What Liftango does

Liftango is a B2B SaaS provider of on-demand shared transport technology, founded in 2015 and headquartered in Newcastle, NSW, Australia, with regional headquarters in East Linton, Scotland and operational entities in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada. The company licenses a unified platform that combines three transport modes — Demand-Responsive Transport (DRT), Carpool, and Fixed-Route — within a single mobile app and operations portal, using AI-driven route optimization, a ride-matching algorithm, and a real-time demand-responsive scheduling engine to dynamically route vehicles to passengers and automate dispatch.

The platform is sold to enterprise customers across six vertical segments: corporate/employer transport, universities, K-12 schools, public transport authorities, bus operators, and community/paratransit providers, with customers including Warner Bros. Studios, Netflix, Qantas, the University of Newcastle, Northeastern University, Monash University, the University of British Columbia, NHS Trusts, Fife Council, Transport for West Midlands, MTA New York, National Express, Go-Ahead, Transdev, and SP Trans. Liftango emphasises closed, verified networks (limiting access to authorised members of a customer organisation), integrations with single sign-on, payment systems, smart parking, and commuter benefits platforms, and value-added services including Liftango Labs (simulation and feasibility modelling) and a Corporate ROI Calculator. The company has reported more than 120 organisations supported globally, over 1.6 million vehicle-kilometres saved, and deployments across six continents.

Liftango generates revenue through subscription-based software licensing to enterprise clients, with quote-based, consultative pricing that varies by fleet size, service scope, and passenger volume, sold via a direct enterprise field-sales motion supported by content-led demand generation. The company has raised approximately $10M-$14.5M in total funding across multiple rounds since 2015, with the largest disclosed round a $10.4M raise in January 2022 led by Maven Capital Partners, followed by a £2.5M+ investment in May 2023 from Maven Capital Partners and Scottish Enterprise; other investors include Artesian VC, GUD Holdings, Taronga Ventures, SFV Capital, NRMA, Smarter City Solutions, and strategic investor Transdev.

Name

Liftango

Legal name

Liftango Pty Ltd

Website

https://liftango.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Liftango is a B2B SaaS provider licensing an integrated on-demand shared transport platform — combining Demand-Responsive Transport, Carpool, and Fixed-Route management — to enterprises, universities, transit agencies, and bus operators in over 120 organisations across six continents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Shared Mobility / Transit Technology Software

NAICS

Other Support Activities for Transportation (4889), Taxi and Ridesharing Services (485310)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700), Local & Suburban Transit & Interurban Hwy Passenger Trans (4100)

akta.pro primary industry

Ride-Hailing & Taxi Aggregation Platforms (BPAMAIAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Ride-Hailing / On-Demand Mobility for Business (Managed Ground Transport) (TLABALAF), Paratransit / Accessible Ride-Hailing (WAV & Special Assistance) (THADADAH)

Keywords

• Shared mobility software
• Demand-responsive transport
• Corporate carpool platform
• Fixed-route management
• Transit technology platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Licensing: Liftango operates as a B2B technology platform provider licensing its software to transit agencies, bus operators, corporations, universities, and government bodies. Revenue is generated through software licensing fees, typically structured as subscriptions or usage-based arrangements for enterprise clients. The platform is sold as a managed service with implementation and ongoing support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Liftango sells an on-demand shared transport technology platform that combines Demand-Responsive Transport (DRT), fixed-route management and corporate carpool within a single mobile app and operator portal. The platform is licensed to transit agencies, bus operators, corporations, universities, schools and community transport providers, and uses AI-driven route optimisation and ride-matching to dynamically schedule vehicles to passenger bookings. Revenue is generated through enterprise SaaS subscriptions with implementation, simulation (Liftango Labs) and 24/7 technical support services bundled in.

