It’s a familiar scene in Los Angeles. A car circles a downtown block for the third time. The meter’s broken. The garage is full. Street parking? Forget it. In a city that was built around the car, it’s always been strange how hard it is to park one.
And that’s where ParkUp comes in.
Not with grand headlines or a major launch. Not with celebrities or VC buzz. Just a clean app, a smart idea, and a founder who saw what everyone else ignored: a broken system hiding in plain sight.
ParkUp Wasn’t Made in Silicon Valley — It Was Made in LA
ParkUp founder and CEO Somme Sahab, a longtime Los Angeles entrepreneur, didn’t set out to “disrupt” anything. He just wanted to improve his own operations. But over time, he noticed something most people don’t:
Parking wasn’t just inconvenient. It was inefficient, outdated, and completely out of step with how the rest of the world works.
Why were drivers still using paper tickets, kiosks, and broken meters — in a city powered by smartphones and instant access? So he built something better. Quietly. Systematically. Lot by lot.
While Sahab focused on rethinking parking from the ground up, Amir Teymoori — ParkUp’s Co-Founder and CTO — was quietly engineering the system behind it.
A product-focused builder with deep roots in urban mobility and platform development, he’s the one who ensures ParkUp actually works — cleanly, consistently, and at scale.
Teymoori led the design of ParkUp’s backend systems and infrastructure all while keeping the experience frictionless for drivers. Under his technical leadership, ParkUp was developed for scale. Together, they’re not building hype. They’re building infrastructure.
That’s probably why it works. ParkUp didn’t start as a tech company with a big idea. It started as a tool — a way to help real people park, faster, without hassle. What started as a small utility has grown into a habit. For thousands of drivers in LA, ParkUp is now just how they park.
You pull in. You scan a QR code. You pay. You leave when you’re ready. No guessing. No circling. No receipts under the wiper. It doesn’t feel like using an app. It just feels like the city finally caught up.
No Friction. No Flash. Just Function.
That’s what makes ParkUp different. It doesn’t try to be “cool.” It’s not chasing likes or viral moments.
It just works — every day, for real people, in one of the busiest cities in the world. There’s something refreshing about that. Because in a world of over-designed platforms and constant notifications, ParkUp is quiet. It launches when you need it. Closes when you don’t. Plus, it’s been quietly building one of the most reliable, efficient parking ecosystems in Los Angeles — without most people even realizing it.
Built to Solve, Not to Sell
The success of ParkUp comes from its simplicity.There’s no tutorial. No long setup. No app store hype. You pull into a lot, scan, and go. That’s it. It respects your time — and your phone battery. It doesn’t ask for more than it needs. And it delivers every time. The result? People come back. Not because they’re being retargeted — but because it genuinely saves them time and stress.
What Happens When Parking Gets Out of the Way?
Cities move better. People arrive on time. Local businesses get more customers. And drivers stop dreading one of the most frustrating parts of their day. ParkUp didn’t reinvent parking. It just removed the friction. And in doing so, it made driving in LA feel a little less like a gamble — and a little more like it should’ve always been. Download the App!!! parkup.io
