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DriveCam Inc., a global Driver Risk Management company, recently
announced that it has secured $28 million in Series C financing.
Insight Venture Partners, a New York private equity and venture
capital firm, and Integral Capital Partners, a Menlo Park family
of partnerships that invests in expansion-stage private and
growth-stage companies, joined original investors Menlo Ventures
and JMI Equity in this latest round of funding.
DriveCam will use the funds to launch a new consumer division,
improve and expand its predictive data analytics and increase
its global presence.
”The innovation that DriveCam brings to the market is a quantum
leap over anything currently available and adds a new layer of
technology and knowledge to improving driving behavior,” said
Jerry Murdock, co-founder and managing director at Insight
Venture Partners. “It is rare that we get to invest in a company
that is not only a terrific financial investment, but also saves
lives.”
”DriveCam's management team, with its deep expertise in safety,
transportation and behavior management as well as vertical
market knowledge, also was a significant consideration in our
investment,” added Murdock, who will sit on DriveCam's board of
directors.
”DriveCam has captured thousands of actual risky driving events
across industries and every type of vehicle in a collective
database that enables risky driving analysts to identify trends
on a general level as well as by individual company and site,”
said Glen Kacher, partner, Integral Capital Partners.
“DriveCam's unsurpassed analytics and reporting help enterprises
save lives and reduce costs associated with risky driving by 30
to 90 percent.” “DriveCam remains focused on identifying and
correcting risky driving behaviors that are 'accidents waiting
to happen,'” said Bruce Moeller, president and CEO of DriveCam
Inc. “This financing is enabling us to bring the proven results
of behavior-based risk mitigation services to consumer and
international markets.”
DriveCam is a global Driver Risk Management company that reduces
claims costs and saves lives by improving the way people drive.
By combining sight and sound, expert analysis and driver
coaching, DriveCam has reduced vehicle damages, workers'
compensation and personal injury costs by 30 to 90 percent in
more than 60,000 commercial and government vehicles. DriveCam
has the world's largest repository of events reflecting actual
risky driving behaviors. In 2006, Inc. Magazine included
DriveCam on its list of 500 fastest-growing, privately held
companies in the U.S. for the second consecutive year.
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