根据SceneDoc和Motorola Solutions的新闻稿，公共安全软件提供商SceneDoc上周宣布完成一轮400万美元的a轮融资，该轮融资将由摩托罗拉解决方案的风险投资部门和一批天使投资者参与。摩托罗拉解决方案公司负责智能公共安全解决方案的副总裁汤姆古思里表示，对SceneDoc的投资是该公司帮助那些正开发可能对摩托罗拉解决方案具有战略意义的产品和服务的公司的方法的一部分
根据SceneDoc和Motorola Solutions的新闻稿，公共安全软件提供商SceneDoc上周宣布完成一轮400万美元的a轮融资，该轮融资将由摩托罗拉解决方案的风险投资部门和一批天使投资者参与。
SceneDoc开发了一种软件，使现场工作人员（尤其是公共安全官员）能够通过现场报告（包括文本、照片或视频证据）近实时地记录事件，这些证据可与事件指挥部共享，911调度和管理人员（SceneDoc CEO Alex Kottoor本播客中介绍了公司的产品
摩托罗拉解决方案公司（Motorola Solutions）负责智能公共安全解决方案的副总裁汤姆古思里（Tom Guthrie）表示，对SceneDoc的投资是该公司帮助那些正开发可能对摩托罗拉解决方案具有战略意义的产品和服务的公司的方法的一部分
“摩托罗拉有一个风投集团已经有相当一段时间了，”古思里接受IWCE紧急通讯部采访时说。“过去，更多的只是一种金融投资，看回报。但我们现非常非常谨慎地说，让我们投资于那些我们认为具有战略意义的项目，我们希望看到他们开发出适用于我们日常业务运营的技术
“这是其中之一……我认为这是我们记录功能和记录捕获的移动扩展。”
本月早些时候，Motorola Solutions宣布对VocalZoom进行战略投资，后者是一种噪音消除麦克风技术的开发商。摩托罗拉解决方案公司发言人塔玛麦克惠尼（Tama McWhinney）表示，投资金额尚未公布，但摩托罗拉解决方案这种情况下的初始投资通常200万美元至500万美元之间
上个月，SceneDoc宣布与VIEVU建立合作伙伴关系，将VIEVU摄像机的视频整合到SceneDoc平台中。Kottoor表示，与VIEVU一样，摩托罗拉解决方案公司的销售渠道帮助向公共安全部门推销SceneDoc产品方面发挥着关键作用
根据宣布投资的新闻稿，SceneDoc将利用这笔资金扩大其销售和营销工作，将其调查和现场文件平台带到新的全球市场，并加快产品开发
科托尔一份事先准备好的声明中说：“这笔资金将使SceneDoc实现其目标，即成为统一现场文件和通信的事实上的技术平台。”。“我们看到，全球范围内，执法和公共安全机构对移动优先解决方案有着巨大的需求，这种解决方案既提高了现场效率，又加强了官员和众多机构之间的通信，而这些机构经常接到电话来应对事故。”
SceneDoc的投资努力由风险投资公司iGan Partners牵头
山姆·艾弗根声明中称，正准备好第一个移动软件领域的领头羊。“我们相信执法部门才刚刚开始向机动化迈进。SceneDoc的软件非常易于使用，大大减少了处理场景和编目证据所花费的时间。这为已经或计划配备手持设备方面进行重大投资的警察和其他公共安全机构创造了真正的价值。”
Public-safety software provider SceneDoc last week announced the completion of a $4 million Series A round of funding with participation from Motorola Solutions’ venture-capital unit and a group of angel investors, according to press releases from SceneDoc and Motorola Solutions.
SceneDoc has developed software that enables field workers—particularly public-safety officers—to document an incident in near real time via reporting from a scene with text, photo or video evidence that can be shared with incident-command, 911-dispatch and administrative personnel (SceneDoc CEO Alex Kottoor describes the company’s offering in this podcast).
Tom Guthrie, Motorola Solutions’ vice president of smart public-safety solutions, said the investment in SceneDoc is part of the company’s approach to help fund companies that are developing products and services that could be strategically beneficial to Motorola Solutions.
“Motorola has had a ventures group for quite some time,” Guthrie said during an interview with . “In the past, it’s just been more of a financial investment, looking at returns. But we’ve been very, very careful now to say, ‘Let’s invest in those that we view are strategic, and we want to see them develop technology that’s applicable back into our day-to-day business operations.
“This is one of those … I’d view this as a mobile extension of our records capabilities and records capture.”
Earlier this month, Motorola Solutions announced a strategic investment in VocalZoom, the developer of a noise-cancelling microphone technology. The amount of the investments was not announced, but Motorola Solutions’ initial investments in such circumstances typically range between $2 million and $5 million, Motorola Solutions spokeswoman Tama McWhinney said.
SceneDoc last month announced a partnership with VIEVU, a manufacturer of body-worn cameras, to integrate video from VIEVU cameras into the SceneDoc platform. As with VIEVU, Motorola Solutions’ sales channels are playing a key role in helping market the SceneDoc offering to the public-safety sector, Kottoor has said.
SceneDoc will use the funding to expand its sales and marketing efforts, bring its investigation and field documentation platform to new global markets, and accelerate product development, according to a press release announcing the investment.
“This funding will enable SceneDoc to realize its goal of being the de facto technology platform that unifies field documentation and communication,” Kottoor said in a prepared statement. “We’re seeing tremendous demand, on a global scale, from law enforcement and public-safety agencies for a mobile-first solution, which both improves field efficiency and enhances communications amongst the officers and numerous agencies that are often called to respond to an incident.”
SceneDoc’s investment effort was led by venture-capital firm iGan Partners.
“SceneDoc is well positioned to be the leader in mobile-first law enforcement software,” iGan Partners President Sam Ifergan said in a prepared statement. “We believe law enforcement is just beginning to make the leap into mobility. SceneDoc’s software is extremely easy-to-use and dramatically reduces the amount of time spent processing a scene and cataloging evidence. This creates real value for police and other public-safety agencies that have made or are planning to make significant investments in outfitting their personnel with handheld devices.” |
