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Whereoscope is a service designed to help parents keep know where their kids are. Whereoscope uses smartphones and an intelligent sampling algorithm to provide the best possible accuracy without draining the battery. Whereoscope enables location-based geo-fencing so that parents can know when their kids arrive at school, leave soccer practice, or are just about to get home.
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Location
United States, California, Mountain View
Investors 1
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Mentions in press and media 6
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| Jan 20, 2011 | Life360's Family Safety App Embraces The Check-In, Then Surges | For the last two and a half years we’ve been tracking the progress of Life360, a startup that looks to help you keep your family safer by offering a variety of tools, like protection against identify theft and an alert system to monitor for... |
| Aug 25, 2010 | What you need to know - Wednesday 8/25/10 | Elevation sinking $100M into Pandora; Qualcomm Incubator launches; Motorola buys 280 North It's the beginning of the working day, and you know what that means. Time to get your news fix so that you can begin the day with all of the facts. E... |
| Aug 24, 2010 | Y Combinator's Biggest Demo Day Yet Draws Throng Of Investors | It’s that time of year again: dozens of Silicon Valley’s top investors have packed Y Combinator’s offices in Mountain View, CA for the eleventh Demo Day, where the latest batch of YC companies show off what they’ve built (and look to secure... |
| Aug 5, 2010 | YC-Funded Whereoscope Gives Parents An Easy Way To Track Where Their Kids Are | Since the dawn of mankind, and probably even a while before that, parents have been asking themselves the same question: “Where are my kids?” In modern times they’ve come up with a few, imperfect ways to answer it, like instructing their ch... |
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FAQ about Whereoscope
What has the press written about Whereoscope?
Parsers VC has collected 6 articles mentioning Whereoscope, among them “Life360's Family Safety App Embraces The Check-In, Then Surges” (Jan 20, 2011) and “What you need to know - Wednesday 8/25/10” (Aug 25, 2010).
Is Whereoscope still active?
Yes, Whereoscope is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jul 21, 2020.