Startup profile for Local Motion: what they do, why they are interesting, stage (acquired), industries, and links to our funding articles. Part of the Venture Capital Tracker startup directory.

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Local Motion

Local Motion brought enterprise fleet-sharing hardware and software to corporate campuses before Zipcar acquired it in 2015.

Stage

acquired

Status

acquired

Coverage

full

Why Local Motion is interesting

Sinofsky’s first a16z board seat backed “shared economy for enterprise fleets” — the Zipcar deal folded the tech into Avis’s car-sharing platform.

Key facts

  • Series A (Aug 2013): $6M led by a16z (TechCrunch)
  • Exit (Aug 2015): Acquired by Zipcar
  • Co-investors: no additional institutional investors disclosed in public sources reviewed 2026-07-24

Investors in our directory

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Industries

Generalist Technology

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Related funding articles

Venture Capital Tracker pieces that cover Local Motion's financing or category context.

Last updated: 2026-07-24