Industry Transportation Headquarters London Number of employees 12 | Website appyparking.com Founded 2013 | |
Founders Dan Hubert, Enric Requena Area served London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Brighton, Bournemouth, Birmingham, Bristol, Norwich and Portsmouth, United Kingdom Brands AppyParking, AppyParking Pro, Yellow Line Parking | ||
Webcast with ford europe coo barb samardzich featuring appyparking
AppyParking is a company providing parking apps and services for drivers. It was founded in London in 2013 by Dan Hubert. Its product is software that shows on-street and off-street parking options in major cities in the UK. It has a free consumer app that runs on both Android and iPhone, and also a paid-for enterprise app, AppyParking Pro, which is a software as a service aimed at businesses with fleets.
Contents
- Webcast with ford europe coo barb samardzich featuring appyparking
- Appyparking ceo dan hubert talks to ford
- History
- App features
- Awards
- References
In addition to ordinary parking, AppyParking shows disabled bays, electric car charge points, motorbike bays and the nearest petrol stations.
Appyparking ceo dan hubert talks to ford
History
The idea for AppyParking came from Dan Hubert, a former advertising creative. In 2012, after having trouble parking when going to a gig at The Royal Albert Hall, he asked a traffic warden about the rules for the single yellow lines. Having heard that the rules for this area were to be found a few roads away from the area he was enquiring about, Dan saw an opportunity. While still working full-time, Hubert started to contact every London borough and digitize their Controlled Parking Zones from basic PDF maps. Originally named Yellow Line Parking, dealing only with single yellow line parking restrictions, the company was expanded and rebranded as AppyParking in 2014.
In late 2014, the company was part of the Microsoft Ventures Accelerator programme in London, during which Eric Requena, the company's chief technology officer, was advised to revise much of the application code.
In December 2014, AppyParking launched an enterprise app aimed at commercial fleets, and in January 2015, Ford announced a partnership with the company at the CES 2015. Later in the year, the company ran a one-month trial in Westminster, London with Vodafone xone and Pimlico Plumbers. When a driver located a parking space with the help of the app, they clicked a button in the app when they arrived and simply drove away later, being billed only for the time they were parked. This was made possible by the sensors already built into parking bays.
Since January 2016 AppyParking provides a feature which shows the nearest and cheapest petrol stations anywhere in the UK.
In September 2016, founder Dan Hubert appeared on BBC business show Dragon's Den seeking investment to expand the service, initially valuing the company at £10m. He was unsuccessful.
App features
The free consumer app runs on both Android and iPhone. There is also a paid-for enterprise app, AppyParking Pro, which is a software as a service targeting businesses with fleets.
When green areas appear on the map it means it is free to park, and red zones show that restrictions still apply. It also covers resident parking bays, pay-and-displays and single yellow lines. The app also identifies electric charging bays, disabled bays, motorcycle bays and the nearest petrol stations.