| Date | Title | Description |
| 17.03.2026 | Halogen Ventures: Female-Founded Portfolio Surpasses 100 Investments | Halogen Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on startups with at least one female founder, announced it has surpassed 100 investments in female-founded companies since its launch in 2015. The milestone positions the firm am... |
| 04.03.2026 | Halogen Ventures: $10 Million Alabama Initiative Backs First Nine Startups | Halogen Ventures announced its first nine investments in Alabama one year after partnering with Innovate Alabama to deploy $10 million aimed at expanding the state’s startup ecosystem and supporting companies with at least one female founde... |
| 22.01.2026 | New streamlined parking system at Kona and Hilo airports | Posted on Jan 21, 2026 in Airports News, Main
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) has launched a new streamlined parking system at the Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA) and Hilo International... |
| 08.11.2025 | Metropolis Raises $1.6B to Expand Beyond AI Parking | Metropolis Technologies, the U.S. company known for using AI and computer vision to identify vehicles in parking lots, just announced it’s raised $1.6 billion in new funding.
They’re planning to take their tech beyond parking and into place... |
| 07.11.2025 | Metropolis Ignites Retail Revolution with $1.6 Billion AI Surge | Metropolis Technologies, the U.S. leader in AI-powered parking, recently raised a staggering $1.6 billion, pushing its valuation to $5 billion. This massive capital infusion fuels an ambitious expansion beyond parking lots. The company now ... |
| 07.11.2025 | Metropolis Technologies Raises $1.6 Billion at a $5 Billion Valuation | Metropolis Technologies is an operator of parking lots that uses artificial intelligence and computer vision to recognize vehicles. The company is extending its technology beyond parking into sectors such as retail, restaurants, and gas sta... |
| 06.11.2025 | Metropolis raises $1.6 billion to expand beyond AI-powered parking lots | Metropolis Technologies, a U.S. operator of parking lots that uses artificial intelligence and computer vision to recognize vehicles, has raised $1.6 billion in fresh capital to extend its technology into sectors such as retail, restaurants... |
| 06.11.2025 | Metropolis: $1.6 Billion Capitalization At About $5 Billion Valuation Secured To Expand AI Recognition Platform | Metropolis Technologies announced it has raised $1.6 billion in new capital to accelerate the expansion of its applied AI platform across physical infrastructure and consumer environments. The financing includes a $1.1 billion Term Loan B a... |
| 06.11.2025 | SoftBank-backed Metropolis raises $1.6 billion to expand beyond AI-powered parking lots | Synopsis
The funding includes a $500 million Series D equity round led by LionTree that valued the company at $5 billion. SoftBank Vision Fund, Vista Equity Partners, BDT & MSD Partners and Eldridge also participated in the round.
Metro... |
| 06.11.2025 | AI startup Metropolis, biggest parking lot network in U.S., raises $1.6 billion for major retail expansion | Metropolis, which uses AI and computer vision to take frictionless payments in parking lots, raised $1.6 billion in equity and debt at a $5 billion valuation.
It is already the largest parking lot network in the U.S., and is planning a majo... |
| 06.11.2025 | Metropolis Technologies Receives $1.6 Billion in Financing | Metropolis Technologies, Inc., a Los Angeles, CA-based leader in applied AI for the real world, closed a $1.6 billion capitalization.
This included a JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. arranged $1.1 billion Term Loan B and a $500m Series D funding ... |
| 03.07.2025 | Halogen Ventures: $30 Million Fund Closed To Invest In Family-Focused Startups | Halogen Ventures, which is Jesse Draper’s venture capital firm focused on early-stage startups, announced the closing of a third fund at $30 million.
With this fund, Halogen will prioritize investments in the future of family category with ... |
| 17.12.2024 | Rideshare Revolution: Filling the Gaps in School Transportation | In the bustling corridors of Chicago Public Schools, a silent crisis unfolds. The once-reliable yellow school buses have dwindled, leaving parents scrambling for alternatives. With only 17,000 of the district's 325,000 students eligible for... |
| 14.12.2024 | Halogen Ventures And Innovate Alabama Investing $10 Million In Local Female Founders | Halogen Ventures, which is Jesse Draper’s venture capital fund focused on early-stage startups with a woman on the founding team, announced a $10 million investment to build the pipeline of female founders in Alabama.
Halogen is the first o... |
| 14.08.2024 | A Private Equity Takeover Is Coming for Startups PitchBook data shows software buyouts are on the rebound. |
This article originally appeared on Business Insider.
Scott Arnold was preparing to take his company, AuditBoard, a Southern California provider of audit and risk-management software, to the public markets.
Hg had other ideas. The European... |
| 16.05.2024 | Metropolis Closes $1.8 Billion Financing and Completes Transformational Take-Private of SP Plus Corporation | - |
| 17.01.2024 | Lousy U.S. economic conditions dampen 2023 venture investments, but not for generative AI | It's a race for generative AI applications among the big techs and the smaller players alike
If the year 2022 was a sluggish year for private equity deals, 2023 was outright lethargic. Rising interest rates, inflation, and fears of a recess... |
| 18.09.2023 | Local News | Downtown Boulder parking garages to go gateless, switch to touchless payments | The five city-owned BoulderPark parking garages in downtown Boulder will switch to gateless operations and touchless payments effective Oct. 1.
