UniteGPS was founded in 2014 with a clear objective: build technology that genuinely improves safety and operations for school districts and other organizations that depend on reliable transportation systems.
The company was fully bootstrapped by its founders, who invested significant time, energy, and resources to build the UniteGPS Crosswalk solution from the ground up. Over more than a decade we have focused on listening to our clients, solving real problems, and assembling a team of professionals who take pride in serving the people who rely on our system every day.
The result is a product that is trusted, relied upon, and valued by the organizations we serve.
Private equity as commonly practiced today is fundamentally misaligned with how we believe businesses should operate. The model typically prioritizes financial extraction, leverage, and short term exits rather than building durable companies that serve customers well over decades. In our view, this approach has proven destructive to many good businesses and the communities they serve.
For that reason we consider the private equity model to be fundamentally fraudulent in spirit. It presents itself as value creation while often functioning as a system for extracting value from companies, employees, and customers.
UniteGPS will not participate in that model.
Because the founders built this company from the beginning, we will never accept capital structures that place outside investors in a preferred position above the founders' common shares.
We are building UniteGPS for the long term. Our responsibility is to continuously improve our product and serve school districts and other clients with integrity.
Any investor relationship must strengthen that mission.
If you're interested in a minority investment in common shares, we invite you to schedule a conversation to explore whether there is a fit.
