WiC -backed garage to help firefighters buy goods .5 13.5 million collected

Since the age of 15, a firefighter, Martin Hunt, who is now 26 -year -old, knew the pain of the small -budget -buying small and small communities.

One day in 2023, he found himself chatting with one of his firefighter friends who asked if Hunt knows better?

“When I couldn’t find anything, it became clear that a smooth, nationwide market was needed for expensive, difficult goods like fire trucks.” “After a few months, I left without a product or fund to solve my job.”

She worked and launched with college friend Alaz Sengol GarageA market that sells special goods used to protect local governments and public. It automatically automate itself, such as diagnosis, freight cost, and payment solutions.

Hunt, who is the CEO of the company, said, “Many of our consumers are government employees, firefighters, fleet managers, and public work director who do not have an administrative bandout to deal with endless paperwork and supplies.” Sengul acts as a CTO.

The company announced a series of $ 13.5 million, headed by Infinity Ventures on Wednesday.

Hunt just said, the fire department depends on online auction locations such as government, Facebook groups, or even, still, to find goods on the advertisements of classified newspapers. If they want to buy first property gear.

At the same time, the city is trying to sell old goods to raise money for new supply. Hunt said that many communities cannot sell either nationwide, as selling a fire truck to a buyer thousands of miles away is often proven in terms of logistics.

Garage’s product platform works like this: Sellers use the Garage AI tool to diagnose their goods. Then it contains a list of products, either auction or “buy now” format. Buyers send a message to the seller, request to enter quick value for things like warranty and freight. After completing a deal, the garage handles the previous end and uses AI to help integrate delivery.

Hunt added, “With this size transaction, often, more than 100,000, security is a major concern, especially with the number of scammers that roam on a platform like the Facebook market.”

He described the fundraising process as “Catalic” and said that he and Sengol met with their central investors after participating in the ’24 co -operative’ in the winter of YC. The founders collected $ 4.5 million seeds, headed by the initial capital, then introduced in infinity ventures.

Other people in the round include Bench Strait, Wi -Finder Ventures, and FJ Labs. The company has collected 18 million millions to date.

The fresh capital will be used to increase the team and market space. Hunt said that its products are currently used in all 50 states, including Berlinton, Vermont, and South Charleston, the cities of West Virginia.

“We hope that affordable, improving access to important mission equipment improves the safety of the people in the areas that are most needed, while the funds allow further to go into the hands of those who serve and serve our local communities,” Hunt said.

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