Wingz

What Wingz does

Wingz is a San Francisco-based, privately-held ridesharing technology company founded in 2011 that operates a pre-scheduled, flat-rate ride marketplace across 11 US metros covering 19 airport codes. The platform runs through iOS and Android mobile applications built around two product lines: Wingz Airport, a consumer-facing service for scheduled airport, event, and business transportation featuring a Favorite Driver system that pairs riders with handpicked drivers for repeat bookings, fixed per-route pricing starting at $26-$45, and the ability to reserve rides up to 2 months in advance; and Wingz NEMT, a non-emergency medical transportation service with stricter driver screening (drug testing, additional background checks) and a separate NEMT driver app.

The platform's technical components are the consumer booking apps (iOS via App Store id tickengo, Android via Play Store id com.tickengo), two separate driver apps (Wingz Airport Driver App and Wingz NEMT Driver App), a driver-facing transparency feature that surfaces full ride details before acceptance, and web booking at wingz.me and app.wingz.me. The company monetizes via two streams: a fixed administrative fee collected per ride plus a marketplace commission on the rider-to-driver contribution, with no surge pricing on the consumer side. Customer segments are organized vertically by use case: airport travelers (primary), NEMT patients (primary), event attendees, and business professionals.

Commercially, Wingz has raised approximately $13.725M in disclosed funding across four rounds (2011 Kima Ventures $125K, 2013 Ocotea Holdings $600K, 2015 syndicate $2M, 2016 Expedia-led Series A $11M) and is led by CEO Christof Baumbach with co-founder Frederic Gomez. No subsequent funding, M&A, or institutional control is disclosed. The company is actively operating, recruiting via wingz.workable.com, and gathering ZIP-level demand signals to inform market expansion.

Name

Wingz

Legal name

Wingz, Inc.

Website

https://www.wingz.me/

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Wingz is a pre-scheduled, flat-rate ridesharing platform offering airport, event, business, and non-emergency medical transportation via mobile apps in 11 US markets, monetizing through per-ride administrative fees and marketplace commissions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Transaction Administrative Fees: Riders pay a fixed administrative fee to Wingz when a trip is arranged. This fee is automatically added to the contribution amount shared by the Rider with the Driver. This is the primary revenue stream for operating the platform.
2. Marketplace Commission: Wingz takes a commission on rides arranged through the platform, connecting riders seeking transportation with available drivers who provide the actual ride service.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Wingz operates a mobile app and web-based pre-scheduled ridesharing marketplace that connects individual riders with independent drivers for airport, event, business, and non-emergency medical transportation across multiple US metros. Rides can be booked up to two months in advance at route-based flat rates with no surge pricing, and the Favorite Driver system allows riders to build repeat relationships with handpicked drivers. The company runs two core service lines — Wingz Airport and Wingz NEMT — each with its own rider and driver applications.

Product overview

Wingz operates two complementary service lines: Wingz Airport, a consumer-facing platform for pre-scheduled and long-distance rides (including airport transfers, events, and business travel) available through mobile apps, and Wingz NEMT, a separate Non-Emergency Medical Transportation service. The company maintains separate driver apps for each service, with Wingz Airport drivers using SUVs, minivans, or sedans (2019 model year or newer) and NEMT drivers operating vehicles from 2010 onwards. The platform connects riders with drivers through a matching system, emphasizing transparency, fixed flat-rate pricing, and a Favorite Driver system for repeat bookings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wingz Airport Consumer-facing marketplace for pre-scheduled airport, event, and business transportation rides, featuring a Favorite Driver system for repeat driver-rider relationships and fixed flat-rate pricing with no surge charges. Available to individual riders across 11 US metros via iOS, Android, and the wingz.me web app.
• Wingz NEMT Non-Emergency Medical Transportation service connecting patients and caregivers with vetted drivers for medical appointments and healthcare-related travel, requiring drug screening and additional background checks for drivers and operating vehicles from 2010 onwards.
• Wingz Airport Driver App Mobile application for rideshare drivers providing airport and non-medical scheduled rides, showing full ride details upfront for transparent acceptance decisions. Drivers use SUVs, minivans, or sedans (2019 model year or newer).
• Wingz NEMT Driver App Mobile application for drivers providing non-emergency medical transportation services, with drug screening and additional background check requirements and vehicles from 2010 onwards.

Quantifiable outcome

• Premium service at lower cost than taxi or limo

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Uber: Uber operates the dominant on-demand and scheduled ride-hailing platform in the US and offers Uber Reserve airport rides at fixed prices — directly competing with Wingz's core airport, pre-scheduled use case.
• Lyft: Lyft is the #2 US ridesharing platform with scheduled ride options and significant airport share; overlaps with Wingz in airport transfers and pre-scheduled urban rides across the same metros.
• Gett: Gett is a corporate-focused ground transportation platform offering pre-scheduled black-car and taxi rides with fixed pricing — highly comparable to Wingz's pre-scheduled, no-surge, business-traveler proposition.
• GroundLink: GroundLink provides pre-booked, flat-rate black-car and SUV airport transfers across major US cities — closely matching Wingz's airport-focused, scheduled, flat-rate model.
• Curb: Curb (formerly Taxi Magic) is a mobile taxi and black-car aggregation and booking app with scheduled ride features — a direct functional peer to Wingz's app-based scheduled ride aggregation.
• Modivcare: Modivcare is the largest US NEMT broker and provider, serving Medicaid and Medicare members with vetted drivers — directly comparable to Wingz's NEMT vertical, which uses drug-screened, additionally-vetted drivers for medical appointments.
• Veyo: Veyo is a tech-enabled NEMT provider using a driver-network model for medical transportation across multiple US states — a direct peer to Wingz NEMT in service model and target end market.

Emerging players

• Alto: Alto is a ridesharing startup using W-2 employee drivers with scheduled rides and consistent vehicles — comparable to Wingz's pre-scheduled, vetted-driver approach but with an employed-driver cost structure.
• Revel: Revel operates an all-EV ridesharing service in select US cities with employed drivers — a partial peer to Wingz in the pre-scheduled/curated-ride category, primarily competing in NYC and SF.

Regional players

• Careem: Careem (now a Uber subsidiary) is a major regional super-app ride-hailing platform in the Middle East and Pakistan offering scheduled rides — comparable business model and pre-booked feature, though not US-headquartered.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/WingzTeam
• Facebookfacebook.com/WingzRide
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tickengo-inc-

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors8 records

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M&A

Investments

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