These garages will transition to the gate-free Metropolis parking system, which will allow regis... |
| 16.06.2022 | Tech layoffs at private companies are putting employee equity in limbo | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
It was just about three weeks ago that the layoffs started to feel constant. Every day, more and ... |
| 16.06.2022 |
Metropolis Technologies Raises $167M For AI Driven Parking Systems
| Los Angeles-based Metropolis Technologies, a startup that develops computer vision and machine learning driven systems for allowing people to drive in and out of parking facilities, without having to swipe a credit card or phone, has raised... |
| 16.06.2022 | Metropolis Technologies Raises $167M in Series B Funding | Metropolis Technologies, a Los Angeles, CA- and Nashville, TN-based provider of a mobility commerce platform, raised $167M in Series B funding.
The round was led by 3L Capital and Assembly Ventures, with participation from Dragoneer Investm... |
| 15.06.2022 | AI-powered parking platform Metropolis bags $167M | Metropolis, a startup building payment infrastructure for parking facilities, today announced that it raised $167 million in a Series B round co-led by 3L Capital and Assembly Ventures with participation from Dragoneer, Eldridge Industries,... |
| 15.06.2022 | Smart parking payment startup Metropolis raises $167M
Show your support for our mission by joining our Cube Club and Cube Event Community of experts. Join the community that includes Amazon Web Servi... | Mobile commerce startup Metropolis Technologies Inc. is feeling richer today after closing on a $167 million round of funding that was co-led by 3L Capital and Assembly Ventures.
Dragoneer Investment Group, Eldridge Industries, Silver Lake ... |
| 15.06.2022 | Metropolis Technologies Raises $167M Series B |
LOS ANGELES, CA, Metropolis Technologies, a mobility commerce platform, announced a $167 million Series B funding.
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| 18.12.2021 | LA Has Enough Parking Spots for All of Manhattan. This Startup Wants to Make Them Easier to Find. | Though Los Angeles drivers might spend hours per week searching for parking, the truth is that the city actually has an abundance of parking spaces. In fact, according to one study, L.A. has enough parking spaces to cover all of Manhattan.
... |
| 18.12.2021 | 'You Only Know About Parking You Can See': How Metropolis Aims to Democratize Parking Data | Though Los Angeles drivers might spend hours per week searching for parking, the truth is that the city actually has an abundance of parking spaces. In fact, according to one study, L.A. has enough parking spaces to cover all of Manhattan.
... |
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| 24.11.2021 | Company Promises 'Seamless Parking Experience' In Exchange For The Permission To Track App Users All Over The Internet | Paying for parking should be simple. A driver exchanges money for space and time. End of discussion. |
| 24.11.2021 | Company Promises 'Seamless Parking Experience' In Exchange For The Permission To Track App Users All Over The Internet | Paying for parking should be simple. A driver exchanges money for space and time. End of discussion. |
| 19.05.2021 | Metropolis' CEO On the Future of Parking and Mobility | Metropolis CEO Alex Israel said there were times during the pandemic where the startup's future didn't seem certain. On Wednesday, he talked about the last year and the future of mobility during dot.LA and CoMotion's Motivate SOCAL conferen... |
| 16.02.2021 | LA-based Metropolis raises $41 million to upgrade parking infrastructure | Metropolis is a new Los Angeles-based startup that’s looking to compete with BMW-owned ParkMobile for a slice of the automated parking lot management market.
Upgrading parking with a computer vision-based system that recognizes cars as they... |
| 16.02.2021 |
Metropolis Finds Huge, $41M Funding Round
| Los Angeles-based Metropolis, a new startup focused on parking, has raised a huge, $41M Series A funding, the company announced on Tuesday. The startup--led by parking startup veteran Alex Israel--said the funding was led by 3L, and also in... |
| 16.02.2021 | Metropolis Technologies, Inc. announced that it has received $41 million in funding from group of investors | On February 16, 2021, Metropolis Technologies, Inc. closed the transaction. The company announced that it has issued 5,789,232 shares for $41,000,000 led by 3L Capital and included participation from investors, including Starwood Property T... |
| - | Overair Raises $145M To Fly Its Electric Aircraft Prototype | Santa Ana-based aircraft startup Overair has raised $145 million to develop and fly its flagship vehicle, a prototype electric airplane called Butterfly, by the second half of next year.
The investment was led by South Korean conglomerate H... |
| - | Metropolis Raises $167M for Its Automated Parking Payment Technology | In Alex Israel’s utopia, you may never have to take out your credit card again.
Israel is the co-founder and CEO of Metropolis Technologies, a Los Angeles-based fintech and “mobility commerce” platform that has just raised $167 million in S... |
| - | Netflix Facing Another Round of Layoffs: Report | Netflix could have another round of layoffs as early as this week, according to Variety.
The streaming giant, which has seen its stock price plummet more than 70% this year, already cut 150 positions across its organization in May. The upco... |
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| - | Metropolis Technologies: AI-Based Checkout-Free Payment Company Raises $1.8 Billion | Metropolis Technologies, an AI-based company whose platform enables checkout-free payment experiences, announced that it has closed its acquisition of SP Plus Corporation (SP+). SP+ is the largest parking network and provider of mobility se... |
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