While the world obsesses over autonomous vehicles and flying cars, the real revolution in urban mobility is happening at ground level—specifically in how we park and navigate cities. Enter LumiGuide, a Dutch tech services company quietly building the invisible infrastructure that makes smart cities actually smart.

"The biggest opportunities in smart cities aren't in the flashy tech—it's in the unglamorous infrastructure that makes everything else work."

What makes LumiGuide fascinating isn't their revenue (modest at $1.2M) or their size (a lean 14-person team), but their positioning in the smart city ecosystem. They're not trying to build the entire urban OS—they're solving one critical piece with precision. In a market where competitors chase comprehensive platforms, LumiGuide's focused approach on parking and wayfinding could be their competitive moat.

• Specialized focus on parking & wayfinding (not general smart city solutions)
• European market penetration with Dutch roots
• End-to-end integration from sensors to user interfaces
• Lean operations with high revenue-per-employee (~$86K)