Fuel Ventures has led an investment round of £ 340,000 in Community Wolf, a rapidly growing South African startup used by WhatsApp to revolutionize public safety through crimes reports and intelligence collection.
The financing, which closed this month, marks a fundamental step in the Mission of Community Wolf to use simple and accessible technology to make communities around the world safer, starting with its local or South Africa market, where the platform has already won a significant tr.
By converting WhatsApp, the most used messaging application in the world, a tool for crime and public safety reports, Community Wolf has created a powerful communication channel, authorizations and the broader security ecosystem. Its intelligent technology battery acts as a connective layer, which allows the response in real time and the generation of valuable ideas and based on data for the application of the law and local communities.
The new financing will be used to improve the platform, build the internal team of Community Wolf and scale operations in key global markets with high public security needs, including Nigeria, Brazil and other parts of South America. Marketing will also be increased through digital channels and out of home, with the aim of establishing Wolf Community as a reliable and recognizable security brand.
Mark Pearson, founder of Fuel Ventures, said that the decision to invest was promoted by the potential for the transformation of the platform: “We are supporting Community Wolf because they are building something really that changes the game, a public security network that puts the confidence of Al Power Tools Trust.”
The co -founders Nick Mills and Michael Houghton launched Community Wolf as a basic initiative to help people feel safer in their neighborhoods. The effectiveness and community commitment of the platform has been promoted to one of the most innovative players in public security technology.
“This investment is a great validation of our vision,” said Mills. “We have seen how transformer can be connecting communities using platforms they already use. The fuel backing” gives us the rocket fuel to expand our reach and deepen our impact. “
Houchton added: “We have always had the objective of staying thin so that we can remain close to the communities we serve. But we also because the community wolf will become a family name, something that people can trust and trust to keep them safe. Different.”
As governments and private companies seek to take advantage of the technology for the public good, the Wolf -bleing Everday Digital Tools Community approach with real-time security infrastructure could become a model for security led by citizens.
Paul Jones
Harvard Alumni and former New York Times journalist. Business Matters editor for about 15 years, the largest commercial magazine of the UKs. I am also head of the Automotive Capital Division Business Media who works for clients such as Red Bull Racing, Honda, Aston Martin and Infiniti.
