Product Reports Resources Pricing Login Book a demo
COMPANY PROFILE

Car IQ

Explore full profile

Car Dealer Management System

San Francisco, United StatesFounded 2016Marketing
Valuation $50–100M Last recorded · 2025
Revenue $1–10M Latest reported FY
Headcount <100 Current team size
Total funding $10–50M Disclosed equity funding
Unlock exact values This page shows ranges. Dealroom has the exact numbers for Car IQ and the history behind them.

About Car IQ

Car IQ is a financial technology company that specializes in transforming fleet operations through its cutting-edge payments platform. Serving both small and large businesses, Car IQ offers a comprehensive solution for managing all fleet-related payments in one easy-to-use portal. The platform leverages real-time vehicle data to authenticate transactions, eliminating the need for traditional credit cards and reducing administrative overhead. Car IQ's services include fuel payments, EV charging, and other fleet-related expenses, all while providing robust fraud monitoring and prevention. The company operates in the fleet management market and generates revenue through transaction fees and service subscriptions. Key clients include businesses with vehicle fleets looking to streamline their payment processes and enhance operational efficiency.

Source: Dealroom company data

At a glance

Status
Acquired
Founded
2016
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States
Employees
50
Open positions
None listed
Dealroom signal
33.9/100
Industry
Transportation, Marketing
Sub-industry
Search, Buy & Rent
Sector
Marketing, Automotive, Parking, Insurtech Related
Technology
Autonomous & Sensor Tech
Business model
SaaS
Client focus
b2b

Funding history

9 recorded events

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal typeDateAmountValuationInvestorsSource
ACQUISITION✓Exit Dec 2025 $0 — Element Fleet Management ↗
LATE VC✓Equity / VC Jul 2025 $8M $75M Financial Technology Partners ↗
Showing the latest 2 of 9 recorded eventsBook a demo for the full funding history →

Financials

Revenue over time

Revenue, earnings and other financial measures where available. Years marked “E” are estimates.

YearRevenueGrowth
2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021 —
Company filings, research estimates and Dealroom dataBook a demo for the full financial model →

Growth signals

Car IQ website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for Car IQ is 3.5K monthly website visits, down 10.3% over the last three months. Car IQ's team declined 15.3% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits3.5K 3-month web change-10.3% 1-year team growth-15.3%
Summary metrics are public; monthly history is available with a demoCompare with peers →

Similar companies

Closest operating peers by Dealroom taxonomy

Company identity and context are open; selected comparison metrics preview what is available on the platform.

Showing 8 of the closest matchesCompare every metric →

Investments and acquisitions

Capital deployed

Recent portfolio relationships for companies that also act as investors or acquirers.

Investors

25 investors on the cap table

From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.

Seed5 investors entered at this stage

  • Alex Fries
  • Polytech Ecosystem
  • Polytech Ventures
  • Band of Angels
  • Alpana Ventures

Series A13 investors entered at this stage

  • Plug and Play
  • Quest Venture Partners
  • Avanta partners
  • Scrum Ventures
  • BlackBerry
  • Forte Ventures
  • Telus Ventures
  • State Farm Ventures
  • Avanta Ventures
  • Navistar
  • Bridgestone Americas
  • Visa
  • Circle K Corporation

Series B and later1 investor entered at this stage

  • Financial Technology Partners

Other known investors6 additional known investors

  • Element Fleet Management
  • Alumni Ventures
  • Citi Ventures
  • RBCx
  • Telus
  • TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good
Team profiled 17 named & role-tagged
Founders Hidden — book a demo/100 quality score
Key operators 4 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
Potential founders Hidden — book a demo likely future founders
Startup mafia Hidden — book a demo alumni-founded startups
Talent movements Hidden — book a demo in · Hidden — book a demo out past 12 months

Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.

Global footprint

Workforce and web traffic by country
Workforce by country
2 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States84.8%
🇧🇷 Brazil15.2%
2 countries shown

Market sentiment

Posts on X, past 7 days

An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about Car IQ on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

See Car IQ’s full profile on Dealroom

Request a free trial to see the complete deal history, financials, people graph and growth signals.

Takes under a minute. Already use Dealroom? Log in.