VIA

Via Transportation, Inc.

A technology company that builds software and runs on-demand public transit for cities, schools, and healthcare providers, using an algorithm to group riders heading the same way into shared vehicles. Founded in 2012 by Israeli entrepreneurs Daniel Ramot and Oren Shoval, who met in the military's elite Talpiot program, the company was inspired by the sherut, Israel's shared-minibus system. Its name comes from the Latin word for "way" or "road."