Company Name: Ecolane Finland Oy and Ecolane USA, Inc.
Founded: 2002
Founders: Antti Hannula, Sami Pöykkö
Domicile: Espoo, Finland and Iowa, US
Highlights: World’s first (and still the only one) fully automatic ride-matching engine for dynamic carpool and demand-responsive transportation
Ownership Status: Contact me for details

Ecolane DRT is a completely web-based, turn-key scheduling and dispatching solution with user interfaces that are accessed securely using a standard web-browser. The continuous, real-time schedule optimization allows your operation to utilize existing resources more effectively to generate higher productivity while offering better customer service. Seamless integration with multiple MDT/AVL platforms not only improves data collection, but improves monitoring and enhances safety.

Ecolane’s original idea (2002) was to implement Dynamic Carpool for Mobile Phones. It was a bit too early for that, the focus changed into Demand-Responsive Transportation software.