JustPark, a BMW-backed parking app that enables drivers to plan the entire parking process directly from their dashboards, raised an undisclosed amount of funding from venture capital firm Index Ventures on Thursday.
Automotive company BMW will roll out the app across its vehicle ranges this year, beginning with Mini, while customers can also get the service via Apple and Android apps. BMW invested an undisclosed amount of seed funding in UK-based JustPark in 2011.
JustPark founder Anthony Eskinazi, said, “JustPark gives drivers the convenience of finding and reserving an affordable parking space in moments. Just as we use apps to order taxis and takeaways, parking is finally being brought out of the dark ages.”
JustPark currently has more than 500,000 drivers signed up with over 100,000 parking spaces logged. The release of the JustPark in-car app, announced at the same time as the funding, follows the recent launch of Apple’s CarPlay and Google’s Android-based Open Automotive Alliance.