What VigiLife does

VigiLife is a private SaaS connected health and safety company that provides real-time worker monitoring and predictive safety analytics to enterprise and government customers in high-risk industries. Founded in 2020 in Fairborn, Ohio as a commercialization vehicle for Air Force Research Laboratory SBIR research (originally developed as the Confined Space Monitoring System with Aptima and Lockheed Martin), the company sells the SafeGuard® Software Platform and Shield™ Sensor Technologies as a unified Safety as a Service offering.

The SafeGuard platform fuses data from wearable devices (Apple Watch, Garmin, Samsung, Polar, proprietary Shield Pro) and environmental sensors (Kestrel heat stress trackers, gas detectors, noise dosimeters, radiation monitors) using edge computing and cloud-based analytics to deliver real-time alerts, longitudinal exposure monitoring, and prescriptive safety insights. Core proprietary components include the Intelligent Guardian Technology, the Privacy Handshake dual-party consent model, AES 256-bit encryption, and FedRAMP-certified cloud infrastructure with HIPAA, SOC 2, GDPR, and CCPA compliance. The Shield Pro industrial-grade wearable is certified to MIL-STD 810G and Intrinsic Safety standards, measuring core body temperature, heart rate, metabolic rate, movement, and noise exposure.

VigiLife operates an enterprise field sales motion with a contact-sales CTA for team deployments, supplemented by self-serve mobile/web app distribution through Apple App Store and Google Play for individuals joining existing teams. Subscription pricing is $25 per person per month standard, with large team pricing as low as $15 per month, plus hardware sales for Shield sensors. Customers include Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Turner Construction, Kroger, USAF, US Navy, and DHS, spanning construction, aerospace/defense, retail, energy/mining, and government verticals. The company achieved $2M in FY2024 revenue and is preparing for Series A funding following a $2.125M seed round in 2022.

Name

VigiLife

Legal name

VigiLife, Inc.

Website

https://vigilife.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

VigiLife provides a SaaS connected health and safety platform (SafeGuard) that uses wearable and environmental sensors with predictive analytics to deliver real-time alerts and OSHA compliance support for enterprises and government agencies in construction, aerospace, defense, mining, and energy industries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Connected Worker Health and Safety Monitoring Software

NAICS

Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths) (561621)

SIC

Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus (3845)

akta.pro primary industry

Consumer Health Wearables & Fitness Trackers (Wellness Monitoring) (HLAHACAJ)

Keywords

• Worker safety monitoring
• Connected health safety
• Wearable sensor platform
• Heat stress monitoring
• Occupational safety software

Headquarters

HQ city

Fairborn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Subscription: SafeGuard operates as a subscription-based SaaS platform with pricing based on the number of people who use the platform as either a User or Guardian. Pricing also depends on the number of monitoring categories required (physiological and environmental).
2. Hardware Sales (Shield Sensors): VigiLife Shield Pro is a proprietary wearable sensor product available for pre-order with refundable deposit options ($50-$100 per unit). Sold alongside the software platform for comprehensive safety monitoring.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

VigiLife sells the SafeGuard® Safety as a Service platform, an open-architecture SaaS that combines wearable sensors (including its proprietary Shield™ Pro industrial-grade sensor), 35+ compatible consumer wearables and medical devices, and environmental sensors with edge computing and cloud analytics. The platform delivers real-time health, safety, and wellness alerts and prescriptive insights to enterprise teams in industries such as construction, energy, mining, agriculture, manufacturing, military, and healthcare. Pricing is subscription-based at $25 per person per month, scaling to $15/month for large teams, with the Shield Pro wearable hardware sold separately.

Product overview

VigiLife offers a unified Safety as a Service® platform consisting of two primary products: SafeGuard® Software Platform (the core intelligent guardian software) and Shield™ Sensor Technologies (wearable hardware). SafeGuard is an open-architecture platform that integrates data from multiple compatible wearable devices (Apple Watch, Garmin, Samsung, Polar, medical devices) and environmental sensors (Kestrel, Atmotech, RKI, Thermo Fisher) to provide real-time health and safety monitoring, predictive analytics, and prescriptive alerts. Shield™ Pro is VigiLife's proprietary wearable sensor for industrial environments. The platform is available as mobile (iOS/Android) and web applications under the SafeGuard Live branding.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SafeGuard: SafeGuard is the company's intelligent guardian platform that uses wearable and environmental sensors combined with analytics to provide real-time health and safety alerts and prescriptive insights.
• Shield

Products and services

• SafeGuard® Software Platform Open-architecture Safety as a Service SaaS platform that fuses data from wearable and environmental sensors with edge computing and cloud analytics to deliver real-time health, safety, and wellness alerts and long-term prescriptive insights to enterprise teams.
• Shield™ Pro Sensor Ruggedized wearable sensor for industrial environments that captures core body temperature, heart rate, metabolic rate, movement, noise exposure, skin temperature, and posture, designed for hazardous work conditions and integration with the SafeGuard platform.
• SafeGuard Live Mobile and Web Application Mobile (iOS and Android) and web application that delivers real-time health and safety monitoring, alerts, and data visualization for individual users and team members using SafeGuard.

Quantifiable outcome

• Heat-related cost reduction: $40,000 to $80,000 per employee annually across 14 cost categories including productivity loss, insurance, turnover, OSHA fines, and litigation
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration13 records

AI capability4 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core, minor and secondary.

