Redtail Telematics at #40 in The Sunday Times 100 Tech

CAMBRIDGE, UK 16th January 2026 Redtail Telematics, the long-established provider of integrated telematics solutions and crash reconstruction technology for stolen vehicle tracking, insurance and fleet sectors worldwide, today announced that it has been placed at number 40in the prestigious Sunday Times Track 100 2026 - the highest placing for any telematics provider.

Redtail Telematics is a profitable and rapidly growing company. The annual league table ranks Britain’s top 100 private tech companies with the fastest-growing sales and in which Redtail Telematics achieved a 3-year CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 37%.

As a global provider of vehicle intelligence solutions, Redtail Telematics specialising in the design and manufacture of GPS-enabled telematics hardware and data analytics. Founded in 2010 as a Plextek Group spinout from within the Cambridge technology cluster, the company provides end-to-end services ranging from product conception, software and hardware development & manufacturing, to mobile app development and workflow user interfaces.

Redtail serves four primary sectors with tailored telematics platforms:

1. Fleet Management: Offers live GPS tracking, driver behaviour monitoring (speeding, harsh acceleration & braking), and automated maintenance scheduling.
2. Usage-Based Insurance (UBI): Provides insurers with data for risk scoring, crash reconstruction, and claims management.
3. Stolen Vehicle Recovery: Utilizes high-sensitivity GPS and VHF technology to track and recover assets.
4. OEM & Resellers: Delivers custom telematics hardware and white-label software for vehicle manufacturers and partners.

Redtail partners include Admiral and Tracker Network (UK), where Redtail technology powers UBI policies and Stolen Vehicle Recovery. In 2025, Redtail partnered with the US insurance giant, Tint, as an approved telematics provider for Turo vehicle hosts.

Redtail designs and manufactures its own devices to ensure the ultimate in custom capability, data control and quality. Its full stack solution includes cellular connectivity with its proprietary Data Warehouse to store and process high resolution journey data. The devices perform Edge Computing for instant activation and to optimise data transfer costs and battery life.

Commenting on the 100 Tech placing, Redtail Telematics Chairman, Dr Colin Smithers, said: “Redtail’s rapid growth is down to the company's expansion into global markets, beyond the UK and USA into the EU, Central and South America and South Africa, focusing on ‘full-stack’ telematics for insurance, fleet tracking, and stolen vehicle recovery. Our journey has required great tenacity from the team, our investors and suppliers as we have navigated various industry challenges, arriving at robust solutions by managing all elements of the tech value chain.This Award is testament to the value and importantly, the relationships that our customers enjoy.”

“This has been a fantastic year for Redtail Telematics.” said Gerard Smith, CEO at Redtail. “The innovative Redtail team has delivered new market leading insurance, telematics and stolen vehicle recovery products combining optimised edge processing devices with AI enabled cloud solutions. Bringing these new products to market has, once again, resulted in being listed amongst some of the UK’s fastest growing companies in the Tech Track 100.”

About Redtail Telematics

Redtail is a leading Telematics Service Provider (TSP) of telematics solutions to usage-based insurance (UBI), automotive, fleet tracking, and stolen vehicle recovery (SVR) sectors globally. Redtail draws on its joint heritage with sister company, Plextek, the communications technology design house, to offer a full-stack solution. The Redtail team has supplied over seven million devices into the automotive aftermarket in over thirty countries since 1993.

Redtail Telematics Ltd is headquartered in Cambridge, UK with subsidiary Redtail Telematics

Corp in San Diego, California. Redtail enjoys the unique benefit among TSPs in designing and

manufacturing its own devices as opposed to purchasing them from a technology provider.

The company has expanded significantly beyond exclusively offering telematics device

design and manufacture to offer a broad set of services. Offerings include APIs, portals,

apps, all of which are underpinned by the capture, analysis, and processing of valuable

telematics data. In short, a one-stop-shop IoT solution for insurers and enterprise customers with control over the whole stack, vital for optimised and customised solutions.

The Plextek Group includes award-winning design house Plextek Services Ltd; Blighter Surveillance Systems (electronic scanning radar); Monumo (re-inventing the electric motor); Plextek RFI – (Custom microwave chip design) - sold to CML in 2020; Telensa (street light monitoring and management ) -sold to Signify in 2021. The group was also a founder of Redcloud Technology (NASDAQ:RCT).

Monumo is named as an ‘AI one to watch’ in the Sunday Times Tech 100 2026.

For further information contact: sales@redtailtelematics.com