcer
Loves eating apples and tags. If you can't find him, he's either hanging out under the couch or in the shower.
Our investors
$12M
Seed and Series A
Our board members
Bill Krause
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
Forest Baskett
New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
