Bloodhound
San Francisco, US · Founded 2009 · 31 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
Bloodhound provides a cloud-based management platform for security operations, offering real-time location tracking, workforce deployment monitoring, and compliance management for security guard services and security providers.
Also known as Bloodhound SA · Bloodhound Technologies
Founders & leadership
Bloodhound was founded in 2009 by E. Anthony Krumeich IV.
Board
Investors · 1
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$270K disclosed across 1 round · 2012
▶$270KraisedFeb 2012 · 12 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Patrick DuganDirector
- Richard FultonExecutive Officer, Director
- E. Anthony Krumeich IVExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $1M
- Amount sold
- $270K
- First sale
- Feb 2012
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2009
- Federal exemptions
- 06
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Bloodhound is a workforce management technology provider whose platform gives organisations real-time visibility over field personnel, assets and equipment. Its core use case is security guarding and guard patrol management: supervisors and control rooms can see where officers are, whether scheduled patrol routes and tasks were completed on time, and how service delivery compares with KPIs and industry benchmarks. The company describes its offering as an end-to-end combination of hardware, software, support and services delivered through a single cloud platform with a smart mobile application.
The product set is organised as the "Bloodhound Ecosystem" and includes Patrol (patrol scheduling, route management, live tracking and panic alerts), Visitor Management (visitor and vehicle access control), i-Log (digital visitor logbook), Push-to-Talk (encrypted VOIP voice communication for teams), Inspect and FILE13 (interactive audits, checklists and inspections with automated reporting and exception escalation), Analyze (analytics and customisable reporting) and Observer (real-time visibility and administration for control rooms). Location capture is supported through QR codes, NFC, geofences, GPS points and active beacons. Reporting options include subscribable automated daily, weekly and monthly reports, plus advanced data analytics via a "war room" function.
Beyond security, Bloodhound states its solution has evolved to serve healthcare cleaning and healthcare workforce management, facilities management, food and hygiene, cleaning, construction and mining. Applications marketed to these sectors include OHS audits, plant condition inspections, contractor visibility, incident management, PPE inspections and equipment maintenance scheduling.
Founding story
Bernard Slabbert is described as CEO and co-founder of Bloodhound, having led the business through product development, commercialisation and growth stages.
Business model
Bloodhound sells an integrated workforce management offering comprising hardware, software, support and services, delivered as a cloud-based business intelligence platform with a mobile app for field staff and dashboards for administrators and control rooms. Support includes a 24-hour call centre and an assigned representative per customer.
Traction
Publicly cited traction consists of long-running customer relationships and named references rather than disclosed financial metrics: eight years supplying guard monitoring systems to Bamogale Enterprise, a 16-year partnership with Phangela Group, and deployments at G4S Secure Solutions (SA), G4S Zambia and Enviro Loo. The company also claims coverage across 10 sub-Saharan African countries and marketing materials referencing workforce management efficiency improvements of up to 40%.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Bloodhound states it became the leading real-time workforce management service provider in South Africa, serving all major security companies, and that it operates in 10 sub-Saharan African countries.
Bloodhound positions itself on end-to-end delivery of hardware, software, support and services from a single cloud platform, multiple presence-verification technologies, 24-hour call centre support with a dedicated representative per client, deep customer engagement and continuous in-house engineering and R&D, and customisability of tools such as FILE13 to client-specific requirements.
Technology
The platform is a single cloud-based business intelligence system paired with a smart mobile device application. Field presence and location are verified through multiple methods — QR codes, NFC tags, geofencing, GPS points and active beacons — feeding real-time location tracking of workers and equipment. Additional components provide encrypted push-to-talk VOIP communication, digital checklists and audits with automated exception escalation, and analytics and reporting tools including automated scheduled reports and a war-room analytics capability.
Go-to-market
The company markets through its website with demo and meeting requests, downloadable guides, whitepapers and case studies, and works with security companies as long-term partners; named references include G4S Secure Solutions (SA), G4S Zambia, Enviro Loo, Bamogale Enterprise and Phangela Group.
Security companies and guarding providers (guards, supervisors and mobile response units) are the primary customers, alongside organisations in cleaning, food and hygiene, healthcare, facilities management, construction and mining that manage field workers, contractors and distributed equipment.
Geography
Headquartered in South Africa with operations across the African continent; the company reports a presence in 10 sub-Saharan African countries and cites deployments including G4S Zambia.
History
The company's own materials state that Bloodhound's group of companies has operated since 2005 in South Africa and across the African continent, and that it is celebrating 20 years serving the security industry. It reports receiving recognition at the 2012 African Awards for Entrepreneurship. Over time the platform expanded from security guard monitoring into adjacent field-service verticals such as healthcare cleaning and workforce management, facilities management, and food and hygiene. Customer testimonials reference relationships of eight years with Bamogale Enterprise and 16 years with Phangela Group.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsBloodhound publishes a case study on G4S Zambia improving operational efficiency with its workforce optimisation solution; G4S Zambia's managing director cites customisation of FILE13.
Company profile lists the 2012 African Awards for Entrepreneurship among its key facts.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Bloodhoundbloodhoundsa.com · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Bloodhound do?
- Bloodhound is a South African provider of cloud and mobile workforce management software for security guarding and field service operations.
- Who founded Bloodhound?
- Bloodhound was founded by E. Anthony Krumeich IV in 2009.
- Who are Bloodhound's investors?
- Bloodhound's investors include Convergence Partners.
- How much funding has Bloodhound raised?
- Bloodhound has disclosed $270K raised across 1 round.
- Where is Bloodhound headquartered?
- Bloodhound is headquartered in San Francisco, US.