Securly, a San Jose, Calif. student safety company, has acquired Atlanta-based TechPilot Labs, a provider of K-12 education tech founded in 2012 that serves hundreds of school districts across four continents with mobile device management and classroom tech management products.
According to a news release, the addition of TechPilot Labs' products and customers will help the company grow its services and offerings to schools. This includes administering the network and deployment of devices, determining what's on devices and make sure they're used for educational purposes, providing visibility into usage and engagement and identifying unsafe behavior.
All of TechPilot Labs’ employees, products and customers are joining the Securly team. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
“I founded Securly with the mission to transform the learning experience and keep kids safe in school, and this requires the engagement of everyone from parents and educators, to administrators, counselors and IT staff,” Vinay Mahadik, CEO and co-founder of Securly, said in a statement. “With the addition of the successful device and classroom management solutions from TechPilot Labs, we are that much closer to delivering on that vision. Our network and device management products enable every district to provide a safe, productive, and easily-managed environment for learning and our AI-powered, human-assisted digital monitoring services ensure that not a single student’s cry for help will go unnoticed. This broad solution of software and people is only available from Securly.”
In a blog post detailing the acquisition, Mahadik said TechPilot Labs new products will help expand the Securly portfolio and TechPilot Labs customers will benefit from increased investment in development and support of the products they know, with the addition of Securly products.
“I’ve dedicated my career to improving the educational experience for students and couldn’t be more excited about joining forces with Securly to accelerate the realization of this vision,” Jarrett Volzer, CEO and founder of TechPilot Labs, said in a statement. “The powerful combination of TechPilot Labs products for device and classroom management with the online safety solutions from Securly delivers tremendous value not only for our combined set of customers but also for the thousands of districts that are just now investing in or upgrading to advanced device, classroom, and safety management solutions.”
Securly provides solutions to more than 7 million students across 2,000 school districts, representing more than 10 percent of the U.S. market. The company plans to expand by adding new districts in Canada, the U.K. and Australia. Securly also provides free network filtering and email auditing services to thousands of smaller districts and individual schools around the world. The company hopes to grow its customer base in both number and geographic reach with the addition of all the districts using products from TechPilot Labs.
