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Invest in a smarter tomorrow

Parking today.
Smarter cities
tomorrow.

Parkafella is building a Chennai-first parking marketplace for Indian cities, connecting drivers who need a reliable space with owners who can make existing space useful.

City-positive modelTwo-sided networkGrowth opportunity
Built around a real urban need

Parking affects time, traffic and the way existing city space is used.

01Chennai first02India focused03Technology enabled

The opportunity

Indian cities are moving forward. Parking must move with them.

Growing vehicle ownership and limited parking information create daily friction. Parkafella turns fragmented supply into a clearer, bookable network.

Discuss the market
354 million
Motor vehicles registered in IndiaMoRTH, 2022
22.7 million
New vehicles registered in India in a single yearPIB / Vahan, 2023
9.2 million
Registered vehicles in the Chennai Metropolitan AreaCUMTA, via ITDP India, 2025
Nearly 2 in 3
Registered vehicles for every three people in Chennai9.2M vehicles, 15.4M people

Sources: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (via CEIC), Press Information Bureau, and ITDP India citing CUMTA planning documents. Figures are rounded.

Chennai urban corridorMore useful space.
Clearer city journeys.
Parkafella shown in an urban parking context

Parking foundClear location and arrival details

Our solution

A technology platform for intelligent parking.

Parkafella brings discovery, verification, booking and owner operations into one connected experience.

Easy discoverySearch and compare spaces
Reviewed supplyClear listing information
Secure bookingDigital payment records
Owner toolsAvailability and earnings

Why Parkafella

Attractive fundamentals.
Real-world utility.

Scalable marketplace

A repeatable operating model designed for dense Indian cities.

Multiple revenue paths

Consumer bookings, owner plans and services for larger operators.

Local operating insight

A Chennai-based team building around real parking behaviour.

Useful city impact

Better use of existing space can mean less circling and clearer journeys.

Our direction

Early momentum.
Bigger possibilities.

Parkafella is focused on a practical city problem, with a marketplace model that can grow one neighbourhood at a time.

Chennai
Our first city
2 sides
Drivers and space owners
3 ways
Hourly, daily and monthly
Free plan
For owners to start

Why invest

Five reasons this
is worth backing.

We would rather show you the reasoning than a slide of promises. Here is why we think Parkafella is a good bet, and where we still have work to do.

  1. 01

    The problem is everywhere, every day

    With about 9.2 million registered vehicles in the Chennai Metropolitan Area alone, finding a place to park is a daily cost in time and fuel. Almost every driver feels it, and there is no obvious leader to fix it.

  2. 02

    The supply already exists

    Homes, offices and shops have parking that sits empty for hours. We do not have to build car parks. We connect space that is already there to drivers who need it, which keeps our costs low.

  3. 03

    More than one way to earn

    The product is built around booking commission, owner plans and monthly reservations. A driver who books once can become a monthly customer, and an owner who lists one space can add more.

  4. 04

    The product already works

    Search, booking, wallet and card payments, QR entry passes, monthly reservations, owner tools and two-factor sign-in are built and running. We are not asking you to fund an idea on paper.

  5. 05

    A focused start, with room to grow

    We are starting in Chennai and getting the basics right before we open new cities. The same model can be repeated city by city as we learn what works.

To be fair: we are early. We have not published traction figures yet, and a marketplace has to build both sides at once. If that is the kind of problem you like backing, we would be glad to talk.

Talk to our team

Be part of the journey

Let’s build better
cities together.

Partner with us as we build clearer parking experiences across India.

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