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§ Private Profile · New York City, NY, USA
B2B online marketplace for emergency vehicles and surplus equipment, serving fire departments, EMS agencies, and local governments nationwide.
Garage has raised $14.5M across 2 funding rounds.
Key people at Garage.
Garage was founded in 2023 by Alaz Sengul (Founder) and Martin Hunt (Founder).
Garage has raised $14.5M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Based in New York, Garage operates a business-to-business online marketplace for buying and selling emergency vehicles and surplus equipment. The platform automates appraisals, freight, payments, warranties, and financing to streamline transactions for local governments, fire departments, and public safety organizations. Operating with a team of 20 employees, the company facilitates nationwide equipment exchanges across all 50 states within the $1 trillion municipal and heavy business equipment sector. Garage has raised $18 million in total funding, including a recent $13.5 million Series A round, backed by institutional investors such as Infinity Ventures, Y Combinator, and Initialized Capital. Its customer base includes municipal entities like the Central Islip-Hauppauge Volunteer Ambulance Corps, which utilize the digital platform to liquidate aging fleets and finance new acquisitions. The company was founded in 2023 by co-founders Martin Hunt and Alaz Sengul.
Garage has raised $14.5M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $14.0M Series A in August 2025.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2025 | $14M Series A | Infinity Ventures | Addition, Somesh Surapureddi, Balderton Capital, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Industry Ventures, Y Combinator, Keri Gohman, Matias Woloski, Pedro Arnt, Rodrigo Teijeiro, Benchstrength, FJ Labs, Wayfinder Ventures | Announced |
| Apr 1, 2024 | $500K Seed | — | Somesh Surapureddi, Y Combinator | Announced |
Garage was founded in 2023 by Alaz Sengul (Founder) and Martin Hunt (Founder).
Garage has raised $14.5M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Garage's investors include Infinity Ventures, Addition, Somesh Surapureddi, Balderton Capital, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Industry Ventures, Y Combinator, Keri Gohman, Matias Woloski, Pedro Arnt, Rodrigo Teijeiro, Benchstrength.
Key people at Garage.
Garage is a Y Combinator–backed B2B marketplace modernizing how fire departments and public agencies buy and sell used emergency vehicles and equipment. The company operates a full-service platform for fire trucks, ambulances, rescue vehicles, and related apparatus, automating traditionally manual processes like appraisal, freight coordination, payments, and financing. Garage serves fire departments, municipalities, fleet managers, and dealers across all 50 U.S. states, enabling them to transact quickly and securely without the administrative burden of traditional classifieds, auctions, or word-of-mouth channels.
Garage solves a critical pain point: the inefficient, fragmented, and often local-only resale market for high-value public safety equipment. By offering nationwide reach, instant freight and warranty quotes, and end-to-end transaction support, Garage accelerates sales cycles and improves pricing for sellers while expanding access to affordable, mission-critical vehicles for buyers. The company has raised $18 million to date, including a $13.5 million Series A led by Infinity Ventures, and is used by cities and departments nationwide, including Burlington, VT, and South Charleston, WV.
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Garage was founded by Martin Hunt and Alaz Sengul, who met while studying at Columbia University. Hunt, a volunteer and later paid firefighter and EMT, experienced firsthand the challenges fire departments face when selling surplus equipment. When his department upgraded apparatus, they relied on Facebook groups, word of mouth, and local networks to offload used trucks and gear—processes that were slow, limited in reach, and logistically complex, especially for cross-country sales.
Recognizing that this problem was widespread—many departments struggle to sell high-cost equipment like fire trucks ($50k–$1M+) beyond their immediate region—Hunt teamed up with Sengul, a software engineer with experience at Twitter and MemAI. Together, they launched Garage as a digital marketplace tailored to public safety and government surplus, starting with fire apparatus. Their personal connection to firefighting gave them deep domain insight, allowing them to design a product that truly fits the operational realities of civil servants, fleet managers, and public works leaders.
Early traction came from fire departments across the U.S. who embraced Garage’s free listings, nationwide reach, and hands-off logistics. The company’s ability to handle freight, payments, and paperwork—while offering financing and warranty options—proved compelling, leading to adoption in all 50 states and a $13.5 million Series A in 2025.
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Garage stands out in the used emergency vehicle and government surplus space through a combination of product design, operational depth, and domain focus:
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Garage is riding the wave of vertical SaaS and digital marketplaces that are transforming traditionally analog, fragmented B2B industries. It sits at the intersection of several powerful trends:
Garage’s success also signals growing investor appetite for startups that serve public sector and essential services, not just consumer or enterprise SaaS. By starting with fire departments, Garage has built a defensible wedge into a broader opportunity: a unified marketplace for government surplus and specialized equipment across verticals like public works, EMS, and eventually construction and agriculture.
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Garage is well-positioned to become the dominant digital marketplace for used emergency vehicles and government surplus equipment in the U.S. Its combination of domain expertise, full-stack transaction handling, and strong early adoption across all 50 states gives it a significant first-mover advantage in a niche but high-value market.
Looking ahead, Garage is likely to:
As governments continue to prioritize fiscal responsibility and operational efficiency, platforms like Garage will play an increasingly critical role in how public agencies manage and monetize their physical assets. By turning surplus into strategic capital, Garage isn’t just modernizing a marketplace—it’s helping communities keep more firefighters on the road, more trucks in service, and more departments equipped to save lives.