Product overview

Liftango is an on-demand shared transport technology platform offering three core products—Demand-Responsive Transport (DRT), Carpool, and Fixed-Route—managed through an all-in-one platform. These products serve multiple vertical sectors including corporate transport, universities, schools, public transport, bus operators, and community paratransit. The platform is complemented by Liftango Labs (simulation and feasibility service) and an ROI Calculator tool. The products are designed to work independently or together: DRT provides dynamic, booking-based routing; Carpool enables closed-network commute sharing; and Fixed-Route manages traditional scheduled services. Liftango's approach combines real-time data, AI-driven route optimisation, and a multi-modal approach connecting various transport modes within a single application.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Demand-Responsive Transport (DRT) On-demand, booking-based shared transport technology that dynamically schedules vehicles to passenger requests; targets transit agencies, bus operators and public transport authorities serving rural, suburban and underserved areas.
• Carpool Closed-network corporate and campus carpool platform that matches drivers and passengers with similar routes, supports parking incentives and is targeted at employers, universities and schools.
• Fixed-Route Fixed-route transit management software with real-time vehicle tracking, route assignment and shift management for bus operators and transit agencies running scheduled services.
• Liftango Labs Simulation, zone-modelling and feasibility assessment service that uses Liftango's transport engine to model future shared mobility projects, including zone health checks and an 8-step simulation framework.

Quantifiable outcome

• 38% increase in service coverage with no additional vehicles (AT Local)
• +10 more outcomes

Named customers48 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability2 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• YugominorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 March 2026Liftango partnered with Yugo to digitize student transit in Dubai, Dubailand. The partnership aims to enhance the living experience for students by providing better university transport through Liftango's platform integrated with Yugo's student accommodation services.
• Clever DevicescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 October 2025Clever Devices, Liftango, and Optai announced a landmark partnership in October 2025 to transform urban mobility in São Paulo, a metropolis of over 12 million people. This is a multi-party strategic partnership integrating Liftango's DRT technology with Clever Devices' transit systems and Optai's capabilities to serve one of the world's largest cities.
• OptaicoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 October 2025Partnering with Clever Devices and Liftango in a landmark partnership to transform São Paulo transportation. Optai is part of the multi-party strategic initiative serving the São Paulo metropolis of over 12 million people.
• National Express GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2023National Express Group partnered with Liftango for its Trio demand-responsive transport technology in June 2023. The partnership was cited as a key milestone in ResearchAndMarkets' global transit market reports as an example of DRT innovation in the transport sector.
• Moffat & WilliamsonminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMoffat & Williamson partnered with Fife Council and Liftango to launch the Go-Flexi demand-responsive service. Moffat & Williamson operated the service using Liftango's technology platform, acting as the transport operator/implementing partner.

Scale indicators17 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Optibus: Optibus provides AI-driven optimisation software for public transportation operators, closely overlapping with Liftango's DRT, scheduling and route-optimisation capabilities. It targets the same transit-agency buyer with a SaaS model.
• Spare: Spare is a demand-responsive transit platform for transit agencies and paratransit providers, competing head-to-head with Liftango's DRT and community/paratransit offerings in North America and Europe.
• RideCo: RideCo offers an on-demand transit SaaS for bus operators and municipalities, with dynamic routing, booking and dispatch — a near-direct competitor to Liftango's DRT and bus-operator verticals.
• Padam Mobility: Padam Mobility builds DRT and paratransit software for European transit authorities, overlapping directly with Liftango's public transport and community/paratransit solutions across shared geographies like the UK and France.
• Door2Door: Door2Door (now part of Continental) provides ride-pooling and DRT software for cities and transit operators in Europe, directly comparable to Liftango's DRT platform and target buyer profile.
• Via Transportation: Via powers on-demand shared transit for cities and transit agencies worldwide via its DRT platform, overlapping with Liftango's core DRT, fixed-route and paratransit offerings, with a broader consumer-facing footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Cubic Transportation Systems: Cubic is a large, established provider of transit ticketing, fare collection and traffic management systems. Its broader portfolio overlaps with Liftango's fixed-route and DRT capabilities, particularly in large transit authorities.
• Trapeze (Volaris Group): Trapeze (within Modaxo/Volaris) provides fixed-route planning, scheduling, dispatch and CAD/AVL software to bus operators and transit agencies globally — a broader incumbent competing for the same enterprise and public-sector RFPs.
• Clever Devices: Clever Devices is a North American transit technology provider for fixed-route and paratransit operators. It is both a co-development partner with Liftango in São Paulo and an incumbent competing for transit-agency budgets.
• Moovit: Moovit (an Intel company) provides urban mobility apps and transit data APIs to public agencies and operators, with multi-modal journey planning that partially overlaps with Liftango's multi-modal product narrative at a much larger consumer scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors8 records

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M&A

Investments

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