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MākuSafe at Campbell Institute’s 2020 Symposium and Work to Zero Summit

MakuSafe’s CEO/Co-Founder Gabriel Glynn attended the Campbell Institute 2020 Symposium and Work to Zero Summit last week to hear thought leaders from around the world talk about what the future holds for EHS.

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MākuSafe Webinar Discusses How Wearables Contribute Positively to Safety & Culture

How Workforce Wearable Data Is Impacting Worker Safety Today!Free ON-DEMAND Webinar on Safeopedia. Tom West of MākuSafe delivered this webinar recently for Safeopedia. In it, he discusses MākuSafe wearable tech and how it contributes to effective safety management systems.

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Can Wearables Make Work Safer?

Being able to report potential safety hazards by speaking into a wearable device can improve safety conditions for workers. It’s an age-old problem.  How can workers be encouraged to report near-misses? “Not all workers can participate in a near-miss reporting program,” explains Mark Frederick, Co-Founder of MākuSafe. “Many employees have

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MākuSafe CEO Gabriel Glynn Featured in AsiaTech Interview

Gabriel’s startup journey began over a decade ago, and in that time, he has experienced several successful exits. Today, Gabriel Glynn is the Co-Founder and CEO of MākuSafe™. The company has developed a wearable technology and software platform that gathers human motion and environmental data to identify risk to labor

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Mark Frederick and Tom West Present at the CPCU Society Central Iowa Chapter

Tom & Mark are grateful for the opportunity to present MakuSafe to CPCU Central Iowa, our community of credentialed property and casualty insurance professionals, last week at CWBerkely in Urbandale.

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MākuSafe Profiled in Des Moines Register

West Des Moines’ MakuSafe plans large 2020 expansion Tyler Jett, Des Moines Register Published 5:59 p.m. CT Jan. 21, 2020 | Updated 6:00 p.m. CT Jan. 21, 2020 Karen Yardley pulled up an app on her iPad every morning last summer, checking in on 18 workers at her

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MākuSafe Selected for BrokerTech Ventures

BROKERTECH VENTURES HIRES JOHN JACKOVIN AS ACCELERATOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hiring comes as 20 early-stage startups gear up for BrokerTech Ventures’ Selection Series in Des Moines. Des Moines, IA – January 20, 2020 – BrokerTech Ventures (BTV), the industry’s first broker-led investor group and accelerator program, is pleased to announce

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MĀKUSAFE RAISES $1.5 MILLION TO GROW TEAM, SCALE MANUFACTURING

West Des Moines-based MākuSafe has successfully raised $1.5 million, which will help the company continue to expand its manufacturing process and grow its team. The raised $1.5 million comes mostly from previous investors—EMC Insurance Companies and Next Level Ventures—but also includes Colin Hurd, founder of Smart Ag, which was acquired by

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MākuSafe® Named ACORD InsurTech Innovation Challenge Winner 2019!

MākuSafe® Wins Global InsurTech Innovation Challenge at ACORD Connect Boston Finals West Des Moines, Iowa – MākuSafe, an Iowa-based technology company, was named the 2019 ACORD Insurtech Innovation Challenge (AIIC) winner in Boston. The competition brought three regional challenge winners to the ACORD Connect event to pitch their insurance innovations to

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MakuSafe & Safeopedia Article – How Data From Workforce Wearables Is Impacting EHS

Jessica Barrett | December 20, 2019Presented by: Makusafe Caption: Construction team Source: lamontak590623 / iStock Takeaway: Workplace wearable tech is best used to track the environmental conditions that surround workers, not personal biometric data. As the world becomes increasingly connected and data-driven,

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Business Record innovation Iowa

MākuSafe ends decade with new customers, new funding for 2020 DECEMBER 19, 2019 / BY KATE HAYDEN | STAFF WRITER /  MAKUSAFE, SMART AG, WEST DES MOINES The new decade has a promising

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Catch us in Hartford! FastTrack Day at Hartford InsurTech Hub

On the 1st of October, Hartford InsurTech Hub, powered by Startupbootcamp, welcomes you to its home in Hartford for a FastTrack Day as a closing part of its international tour to find the best-rising insurtech companies. MākuSafe® is proud to be selected to compete at FastTrack – Hartford InsurTech Hub