Emergent 3 lands Arthur Ventures backing to expand school safety platform

What's the deal? Emergent 3 (E3)Dealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, an emergency situational awareness and response platform, has secured a strategic growth investment from Arthur VenturesDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. The partnership will support E3's product roadmap and expansion across K-12, healthcare, and government markets.

What's the endgame? E3 serves more than 1,000 school districts, hospitals, and government facilities across 48 states, with over 100,000 users. Its platform helps organizations understand which exits are safe, whether to evacuate or lock down, who is accounted for, and what responders need to know before they arrive.

E3 recently launched Roll Call, a student accountability tool, and Reunification, which documents the student-parent reunification process. The company says these features build on its existing platform of Smart Maps, location-aware alerts, first responder access, and drill management.

"We built this as dads who wanted something better for our own kids," said founder PK Keller. CEO Dalton Mickelsen said the company has focused on protecting people and expanding into healthcare and government.

The investor: Arthur Ventures is an early growth capital firm that leads investments in B2B software companies outside Silicon Valley. Since 2013, it has partnered with more than 80 companies across the United States and Canada, manages roughly $2 billion, and is investing from $800 million committed to its 2025 fund vintages.

The signal: E3's expansion beyond K-12 shows how an emergency-response platform can move into adjacent high-stakes sectors where real-time accountability matters.

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