PRNewswire · Jul 2026
Terminal announced a $20M Series A led by Battery Ventures, bringing total funding to $26M and highlighting expansion across insurance, fleet management, and logistics.
Plaid for Telematics Data in Commercial Trucking
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
Terminal is a Toronto-based YC S23 company building a universal API and data infrastructure layer for commercial fleet telematics, helping insurers, fleet software, and related operators connect once to hundreds of telematics providers without maintaining one-off integrations.
Primary product
Universal API for telematics data and ELD integrations
Founded
2023
Headquarters
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Team size
10-20
Work style
Hybrid
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Telematics data infrastructure for commercial fleets
Offices
Toronto, Ontario, Canada (HQ)
San Francisco, California, United States (in-person location mentioned in careers)
New York, New York, United States (in-person location mentioned in careers)
London, United Kingdom (in-person location mentioned in careers)
Business model
B2B SaaS
API platform
Data infrastructure
Enterprise software
Funding
People & investors
Leadership
CEO & Co-Founder
CTO & Co-Founder
Chief Operating Officer
Work & culture
High-talent-density, flat startup culture with a strong in-person bias; the company says teams are in office four days a week to move fast and share context, and it supplements that with biannual offsites.
Work style
Hybrid
Compensation
Public job posts show competitive salary and equity packages, with senior engineering ranges around CAD $150K-$250K and founding account executive OTE around CAD $180K-$200K; offers disclose the math at offer stage and refresh grants based on scope.
Benefits
Strong compensation and equity packages
Brand new MacBook and computer equipment
Top-tier health/dental/vision benefits
Flexible healthcare spending account
$3,000/year Lifestyle Spending Account
$3,000/year Health Spending Account
Four weeks paid time off plus statutory holidays
Biannual multi-day offsites
Personal spending account for professional development, fitness, and wellness
Product & market
Pricing
Sales-led custom quote / enterprise pricing
Differentiators
- —Universal API that normalizes data from hundreds of telematics providers
- —White-labeled consent flow for fleet-manager authorization
- —No data reselling / strict subprocessor model
- —Raw and normalized data access via API, webhooks, and bulk delivery
- —Proactive data-quality monitoring and integration maintenance
- —Coverage across GPS, safety, fault codes, HOS, and camera media
- —SOC 2 compliance
- —Deep provider catalog and common data model
Technology
TypeScript
Next.js
Tailwind
SST
AWS Lambda
AWS DynamoDB
AWS S3
AWS SQS
AWS Step Functions
AWS EventBridge
GitHub Actions
React
Java
Spring Boot
Python
Apache Iceberg
Apache Kafka
Apache Spark
Apache Flink
Redis
Customers
commercial auto insurers
fleet management software companies
fuel card providers
transportation management systems
insurance companies
financial services providers
Intact Insurance
Relay Payments
Competitors
Samsara
Geotab
Motive
Verizon Connect
Eroad
Lytx
Netradyne
Azuga
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
under $1M
Estimated monthly visits
6.5K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Latest news
BetaKit · Jul 2026
BetaKit reported on Terminal’s Series A, noting Battery Ventures led the round and that Intact Private Capital and Penske participated alongside returning investors.
The Globe and Mail · Jul 2026
The Globe and Mail covered Terminal’s Series A and reported the company’s Toronto headquarters, prior seed financing, and customer focus on telematics standardization.
BetaKit · Dec 2023
BetaKit reported Terminal’s seed financing, naming Golden Ventures as lead investor and Y Combinator, Wayfinder Ventures, Northside Ventures, McVestCo and angels as participants.
FreightWaves · Dec 2023
FreightWaves covered Terminal’s seed round, describing the company as telematics integration infrastructure for trucking and listing Golden Ventures and other participants.
Jobs and careers at Terminal
9 jobs at Terminal
Founding Technical Recruiter
Remote
Operations
📍 Toronto, ON
1mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Founding Strategic Account Manager
Remote
Post Sales
📍 Toronto, ON
1mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Founding Customer Engineer
Remote
Post Sales
📍 Toronto, ON
1mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Founding Customer Success Manager
Remote
Post Sales
📍 Toronto, ON
1mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Founding Product Marketing Lead
Remote
Marketing
📍 Toronto, ON
1mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Founding Partnership Lead (Ecosystem / Product Partnerships)
Remote
Operations
📍 Toronto, ON
6mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Staff Software Engineer - Product & Integrations
Remote
Engineering
📍 Toronto, ON
6mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Staff Software Engineer - Data Platform
Remote
Engineering
📍 Toronto, ON
6mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Founding Account Executive
Remote
Sales
📍 Toronto, ON
7mo ago
Remote
Full-time