February 26th, 2013

Guardly First In Mobile Safety To Offer Indoor Positioning System To Aid In Emergency Response

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Toronto-based Guardly announced today the launch of its indoor positioning system (IPS) tech, adding more specificity and heightened capabilities in environments like office buildings to their mobile safety solution. The startup, which provides mobile safety apps for smartphone devices, and the infrastructure to support it for enterprise, education and other organizations, says its new IPS tech… → Read More

November 26th, 2012

Guardly Partners With Desire2Learn To Bring Campus Safety Features To The Blackboard Competitor

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I’ve seen a lot of pivots, but few continue to impress as much as Guardly’s shift from a personal safety app aimed at consumers, to a comprehensive security suite designed to be used by educational institutions and other organization-level clients. Today, the Toronto-based startup announced that it has been accepted by Desire2Learn’s partner program, putting its product in front of over 8 million… → Read More

September 5th, 2012

Guardly Partners With Code Blue To Combine Old And New Tech For On-Campus Safety

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Toronto-based Guardly, a startup providing mobile apps to help increase personal safety, today announced a partnership with Code Blue, one of the earliest pioneers of emergency phones for high traffic, high risk areas like hospitals, campuses and airports. The full details of the partnership weren’t revealed, but in an interview Guardly founder Josh Sookman explained what Guardly brings to the… → Read More

April 7th, 2011

Guardly Watches Your Back, From The Mean Streets Of Toronto

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I can’t help but be amused that the personal-security platform Guardly, which launches today, was born in virtually-crime-free Toronto, where I live, and where I’ve never encountered anything more fearsome than bad weather. (Q: How do you get 20 Canadians out of a pool? A: “C’mon, guys, get out of the pool.”)

Security is a big market, though: there are a lot of people out there who do have… → Read More