RapidSOS

RapidSOS is an advanced emergency communication and management company. Outdated infrastructure causes millions of emergency calls to fail each year. RapidSOS' technology predicts emergencies, warns people in harm's way, and ensures first responders are one-touch away globally.RapidSOS One-Touch-911 replaces a conventional phone call (still routed via copper wires) with a 3-second button that transmits all the information 911 needs to respond to an emergency over the cloud and directly to the nearest dispatch center.Formed in 2012, it is led by a team from MIT, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Braemar Energy Ventures, Google, Bell Labs, Amazon, Microsoft, and Oakridge & Argonne National Labs that has experienced 911's failures firsthand and is personally motivated to solve this enormous challenge.RapidSOS is backed by two top global venture capital firms and several prominent individuals with deep technology, telecom, and investing expertise äóñ combined, their capital base approaches $100B.