Company
Jiobit
Jiobit is the world’s smallest and longest-lasting real-time location tracking platform.
- Status
- Acquiredas of 2026-09-22Source (opens in a new tab)
- Business model
- D2C
- Headquarters
- Chicago, United States
- Founded
- 2015
- Customers
- caregivers and families
- Legal name
- Jio, Inc.
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Record updated 28 September 2026
About
Jiobit is the world’s smallest and longest-lasting real-time location tracking platform. Founded in 2015, Jiobit shipped it's first product, "The Jiobit Smart Tag," in 2018 as a location monitor for kids. Jiobit quickly expanded into other consumer segments including pets and adult safety, as well as the government and B2B spaces. With innovations and patents in hardware, cyber security, network operations, and consumer software, Jiobit has become one of the premier hardware-enabled SaaS companies in the U.S.
Funding snapshot
- Total raised
- $11.2MSEC form D sum, as of 2026-09-28Source (opens in a new tab)
- Latest round
- Undisclosed, $6.5M2018-11-16
Funding rounds
- Round, 2018
- $6.5M2018-11-16, Company stated
- Round, 2018
- $5M2018-06-07, SEC form D sold, 43 investors
- Round, 2017
- $1.5M2017-10-13, SEC form D sold, 14 investors
- Round, 2017
- $3M2017-01-26, Company stated
- Round, 2017
- $4.8M2017-01-18, SEC form D sold, 47 investors
- Round, 2016
- $25K2016-01-19, SEC form D sold, 1 investor
About the company
- Status notes
- Life360 Completes Acquisition of Jiobit. Adds new members to Jiobit Leadership
Products
- Hardware
- Jiobit Smart Tag Location Monitor
Exit
- Acquisition
- 2021-09-01