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SafetyCulture

SafetyCulture is an Australian technology company that provides a mobile-first operations platform designed to enhance workplace safety, quality, and efficiency. Founded in 2004 by Luke Anear in Townsville, Australia, the company has grown significantly, now serving over 75,000 organizations across more than 180 countries.

Sector
Workplace safety and operations software
Business model
B2B SaaS
Founded
2004
Founders
Luke Anear
Headquarters
Sydney
Offices
Townsville, Sydney, Manchester, Kansas City
Latest round
A$165M raise (2024)
Total raised
US$488.4M

Sources: blog.safetyculture.com, safetyculture.com, businessmodelcanvastemplate.com, crunchbase.com

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4mentions in other conversations

The team on Day One

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Milestones

  1. 2004 Founded in Townsville by Luke Anear businessmodelcanvastemplate.com
  2. 2012 Launched iAuditor mobile inspection app businessmodelcanvastemplate.com
  3. 2018 Raised A$60M Series C businessmodelcanvastemplate.com
  4. 2020 Reached unicorn status safetyculture.com
  5. Sept 2024 Raised US$165M at a US$2.5B valuation forbes.com.au

What others say about SafetyCulture

Moments from other conversations on the network where SafetyCulture comes up.

We also are lucky to have Jill Findlay today, Australia's leading COO. She took SafetyCulture from 1 to 30 mil ARR, from 25 to 300 people, also had stints at Immutable and Vamp”
Brendan HillVenture Partner, TEN13 Oversubscribed · The $10M Bet That Will Change Healthcare… · 0:53 ▶
you had a few case studies, you had SafetyCulture, a few other great companies, and all of those companies give individual names to their agents, which I thought was interesting.”
On Oversubscribed Pain is a Moat: How Australia’s Top AI F… · 12:11 ▶
SafetyCulture raises a new $75 million of fresh capital. They also, at the same time, they did about a $90 mil of secondaries exchange.”
On The Startup Retro Square Peg's global shift, Linktree's 20… · 9:44 ▶
Rick and I ended up funding a couple of startups, Posse, Shoes of Prey, Canva. I think we're together, we're the first investors in SafetyCulture.”
Bill TaiCo-Founder, ACTAI Ventures The History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem - Interview Series · Bill Tai highlights the key similarities… · 30:49 ▶

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