Flock Safety Raises $150M in Series D Funding

Flock Safety

Flock Safety, an Atlanta GA-based provider of a public safety operating system, raised $150M in Series D funding.

The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from and Initialized, Meritech, Bedrock, and Matrix Partners. Andreessen Horowitz’ David Ulevitch will join the board, alongside Alex Clayton of Meritech Capital and Ilya Sukhar of Matrix Partners.

The company intends to use the funds to accelerate product development and expand the team to support every city across the country.

Led by Garrett Langley, Founder and CEO, Flock Safety provides a public safety operating system for cities to work with private communities and law enforcement to eliminate crime, protect privacy, and mitigate bias. The company’s technology already helps police lower crime rates for neighborhoods, businesses, and police departments in more than 1,200 cities across the US. Its proprietary devices and cloud-based software have been shown to reduce crime by +70% and help police solve more than 185 crimes every day, approaching 1% of all reported U.S. crime. That includes recovering hundreds of illegal weapons, stopping armed robberies, solving homicides, and rescuing kidnapping victims.

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16/07/2021