Igal Chemerinski

Cofounder, Parknav

Search every verified Igal Chemerinski interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Igal Chemerinski, cofounder of Parknav, has appeared in promotional segments for the company, describing its real-time parking availability technology. In a September 2021 video, he demonstrated the service while driving through a city, stating that Parknav uses artificial intelligence to predict on-street parking availability and has been supplied to customers including BMW, Deutsche Telekom, and Siemens. He also discussed the company’s expansion to over 1,000 cities in North America and Europe, with plans for 10,000 cities by 2022, and mentioned partnerships with car-sharing and car-rental services. In an August 2021 appearance on "America's Next Investment," Chemerinski presented Parknav as an investment opportunity, noting that the company had received funding from Village Global VC, whose limited partners include Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg. He compared Parknav’s early stage to that of Waze before its acquisition by Google, and stated that the company aims to become a major player in smart city technology. He also highlighted Parknav’s customers, including BMW, Siemens, and T-Systems, and its participation in accelerators such as Microsoft Ventures and Volkswagen. In a May 2020 video, he described the company’s use of data from cars, satellites, and sensors to provide parking availability and restrictions, and mentioned its work with mobile payment providers and smart city dashboards.