Rave Mobile Safety

Rave Mobile Safety
TypeSubsidiary
IndustrySoftware
PredecessorRave Wireless
FoundedNew York City, New York (2004)
HeadquartersFramingham, Massachusetts
Products
  • Rave Alert
  • Rave Guardian
  • Rave Panic Button
  • Rave 911 Suite
  • Rave Eyewitness
  • Smart911
ParentMotorola Solutions Edit this on Wikidata
WebsiteHTTPS://motorolasolutions.com/

Rave Mobile Safety (formerly Rave Wireless) was an American software company founded in New York City in 2004, and was acquired by Motorola Solutions, Inc. in December 2022. The company provided a suite of software applications for safety. Early investors included Bain Capital Ventures, Sigma Partners, and RRE Ventures. More recently, Technology Crossover Ventures took a lead investment position

As of 2021, the company reported approximately 8,000 contracted clients, including 1,800 higher education institutions, 10,000 K-12 schools, and 3,000 public safety agencies and 9-1-1 centres across all 50 US states, covering more than 50 million individuals.

History

Initially the company was focused primarily on higher education institutes and offered customized mobile phone services and associated services. Their first customer was Montclair State University in NJ, which won the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety award for their implementation of the Rave Guardian product. The company subsequently focused on safety applications, expanding its portfolio to serve emergency management agencies, corporate safety offices, law enforcement and schools.

In 2015, the company announced a new product, Rave Panic Button, which was launched in Everett (WA) Schools, in Snohomish County, Washington. Schools across both Nassau and Suffolk Counties in NY have used it.

In 2017, the company expanded into Canada, acquiring ERMS, a Canadian emergency notification provider.

References

  1. ↑ "MarketWatch". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Newswire" (Press release). Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "Officer.com". 4 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "ABC News". ABC News. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Snohomish county Schools Getting Panic Button Systems". 30 January 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Nassau: Each School District to Get Cop Representative". 20 March 2018. Archived from the original on March 20, 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Panic Button App Coming to Suffolk County Schools". Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Rave Mobile Safety Buys Canadian Emergency Notification Provider". Retrieved 1 August 2018.