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The school run is broken. KIGO fixes it.
AI-Powered Platform for Smarter Urban Mobility
Safer streets at the school gate. Fewer cars on the road. And the data to prove it, all from one platform.
KIGO leverages advanced AI to synchronise school travel, helping parents share routes, empowering schools to meet net-zero targets, and giving local councils the actionable data they need to manage urban congestion and improve air quality.
Council Pilots
Trialing AI-driven travel systems to enhance safety on school routes.
Strategic Mobility
Developing resilient, data-backed networks for shared and efficient urban transit.
Data & Analytics
AI-optimized travel: less traffic, cleaner air, and smarter streets
THE PROBLEM KIGO IS SOLVING
Every school day, millions of journeys happen with zero coordination
The school run is one of the UK's largest daily movements of people. Predictable. Repeatable. Twice a day. Yet no system connects it. Families drive alone. Schools have no visibility. Councils have no data. The result is chaos at every school gate in the country.
25%
Of peak-hour urban congestion is caused by the school run
Morning traffic drops during holidays
£11bn
Annual cost of congestion to the UK economy
Largest predictable contributor
£2.3bn
Council spend on school transport
£415m over budget
3,100+
Children killed or seriously injured on UK roads each year
Primarily during peak travel hours
Every school. Every family. Every day.
KIGO is the first AI platform built to coordinate the school run, not just measure it, but actually fix it.
The school run is the biggest unmanaged transport problem
KIGO uses AI, data, and behavioural science to
transform school runs into SAFER, CLEANER, and SUSTAINABLE journeys.
How KIGO works
KIGO Map, Match, Move & Measure the School Run.
Safer, greener & more affordable journeys for every family.
01
Discover
Identify travel patterns and safety hotspots across your network.
02
Coordinate
Match journeys and sync schedules through a unified digital layer.
03
Optimise
Reduce congestion and emissions while improving everyday safety.
Who KIGO Serves
KIGO connects every part of the school run so each group gets what it needs from one trusted, intelligent platform.
Schools
Cut congestion at the school gate, improve safeguarding and show real progress on climate and air quality goals.
Parents
Share trusted journeys, reduce stress at the school gate and feel confident your child is getting to school safely.
Councils & Local Authorities
See live school-run patterns, target hotspots and plan cleaner, safer streets with real mobility data.
Transport Providers
Plan smarter routes, fill more seats and respond to real-time demand across schools and neighbourhoods.
Founder Story
I built KIGO because I lived this problem every single day as a parent. On my own street, five families were all making the exact same journey twice a day, completely isolated from one another. I could see the traffic building, the risk around school roads, children running between cars at the gates, and the daily struggle for parking.
We all recognise it instantly, you can feel the difference between a school day and a holiday. And yet, nothing connects it. The school run is one of the UK's largest daily movements of people. Predictable, repeatable, twice a day. Yet millions of families make it completely alone. No coordination. No data. No system. Just stress.
As a mum, I felt it. As an entrepreneur, I couldn't unsee it.
What if this daily journey could work better for everyone?
I'd spent years at Tevva helping build zero-emission electric trucks from the ground up, raising over $150 million and scaling a team of 350 people. I understood what it takes to turn a broken transport system into something that actually works.
KIGO is that same thinking, applied to people, to families, to the journey that starts every single day at the school gate.
The school run is just the starting point of a broader vision to optimise the transportation system through responsible AI.
My ambition is to help position the UK as a global leader in AI-driven mobility, not a follower, and it starts here, at the school gate, where impact is immediate, human, and scalable.
Meet our team
Moria Bennett
Founder & CEO
Mobility strategy expert and venture builder using AI, data, and behavioural science to transform everyday journeys into smarter, safer transport systems, starting with the school run.
OUR Vision
"Be the leading AI platform that connects people and systems to make everyday journeys safer, cleaner and more efficient."
Sustainability Strategy
Daniel Haas
Sustainability Change Agent with 20+ years of advisory experience driving ESG strategy.
Dr Helen Keyes
Behaviour Science
Head of School of Psychology, Sport and Sensory Sciences, bringing evidence-based behavioural science to urban mobility.
Mali Hirsch
Product Design
Senior Design Engineer specializing in human-centric AI product experiences and smart mobility systems.
Dr Kaz Kirollos
Strategy & Public Sector
Advising on local-authority partnerships and strategic impact frameworks.
Christine Bejerasco
Tech, AI & Security
Leading secure-by-design technical development and AI integration for safer mobility routing.
Dr Shalini Purohit
Behaviour & Wellbeing
Chartered Psychologist bringing deep knowledge of child wellbeing to transform the school run.
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