About Tierra Technologies
Founded in late 2012, we set out on a mission to change how Drivers went about keeping a logbook and staying safe.
We are a small, multi-disciplinary team of people, spread out all over the world. Global HQ is Matakana, just north of Auckland. We have team members in Japan, USA, India and Gulf Harbour.
Big ambitions
Our aim is to never stop striving to improve what we offer and how we go about it. From the outset, we have always looked at things in our own way.
Our plans for the platform are immense; we keep focus by tackling things in small chunks. We are getting better at it and I’m sure all of our loyal customers will attest to the lessons learned and improvements that have been made, particularly recently.
Our History
Because things don’t just happen over night.
They do happen though, when you keep working at it…
… and we aren’t done yet, by any means.
Aug 2012
Founders (Matt & Greg) start chatting about setting up a Taxi Hailing App similar to those that had recently appeared in the US & Australia
Oct 2012
Founders identify logbooks as key to overall opportunity
Dec 2012
NZ Transport Agency publish specs (1.0) enabling Alternate means of recording work-time to be approved and used by Drivers
Mar 2013
NZ Transport Agency update specs (1.1)
Apr 2013
Logmate application submitted to NZTA for approval
Aug 2013
Greg takes reins as Managing Director
May 2014
Logmate approved by NZ Transport Agency
Jun 2014
Logmate officially launches with iOS & Android mobile Apps
Aug 2014
Business runs out of capital
Dec 2014
Total Users: ~360
Mar 2015
Move platform to AWS (Sydney)
Dec 2015
Total Users: ~435
Dec 2016
Total Users: ~1,000
Jan 2017
Greg buys Matt shares in business
Oct 2017
New passenger service rules come into effect.
Uber & Zoomy come onboard
Dec 2017
Total Users: ~4,750
Nov 2018
Ola launches in New Zealand and signs up to use Logmate
Dec 2018
Total Users: exceeds 10,000
Jan 2019
Beta testing starts on v2.0 of the mobile Apps
Feb 2019
Version 2.0 of the mobile Apps launched
Migrated Customer Support onto Intercom
Jul 2019
Preliminary approval from NZTA to support Offline logbook use
Aug 2019
Moved subscription & payments to Chargebee
Dec 2019
Support and Training materials refreshed
Added Training Videos
Feb 2020
New Platform initiative commenced
Feb 2020
Covid-19 Lockdown #1
Oct 2020
Rideshare Subscription changes came into effect
Apr 2021
Logmate NZ takes reigns of operations
Aug 2021
Covid-19 Lockdown #2
Dec 2022
Platform rebuild initiative continued
Additional Development resources deployed
Apr 2023
Vehicle Use Summary export offered to Drivers
Apr 2024
1st phase rollout of revised Platform planned
Jul 2024
2nd phase rollout of revised Platform planned
Oct 2024
3rd phase rollout of revised Platform planned