The founder of an app which aimed to keep women safe at night has raised £11.2 million for his latest venture.

Harry Mead was behind the non-profit app Path Community, which no longer seems to be active. 

Then-restaurateur Mead developed the app after learning how many of his female friends felt uneasy about travelling home alone. To help build it, he retrained in coding and worked closely with female volunteers on its design.

It was singled out for praise from then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson for helping to keep women safe when walking home.

In 2024 Mead founded Augur with former Palantir engineers Imran Lone (CTO) and Stefan Kopieczek (head of engineering) to support national security interests, protect public spaces and defend critical national infrastructure using AI.

He has now raised £11.2 million led by Plural, with participation from First Kind, SNR, Flix and Tiny VC.