MākuSafe® News Archive
MākuSafe® profiled in Insurance Business!
May 18, 2018
Insurtech start-up 'makes you safe' with workplace wearable tech... "The MākuSafe® wearable is worn by employees on the company floor and is constantly gathering real-time environmental and motion data designed to help manufacturers better understand workplace risks and automatically report near-miss or risky situations."
Iowa-Illinois Safety Council Lunch + Learn Event With MākuSafe!
May 3, 2018
Tom West will be conducting a training session for IISC on Building a Safety Culture and More Engaged Employees - A Practical Approach! June 14th in Davenport, IA
MākuSafe® enters into strategic collaboration with LMC Insurance & Risk Management
April 24, 2018
MākuSafe® is proud to work in collaboration with LMC Insurance & Risk Management, and looks forward to developments that their industry insight can yield.
MākuSafe® Implements TensorFlow to create Machine Learning Platform for MākuSmart® Safety Analytics Solution
April 23, 2018
Revolutionary technology offers competitive advantage in creating insights for insurance companies
MākuSafe® To Address The Nebraska Hospital Association
April 23, 2018
Mark Fredrick, CTO of MākuSafe, is honored to be part of the NHA/LMC Spring Workers' Compensation Seminars
MākuSafe® Interview on WHO Radio!
April 9, 2018
Listen to CEO Gabe Glynn interviewed on WHO Radio from Apr 7th
MākuSafe® recognized as a finalist for “Outstanding Startup Company of the Year”!
April 5, 2018
The MākuSafe® Team is honored to be a 2018 Prometheus Awards Finalist
MākuSafe® to Present at Occupational Health Symposium 2018
March 15, 2018
Mark Frederick will share how machine learning and analytics is reducing safety risk.
Meet MākuSafe® at IISC Conference in Coralville
March 7, 2018
Meet with MākuSafe® at The Iowa Illinois Safety Conference in Coralville on April 12th and 13th
Gabe Glynn to speak @ InsurTech FUSION: Enterprise Risk
March 1, 2018
MākuSafe® CEO to speak @ InsurTech FUSION: Enterprise Risk, Mar 27-28, San Francisco. Commercial Insurance: Digital Innovation and Emerging Risks.
Infotec 2018: Using Machine Learning and Wearable Tech to Identify Safety Risks
February 23, 2018
Mark Frederick, CTO and Co-Founder at MākuSafe, to speak at Infotec 2018!
Mark Frederick to speak at IISC Networking Breakfast
February 13, 2018
Mark, CTO and co-founder of MākuSafe, will speak at the Iowa-Illinois Safety Council Networking Breakfast about identifying safety risk using wearable technology.
The MākuSafe® software team strengthens with new engineer
January 21, 2018
Damon Gentry joins the Software Engineering Team at MākuSafe
MākuSafe® develops wearable devices to improve workplace safety
December 13, 2017
In mid-2015, entrepreneur Gabriel Glynn found himself between startups. He had just sold his one-off software company and was launching his next project, a podcast about the manufacturing industry. He didn’t know it at the time, but that podcast would eventually lead him to his next business, insurtech startup MākuSafe.
EMC Launches Pilot Project With Tech Startup MākuSafe
November 29, 2017
MākuSafe® is proud to begin piloting its wearable safety technology in manufacturing & logistics facilities, through our partnership with EMC Insurance. These mutually beneficial pilot projects will yield valuable information for MākuSafe, including validation of data and feedback on hardware devices, as well as benefits for EMC and their insured.
Enterprise IT Startup MākuSafe® Closes $1.3 Million
November 8, 2017
MākuSafe® announced it has raised $1.3 million in financing from an undisclosed investor.
MākuSafe® raises $1.25 million to make workers safer
November 8, 2017
Ankeny-based MākuSafe® has raised $1.25 million for continued development of wearable technology aimed at improving the safety for factory workers. The money was raised from private investors and was a convertible note round.
MākuSafe® Closes on $1.25M Funding for Wearable/Workplace Safety Platform
November 8, 2017
Looking to launch its wearable tech and workplace safety platform 2018, MākuSafe® wants to do for workplace safety and productivity what Fitbit did for personal fitness.
Workplace safety’s next horizon: Wearable sensors
June 16, 2017
Startup company MākuSafe® testing device with manufacturers, insurers.
Manufacturing Safety Tech Deep in the Heartland
June 13, 2017
How has a serial entrepreneur with a manufacturing podcast and a passion for the industry turned his attention to improving safety in factories? By crunching data, developing new tech and listening to just about everybody.
MākuSafe® Founder in Accelerant Magazine
May 17, 2017
Gabriel Glynn is an entrepreneur with a laser focus on the greater good.
MākuSafe® wants to use wearables to protect factory workers
February 1, 2017
Gabe Glynn’s path to creating a company around wearable hardware is tied to family history, podcasting and a mix of ignorance.
EMC Insurance Companies Forms Partnership With Tech Startup MākuSafe
January 23, 2017
EMC Insurance Companies announces a partnership with tech startup MākuSafe.
MākuSafe® CEO one of 15 People to Watch in 2017
December 27, 2016
Ankeny resident believes he can keep workers safe, though endeavor is 'scary'.