Rave Wireless
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- This article is about the provider of mobile safety applications.
Rave Mobile Safety (formerly Rave Wireless) designs applications that turn student and employee cell phones into powerful safety devices.
Rave’s software keeps over 1.5 million individuals safe, at over 150 organizations nationwide. Universities, businesses, and government organizations have leveraged Rave's hosted software to rapidly notify their communities, respond faster to emergencies, and significantly reduce local crime.
Rave applications have been awarded the 2009 CTIA Emerging Technology Award for Public Safety, were finalists in the 2009 Stevie Product of the Year Award and have won the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Award and 2007 Campus Technology Innovators Award for their implementation at Montclair State University
Montclair State University
Montclair State University is a public research university located in the Upper Montclair section of Montclair, the Great Notch area of Little Falls, and Clifton, New Jersey. As of October 2009, there were 18,171 total enrolled students: 14,139 undergraduate students and 4,032 graduate students...
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Rave Mobile Safety was founded in Palo Alto
Palo Alto, California
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, California
California
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and is currently headquartered in Framingham
Framingham, Massachusetts
Framingham is a New England town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 68,318 as of the United States 2010 Census. -History:...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
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. Investors include Bain Capital Ventures
Bain Capital Ventures
Bain Capital Ventures is the Boston-based venture capital affiliate of Bain Capital. Bain Capital Ventures' history dates back to 1984, with investments in over 110 early and growth stage companies such as Staples, DoubleClick, Aspect Development, Shopping.com, Taleo Corporation, SolarWinds,...
, Sigma Partners, and RRE Ventures
RRE Ventures
RRE Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on investments across several disciplines, including software, internet, mobile, financial services, environmental, and other related technologies, primarily within the United States, and especially in and around New York...
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The company created several innovations in mobile community. For some reason the company has decided to focus on the safety market primarily.