Passport (company)

Passport is a United States-based payment service provider headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware with offices in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Passport provides an enterprise software platform for cities, transit agencies, universities, and private operators in the parking and transportation industries throughout the U.S. and Canada. Passport’s primary applications include mobile payments for parking and mobile ticketing for transit operations. Passport's software allows municipalities and private operators to charge users for parking without hardware payment stations.

History
Passport was co-founded by Khristain Gutierrez and Bob Youakim in 2010.

Investment firm Sixth Street Growth put up the capital for Passport with a reported $90 million investment. In 2017, the company raised $43 million in Series C funding led by Bain Capital. By 2021, the company had raised nearly $200 million.

Acquisitions
The company acquired Scottdale, Arizona-based ParkX LLC in 2016.