What Dash does

Dash Labs, Inc. is a New York-based connected car platform founded in 2012, operating with a small team of 1-10 employees and operating its primary web property at dash.by. The firm describes its mission as making roads smarter, safer, greener, and more affordable through vehicle connectivity technology, implying a software- and data-oriented offering aimed at drivers, fleet operators, automotive partners, or some combination thereof. Public information about the company's specific product architecture, distribution model, pricing mechanics, customer segments, and revenue model is extremely limited; the firmographic profile and funding history are essentially the only authoritative data points available.

The company's business model is not disclosed in the input data — there is no publicly stated pricing model, no named customer logo, no customer-segment breakdown, no GTM motion, and no revenue figure. What is documented is a capital-raising history: across six rounds between April 2013 and August 2018, Dash Labs raised approximately $2.95 million in cumulative funding. Early capital came through the Techstars accelerator (April 2013), followed by checks from Right Side Capital Management ($100K in April 2013), a syndicated $1M round at the end of 2013 with CyberAgent Capital, Slow Ventures, Techstars and Third Sphere, and a $300K Phystech Ventures investment in early 2015. The two most recent rounds in mid-2018 shifted to a crowdfunding format via Crowdcube and SeedInvest, totaling roughly $1.55M.

No further funding activity, product launches, partnerships, leadership changes, regulatory actions, or geographic expansions are documented after August 2018, and the input data contains no observable operational milestones in the intervening years. This means that, beyond the firm's stated mission and a 2012 founding date, the analyst-visible footprint of Dash Labs is largely limited to its early-stage capital history and a stated focus on connected-car software.

Name

Dash

Legal name

Singcash Pte. Ltd

Website

https://dash.by

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Dash Labs, Inc. is a New York-based connected car platform founded in 2012 that builds vehicle connectivity technology aimed at making roads smarter, safer, greener, and more affordable, operated by a 1-10 person team.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Connected Car Platform

akta.pro primary industry

Video Telematics, ADAS & AI Dashcams (TLAEAFAG)

Keywords

• Connected car platform
• Vehicle telematics
• Driving analytics
• Smart mobility
• Automotive software

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Core offering

Dash Labs, Inc. operates a connected car platform designed to make the roads smarter, safer, greener and more affordable. The platform delivers connected vehicle technology that turns driving data into analytics and smart-mobility insights for individual drivers and vehicle owners.

Product overview

Dash operates as a multi-entity brand with distinct product portfolios across different industries. In the consumer appliance segment, Dash offers the Frozen Treats Collection—a line of countertop appliances for making soft serve, slushies, frozen drinks, and shaved ice at home. Separately, Dash refers to a Singapore-based digital wallet (formerly Singcash) acquired by Western Union in 2026, providing financial services including bill payment, international money transfer, savings, investment, and insurance to over 1.4 million users. Additionally, Dash is a layer-1 blockchain protocol known for its Evolution chain and privacy features, integrating with Zcash's Orchard shielded pool.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dash Connected Car Platform A connected car software platform for individual drivers and vehicle owners that provides driving analytics, vehicle telematics and smart mobility features designed to improve safety, efficiency and affordability.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Western UnioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 April 2026Western Union completed acquisition of Dash (Singcash Pte. Ltd) from Singtel, following receipt of all required regulatory approvals. The acquisition marks Western Union's first wallet in Asia-Pacific and is a key milestone in the company's Beyond strategy to expand its global send and receive networks.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Verizon Connect: Telematics and fleet-management business unit of Verizon serving SMB and enterprise fleets with GPS, asset tracking and vehicle diagnostics. Broad incumbent offering overlapping capabilities to Dash, but bundled into a wider telecom portfolio.
• Sirius XM Connected Vehicle Services (formerly Automatic): Connected-car data services acquired from Automatic Labs, providing vehicle telemetry, UBI, stolen-vehicle recovery and emergency services for OEMs and insurers. Broad incumbent operating in overlapping connected-car data territory to Dash.

Emerging players

• comma.ai: Open-source driver-assistance and connected-car platform built on aftermarket hardware (comma 3X). Comparable to Dash's connected-car mission but more focused on ADAS than fleet telematics.

Direct peers

• Lytx: Video telematics and driver-safety platform using AI dashcams and machine-vision to surface risky driving events. Directly comparable to Dash where Dash's connected-car platform incorporates camera/driver-behavior data.
• Motive: AI-powered fleet management platform combining ELD compliance, dashcams, GPS tracking and spend management for commercial vehicles. Direct peer to Dash in the connected-fleet telematics category, with overlapping product surface area.
• Nauto: AI-powered driver and fleet safety platform combining dual-facing dashcams, computer vision and cloud analytics. Closely aligned with Dash's connected-car safety thesis at similar early-to-growth stage.
• Geotab: Fleet telematics and connected-vehicle IoT platform serving enterprise fleets worldwide with GPS tracking, driver behavior, EV readiness and engine data. Highly comparable to Dash on category (telematics) and target buyer (fleet operators).
• Fleetio: SaaS fleet maintenance, operations and fuel-management platform with vehicle telematics integrations. Comparable to Dash as a fleet-focused software platform, though Fleetio is positioned more on maintenance workflows than raw telematics data.
• Samsara: Public connected-operations platform offering fleet telematics, video-based safety, IoT sensors and workflow software. Directly comparable to Dash as a connected-vehicle SaaS platform serving commercial fleets, though at vastly larger scale.
• Zubie: Connected-car platform providing driver behavior insights, vehicle health and location services to consumers, small businesses and insurance UBI programs. Closely mirrors Dash's consumer/small-business connected-car positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Dashmobile
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dashmobile

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors8 records

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M&A

Investments

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