Private company

SmartDrive Systems

Logo: SMARTDRIVE, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Driver safety and transportation intelligence company

SmartDrive Systems is an American driver safety and transportation intelligence company located in San Diego, California. The company uses video and driver data to monitor driver behavior in commercial vehicles including trucks, buses and trains.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2004Founded1

SmartDrive Systems is an American driver safety and transportation intelligence company located in San Diego, California. The company uses video and driver data to monitor driver behavior in commercial vehicles including trucks, buses and trains.2

Timeline

  1. 2004Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$5.4M 2020–2020
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2020: $5.4M in all. PPP loans $5.4M.$0$2M$4M$6M2020 · PPP loans: $5.4M2020
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2020$5.4M$5.4M

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA4. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 29, 2020$5.4M PPP loan (first draw) from Harvest Small Business Finance, LLC4To SMARTDRIVE SYSTEMS, INC., San Diego CA; no forgiveness recorded

Sources

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