• DHS Silicon Valley Innovation ProgramflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022SafeGuard was selected for the DHS Silicon Valley Innovation Program in 2022, recognizing innovative technology with potential to address homeland protection challenges.
• USAF (United States Air Force)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021First government contract with USAF in 2021, building on the original AFRL research collaboration. Ongoing relationship for military health and safety monitoring applications.
• US NavycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021First government contract with US Navy in 2021 alongside USAF contract, expanding DoD customer base for SafeGuard technology.
• Dayton Development CoalitionminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2021Awarded Startup of the Year recognition in 2021, providing regional startup community recognition and credibility for VigiLife.
• Lockheed MartincoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Lockheed Martin was a co-founder partner in the original CSMS (Confined Space Monitoring System) development alongside Aptima, Air Force Research Laboratory, and Sustainment Center. Collaborated on field demonstrations in 2019. Ongoing customer relationship with VigiLife.
• Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015AFRL was the government research partner in the original SBIR research collaboration (2015-2018) that developed the foundational technology for SafeGuard. Jointly explored whether off-the-shelf health monitoring devices could provide continuous oversight for confined space workers.
• AptimacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Aptima, a human-centered engineering company, was the primary contractor and co-founder of the CSMS development alongside AFRL, Sustainment Center, and Lockheed Martin. Aptima Ventures launched VigiLife in 2020 to commercialize the technology.
• ApplecoreTechnology or IntegrationApple Watch is a core compatible device for SafeGuard monitoring. Supports Apple Watch Series 4 and newer, enabling heart rate, activity, and other physiological monitoring through SafeGuard platform.
• GarmincoreTechnology or IntegrationGarmin smart watches (Fenix 7, Forerunner 55, 955, Instinct 2, Vivosmart 4/5, Venu Sq2, Venu 2 Series, Tactix 7, Epix Gen 2) are compatible with SafeGuard. New research published on Garmin smartwatch supporting heat stress monitoring in construction workers.
• SamsungsecondaryTechnology or IntegrationSamsung Galaxy Watch 5 (beta) is compatible with SafeGuard for physiological monitoring capabilities.
• PolarsecondaryTechnology or IntegrationPolar devices (Verity Sense, H10, H9 heart rate sensors) are compatible with SafeGuard for fitness and performance monitoring.
• GreenTEGsecondaryTechnology or IntegrationGreenTEG CORE body temperature monitor is compatible with SafeGuard, providing core body temperature estimation for heat stress monitoring.
• Kestrel InstrumentssecondaryTechnology or IntegrationKestrel Drop and 5400 heat stress tracker are compatible environmental sensors for SafeGuard platform, enabling WBGT and heat index monitoring.
• Rockefeller FoundationflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerVigiLife supports Rockefeller-backed heat protection efforts in Latin America (El Salvador and Brazil), providing SafeGuard technology for real-time physiological and environmental monitoring in the field.
• Thermo Fisher ScientificsecondaryTechnology or IntegrationThermo Fisher Scientific RadEye PRD4 radiation detector and TruDose dosimeter are beta-compatible with SafeGuard for environmental monitoring.
• Larson DavissecondaryTechnology or IntegrationLarson Davis Spartan 730 and 730IS noise dosimeters are compatible with SafeGuard for occupational noise exposure monitoring.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Prophetic (formerly Kinetic): Prophetic (rebranded from Kinetic) provides wearables and software to reduce workplace injuries through movement-based risk identification. Adjacent worker-safety wearable play focused on injury prevention rather than physiological monitoring, with overlapping customer base in industrial settings.
• SmartCap Technologies: SmartCap makes fatigue-monitoring wearables primarily for mining, transportation, and industrial fleets. Niche overlap on continuous physiological monitoring for at-risk workers, particularly in mining and heavy industry.

Broad incumbents

• Apple: Apple Watch is a core compatible device in VigiLife's open-architecture platform. As Apple expands health and fitness features on watchOS, it could introduce native worker-safety or heat-stress capabilities that reduce the value of VigiLife's analytics layer for customers already standardizing on Apple Watch.
• Garmin: Garmin is a major wearable device maker whose watches (Fenix, Forerunner, Instinct, Epix, Tactix) are integrated into SafeGuard and are widely used for fitness, outdoor, and tactical applications. Garmin could leverage its device footprint to bundle native worker-safety analytics, competing directly with VigiLife's open-architecture layer.
• Cority: Cority is a long-standing EHS/QHSE software platform used by large industrial and healthcare enterprises. Incumbent that competes for the same operational safety budget with a heavier compliance/management-system footprint but less real-time physiological monitoring depth.
• VelocityEHS: VelocityEHS is an established EHS software platform serving thousands of enterprises across industrial hygiene, safety, and ergonomics. Broader incumbent that could add wearable-driven continuous monitoring to incumbent compliance workflows, competing for the same safety-director budget.
• Intelex Technologies: Intelex provides EHS and quality management software for large enterprises across manufacturing, construction, and energy. Incumbent competitor with deeper workflows but limited real-time wearable monitoring capability compared to VigiLife's sensor-first approach.

Direct peers

• Triax Technologies: Triax (acquired by Hilti) provides IoT-based worker safety solutions including wearable location, proximity, and heat/ergonomic monitoring for construction sites. Direct competitor in connected-worker wearables for construction, the same vertical VigiLife prioritizes.
• Kenzen: Kenzen builds wearable physiological monitoring for industrial workers with a focus on heat stress and fatigue — directly overlapping VigiLife's flagship SafeGuard worker-safety use case. Closest direct competitor in continuous physiological monitoring for high-risk environments.
• StrongArm Technologies: StrongArm makes industrial wearable sensors and analytics for worker safety and ergonomics in manufacturing, logistics, and industrial settings. Comparable product architecture (wearable + analytics) and customer overlap in worker safety.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks2 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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