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Coord is a New York-based mobility data platform that facilitates technical interoperability between physical transportation infrastructure and various digital mobility services. Prior to its strategic acquisition, the enterprise software provider raised a total of $5 million in venture capital funding to develop its connectivity solutions for the broader transportation technology market. The organization secured early financial backing from several notable institutional investors, including Third Sphere, Trucks Venture Capital, DB Digital Ventures, and Alliance Ventures. In January 2022, the business was officially acquired by the urban innovation company Sidewalk Labs, integrating its proprietary data solutions into larger municipal transportation systems across different regional transit operators. Operating under the corporate legal name Flow, the mobility technology enterprise Coord was originally founded in 2016 by chief executive officer Stephen Smyth and his team of co-founders.
Coord has raised $5.0M across 1 funding round.
Coord has raised $5.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Coord is a mobility data platform that provides APIs and tools to integrate transportation services with urban infrastructure, enabling better data sharing between private companies and public sectors. It offers products like the Tolls API for toll calculations, Curbs API for parking and loading rules, Routing API for multi-modal routes, and Shared Vehicle API for bike/scooter availability, serving customers such as Zipcar, Mozio, Google Maps, Lyft, Nissan, and cities like Boulder, Seattle, and Pittsburgh.[1][2][3] The platform addresses urban mobility challenges by standardizing transportation data, helping cities manage curb space through measurement, visualization, and analysis while boosting interoperability for ride-hailing, shared vehicles, and public transit.[1][2]
Launched as a Sidewalk Labs spin-out, Coord raised $5 million in Series A funding in 2018 from investors including Alliance Ventures, Trucks, Urban.Us, and DB Digital Ventures, with additional backing from Alphabet and others like Third Sphere.[1][3] It achieved early traction with major clients before being acquired by Sidewalk Labs (its original parent) in January 2022, marking a full-circle return under the Flow dba Coord branding.[3]
Coord emerged in 2016 as a spin-out from Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs, a Google X lab focused on urban innovation.[1][3] Co-founder and CEO Stephen Smyth led the venture, emphasizing APIs to bridge private mobility services with city systems amid rising demand for integrated urban transport.[1] The idea stemmed from the need for standardized data in growing ecosystems of ride-hailing, bike-sharing, and scooters, where private operators like Zipcar lacked seamless integration with public infrastructure.[1]
Early momentum built quickly: By 2018, Coord secured $5 million in Series A funding to expand APIs and geographic coverage, onboarding clients like Google Maps and cities including Pittsburgh.[1][2] A design system overhaul in 2019-2020 using Google's Material UI enhanced its platform for curb data visualization.[2] This culminated in its 2022 acquisition by Sidewalk Labs, reflecting validated demand for its mobility interoperability tools.[3]
Coord stands out in urban mobility through specialized APIs and a public-private focus:
Coord rides the smart cities and micromobility boom, capitalizing on explosive growth in ride-hailing, e-scooters, and bike-sharing post-2016, when urban congestion and sustainability pressures demanded data-driven solutions.[1] Its timing aligned with cities retrofitting infrastructure for shared mobility, where lack of standardization hindered scalability—Coord's APIs enabled real-time integration, influencing how firms like Lyft embed into public systems.[1][2]
Market forces like regulatory pushes for curb equity (e.g., parking vs. delivery zones) and post-pandemic remote work shifts amplified its value, reducing congestion via better routing and visibility.[2] By standardizing data, Coord shaped the ecosystem, paving the way for interoperable urban transport and inspiring competitors in curb analytics, while its Sidewalk Labs ties amplified impact in Alphabet's urban tech orbit.[1][3]
Post-2022 acquisition by Sidewalk Labs, Coord (as Flow) will likely deepen integration into Alphabet's mobility stack, expanding APIs for autonomous vehicles and AI-optimized routing amid rising EV/scooter adoption.[3] Trends like dynamic curb pricing, 15-minute cities, and climate mandates will propel it, potentially evolving into a core urban OS layer. Its influence may grow by exporting standardized data models globally, solidifying its role as the interoperability pioneer that first bridged mobility silos—echoing its origins in making cities truly navigable.[1][3]
Coord has raised $5.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Coord's investors include Alliance Ventures, Amasia, Locus Ventures, Polaris Partners, Saga, Scrum Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Y Combinator, Joshua Schachter, Rohit Jain, Ryan Duranso, Sam Altman.
Coord has raised $5.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $5.0M Series A in October 2018.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2018 | $5M Series A | Alliance Ventures | Amasia, Locus Ventures, Polaris Partners, Saga, Scrum Ventures, Seven Seven SIX, Y Combinator, Joshua Schachter, Rohit Jain, Ryan Duranso, SAM Altman, Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures, Trucks Venture Capital, Urban US | Announced |
