Modernizing student transportation through a connected mobility platform and electric school bus fleet.
Zūm provides a modernized, end-to-end student transportation platform that combines AI-driven routing software with a fleet of electric school buses. The company serves over 4,000 schools across the U.S., focusing on safety, reliability, and sustainability.
Transportation📍 Redwood City, CAFounded 2014
Current Valuation
$1.7B
as of 2026-Q2
UNICORN
QL Price
$1.4B
-17% vs last round
QuantLogix's current estimate for Zum, published 2026-09-07 — below the last disclosed round of $1.7B (2026-Q2).
Confidence
medium
Basis
secondary led
What backs this price
Last disclosed round
$1.7B
2026-Q2
weight 0.88
Secondary market print
$1.0B
2026-06-27
weight 0.65
How this price has held up
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Which publicly-traded funds already hold it, what $10,000 buys, and whether any route is open to you.
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IPO Outlookprivate
Is Zum going public?
No. Zum is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Zum's valuation in 2026?
Zum is valued at $1.7B as of 2026-Q2, set by its Investment Round ($100M, Apr 2026). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Zum filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Zum.
Who are Zum's investors?
Zum's investors include TPG (The Rise Fund), GIC, SoftBank Vision Fund, Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, BMW i Ventures and 2 more.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Company Profile
CEO
Ritu Narayan
Founded
2014
HQ
Redwood City, CA
Employees
~500
Total Raised
$430M
Est. Revenue
$333M (2025)
Growth
Fastest-growing student transportation company in the U.S.
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →
Latest Funding Round
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Investment Round
$100M
Apr 2026
TPG (The Rise Fund)
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Talent Signal
Hiring trend
● First snapshot
trend accrues with monthly sweeps
Open roles
3
via careers page
Product-build share
33%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
balanced build + GTM — 33% builders vs 67% go-to-market/G&A — scaling both sides.
Actively hiring with no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by function
■ product-building ■ go-to-market / G&A
CMX People and Physical InfrastructureCMX Operations[Non-Discrimination Policies](https://www.ridezum.com/non-discrimination-policy/
Counted from Zum's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Founders & Key People
Ritu NarayanVivek GargAbhishek Garg
Investors
TPG (The Rise Fund) · GIC · SoftBank Vision Fund · Sequoia Capital · Spark Capital · BMW i Ventures · Volvo Cars Tech Fund · FundersClub
Products
Zum Routing
Zum Parent app
Zum Driver
EV fleet
Zum CMX (Connected Mobility Experience)
Competitors
HopSkipDrive · First Student · National Express · Beacon Mobility
EdTechTransportationEVAIMobilitySustainability
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2026-Q2. Refreshed quarterly.