AURA, a leading African-based security and medical response marketplace, has secured $4.7-million (R62 million) in a Series A funding round, which was led by South Africa’s MultiChoice Group (MCG), KLT Holdings and Buffet Investments. “We aggregate emergency response companies and through our technology solution, we’re able to dispatch responders to any distress signal, anywhere in the country. This means that AURA response times are reduced because security companies are aggregated and dispatched from one trusted source with a birds-eye view of the situation. AURA’s vision is to democratise access to its network and make emergency response much more accessible, says Pantanowitz. Since AURA’s inception in 2016, there are areas previously not serviced by private security firms that now have AURA watching over them.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 16, 2021 16:18 UTC