Tethering provides real-time location sharing through customizable geofences, allowing users to monitor the whereabouts of family, friends, and assets. This technology enhances safety and coordination during outings, school runs, and travel, ensuring peace of mind for users in various environments.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Coordinating and ensuring the safety of family, friends, and assets can be challenging, especially in crowded or unfamiliar environments. Existing methods for tracking individuals often lack real-time precision and customizable alerts, leading to potential delays in response to safety concerns. The need for constant communication to ascertain locations can be disruptive and inefficient.
Solution
Tethering provides a real-time location-sharing platform that allows users to monitor the whereabouts of individuals and assets through customizable geofences. The platform enables users to create temporary or persistent "tethers" with expiration times, offering flexibility for various tracking needs. When a tethered individual or asset moves outside a designated geofence, the platform sends automatic alerts, ensuring timely awareness of potential safety breaches or deviations from planned routes. Tethering offers advanced privacy settings, allowing users to control who can access their location data. The platform's scalability extends to B2B applications, providing solutions for tour groups, field service teams, and event organizers to enhance coordination and safety.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes families seeking to enhance the safety and coordination of their members, friend groups coordinating activities, and businesses requiring location tracking solutions for their teams and assets.
Features
- Real-time location sharing for family, friends, and assets
- Customizable geofences to define safe zones and trigger alerts
- Temporary and self-expiring tethers for time-sensitive tracking
- Advanced privacy settings to control location data access
- Automatic alerts when tethered individuals or assets leave designated areas
- Scalable B2B solutions for tour groups, field service teams, and event organizers
- Device tracking capabilities for high-value assets