Founded in 2015 by Brian Bason and based in Atlanta, GA, Bark Technologies offers AI-driven digital safety tools that monitor more than 30 social platforms, text messages, images, videos, chats, emails, and files. Its solutions alert families to concerning behaviors including cyberbullying, depression, suicidal ideation, violence, and online predation, and detect nuanced slang and emoji usage across countries. Families can set custom screen time schedules, block websites and apps, and receive location alerts. Bark also serves institutions, protecting nearly 6 million children at home and in over 3,200 schools and districts across the U.S., Guam, South Africa, and Australia. The company intends to use recent funding to accelerate international expansion and enable strategic global partnerships. To date Bark has raised $67 million in total financing.

Total raised

$40M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Series C

Latest activity

Jun 2022