Location Labs

Acquired

The global pioneer in mobile security for humans

Emeryville, United States · Founded 2001 · $17.4M raised

Employees
201–500
Founded
2001
Business Model
B2B2C
Total Funding
$17.4M
Last Round
$8.0M Series A
Rounds
2

About

Location Labs is the global pioneer in mobile safety and security services, partnering with major wireless carriers to offer family locator, parental controls, and mobile security subscriptions to over 1.3 million monthly paying customers. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Emeryville, California, the company grew to more than 200 employees before being acquired by AVG Technologies in 2014 for up to $220 million, and subsequently became part of Avast following Avast's 2016 acquisition of AVG. The family safety mobile business was later sold to Smith Micro Software in 2021.

Summary

Location Labs is a Cybersecurity company based in Emeryville, United States, founded in 2001. It has raised $17.4M in total across 2 rounds. Investors include Draper Fisher Jurvetson and BlueRun Ventures.

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Series ASeries A
$8.0M

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