47 Best Smart City Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Smart City Startups

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There are 48 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $1.1b. The average funding per company in this subset is $22.4m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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$49.0m

Money raised

Siklu is a San Jose, California and Petah Tikva-based telecommunications company developing multi-gigabit wireless fiber connectivity systems for urban, suburban, and rural areas.

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$50.0k

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Spectrabotics is a company developing a data collection and analytics platform.

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2

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$95.0m

Money raised

A data intelligence company aiding urban opeartors in decision making

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$106.8m

Money raised

Actility is a software company providing low power wide area (LoRaWAN and 3GPP connectivity) network connectivity management.

1

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$2.7m

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A software company that uses artificial intelligence to create products and services to make hotels into smart buildings. It is located in Singapore and was founded in 2016.

7

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$27.3m

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Developer of a data-driven enterprise software designed to improve the way cities move by combining better information with beautiful user experiences. The company's data-driven enterprise software offers accurate real-time arrival information enabling riders to improve and commute faster, efficiently and enjoyably.

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$65.4m

Money raised

Wirepas Ltd. is a technology company focused on IoT connectivity software development.

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5

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$23.6m

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STRAX Intelligence Group is a technology company.

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8

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$299.0m

Money raised

Unisound, or Beijing Yunzhisheng Information Technology, is a company developing intelligent voice and speech processing technologies.

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$36.0m

Money raised

BreezoMeter is a company which tracks air quality and provides access to its data platform.

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2

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$6.8m

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Provider of a Web platform designed to offer on-demand bicycle repair service. The company's Web platform is so designed that via a reservation on the website or by phone, a Cyclofixer repairman arrives at the fixed time to carry out the repair, enabling users to have their bicycle repaired and avail various two wheeler accessories while being at home, in the office, or even on the street.

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Veniam is a company offering high speed internet and smart city services through the deployment connected urban vehicle fleets.

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$5.0m

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HAAS Alert is a Chicago-based company founded in 2016 by Noah Levens.

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$5.0m

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Nordsense is a SaaS-based smart waste management platform that helps with the waste collection processes.

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4

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$42.0m

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Formerly Transitmix, Remix is a company providing a planning platform for public transit. It participated in the W15 cohort of Y Combinator.

1

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$2.0m

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Platform enabling digital-first retailers to acquire and expand brands across marketplaces effortlessly.

1

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$20.0m

Money raised

Carmera Autonomous Map provides real-time 3D HD maps and navigation data to autonomous vehicles. High definition mapping products include Carmera Site Intelligence for city mapping and Carmera Fleet Monitoring for real-time telematics and video monitoring. Carmera is based in Brooklyn, NY

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$6.8m

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Ride Report provides cities a software platform for running bike and scooter share programs.

2

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$2.0m

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Blueforce Development is a Massachusetts-based company that enables sharing of wearable (M2M/IoT) sensor data

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$39.7m

Money raised

Uhuru Corporation is a company by Takashi Sonoda.

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$2.4m

Money raised

Citibeats is a platform developed to help governments better understand and respond to citizens' concerns, by using Big Data and Artificial Intelligence.

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$3.9m

Money raised

GoodVision is a company founded in 2017 by Lukas Hruby.

2

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$660.0k

Money raised

Service Robotics & Technologies is a Springfield, Albemarle County, Virginia-based robotics company founded in 2017.

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$65.9m

Money raised

StreetLight Data is a transportation data company based in San Francisco.

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$25.5m

Money raised

ubitricity is a Berlin-based developer of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.

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$2.0m

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QUCIT is a company that specializes in AI and predictive data analysis.

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2

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$4.2m

Money raised

CyberLightning is a 3D Internet company, provides controlling and monitoring solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT) networks in the Smart City context.

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Seventh Sense Intelligence is a company founded in 2019 that specializes in computer and machine vision.

2

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$16.4m

Money raised

Share is an artificial Intelligence company founded by Ryan McManus.

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4

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$11.6m

Money raised

Qarnot computing is an affordable, eco-friendly cloud computing founded in 2010 by Paul Benoit.

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2

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$4.3m

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Topos is an artificial Intelligence company founded in 2017 by Mahir Yavuz.

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Worldsensing is a company founded in 2008.

1

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$4.2m

Money raised

Developer of a navigation application designed to guide cyclists in their route. The company's online geographic information platform offers directions and guidance by voice, map or compass enabling cyclists to search routes and calculate navigation times.

$1.0m

Money raised

Wireless soil moisture probes that help farmers efficiently water crops, save resources, reduce expenses, and boost yields.

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4

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$2.5m

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Water Pigeon is a San Diego-based company founded in 2016 by Clay Melugin.

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$21.0k

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Developer of an electronic bicycle rack. The company provides an electronic bicycle rack called the bicycle parking space, which locks the wheel and frame of the bicycle with metal bars.

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$3.2m

Money raised

Skedgo is a company founded in 2009.

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$9.1m

Money raised

Australian virtual airline

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$6.8m

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Zoov is a Paris-based company that offers e-bikes throughout the greater Paris and Bordeaux areas. The company makes electric bikes and allows other operators to incorporate Zoov’s electric bikes into their mobility solutions.

$770.0k

Money raised

Urban intelligence software for city planners, real estate developers and investors

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$3.7m

Money raised

Joyride is a Toronto-based company founded in 2014 that provides a software platform for micromobility companies to operate on and manage their fleets.

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$16.1m

Money raised

Olea Networks, Inc. is an Austin, Texas-based company.

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$5.0k

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Casky is a Marrakesh-based company founded in 2017.

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$25.0m

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$2.7m

Money raised

Gridics is a Miami-based company.

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$8.5m

Money raised

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