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Ualabee develops an urban mobility platform centralizing and optimizing public transportation information and services. Its core solutions include digital trip planning for users, digitalization tools for transport operators, and a mobility observatory for urban planning. This technology integrates diverse transport modes, providing real-time data to foster efficient, sustainable transit ecosystems.
Ualabee originated from fragmented urban transit issues, initially launching as MiAutobus following dedicated mobility research. Founders Joaquín Di Mario, Alexis Picón, Franco Rapetti, and José Montalvo recognized the urgent need for a unified platform. Their collective insight created solutions addressing practical challenges for commuters and transport providers.
The platform supports municipal governments and transport operators in managing and improving services, also empowering individual users with enhanced travel insights. Ualabee’s vision is to become Latin America's leading mobility company by 2030, enhancing urban journeys through seamless integration and intelligent data utilization across all stakeholders.
Ualabee has raised $500K across 1 funding round.
Ualabee has raised $500K in total across 1 funding round.
Ualabee has raised $500K in total across 1 funding round.
Ualabee's investors include Avalancha Ventures.
Ualabee has raised $500K across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $500K Seed in December 2024.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2024 | $500K Seed | — | Avalancha Ventures | Announced |
Ualabee is a SaaS mobility-tech company founded in 2019 in Córdoba, Argentina, that builds a collaborative platform integrating public transport, micro-mobility, ride-hailing, and other services to optimize urban commutes.[1][2][4] It serves end-users, governments, businesses, and mobility operators across over 30 cities in 7 Latin American countries with trip-planning apps, Transit APIs, data analytics, GTFS editors, and mobility insights, solving urban congestion, inefficiency, and sustainability challenges under a B2B/B2C model.[1][2][3] The platform promotes sustainable cities by enabling multimodal routing, reducing emissions via carbon footprint tracking, and providing data-driven tools for planning, with a presence as the region's largest mobility tech provider and revenue under $5 million.[2]
Ualabee emerged from CEO Joaquín Di Mario's 2012 thesis at Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, where he developed a bus fleet management system using SMS queries, revealing Latin America's severe urban mobility issues—like vehicles losing over three years of life to traffic.[4] Di Mario co-founded the company in 2019 with CTO Franco Rapetti (ex-Techtripod, MiAutobus, Scrum Master at Intertron) and COO Alexis E. Picón Güell (ex-Techtripod, MiAutobus, Scrum Master at Intertron), initially launching a B2C app for multimodal trip planning.[1][4] Early traction included pivots during the 2020 pandemic, which dropped user metrics 80% and shifted focus to B2B SaaS solutions like APIs and analytics; funding from BID Lab, StartUP Chile, and Founder Institute fueled expansion.[1][4]
Ualabee rides the Mobility as a Service (MaaS) trend, shifting cities from car-centric to integrated, data-driven public/multimodal transport amid urbanization and climate pressures in Latin America.[1][4] Timing aligns with post-pandemic recovery, where mobility demand surged alongside needs for sustainable, efficient systems—exacerbated by LatAm's traffic losses and growth in smart cities.[4] Market forces like EV integration (e.g., MOU with U Power for battery solutions) and government pushes for urban analytics favor its expansion, influencing ecosystems by enabling operators/governments with open data/APIs to cut emissions, optimize networks, and foster collaborative innovation.[2][3][5]
Ualabee's momentum—regional dominance, AWS presence, and pivot to scalable B2B—positions it for aggressive growth toward its 2030 vision as LatAm's leading mobility integrator.[2][5] Next steps likely include deeper API partnerships, EV/micro-mobility expansions, and city-wide deployments, shaped by AI-driven analytics, regulatory green mandates, and MaaS adoption. Its influence could evolve from regional provider to pan-American platform, humanizing tech by empowering communities and stakeholders to build fairer cities, directly advancing the sustainable urban mobility it set out to optimize.[1][5]
