Legio Raises $5M Seed to Modernize Campus Public Safety

Legio Raises $5 Million Seed Funding

Toronto-based AI-native safety and security software company Legio has raised $5 million in seed funding from Klass Capital to accelerate product development and expand its engagement with higher education public safety departments.

Legio is developing an operational platform designed specifically for college and university safety teams, bringing dispatch, incident response, case management, patrols, asset management, and regulatory reporting into a connected system.

AI-Native Campus Safety Platform

Legio aims to provide campus safety departments with a single operational system for managing their daily activities.

The platform brings together:

• Dispatch

• Incident response

• Case management

• Patrols and guard tours

• Asset management

• Regulatory reporting

By keeping operational work within the same system, Legio is designed to allow compliance records and reports to be generated from live operational data.

This includes reporting requirements such as daily crime logs and Annual Security Reports.

Modernizing Higher Education Security Operations

Legio is focused on higher education, where public safety departments operate around the clock while managing significant reporting and compliance requirements.

The company is building its platform to reduce the administrative burden associated with documenting safety operations, allowing teams to focus more on campus presence, response, and decision-making.

Founded by Enterprise Security Operators

Legio was founded by Darren Hill, Mike Wertman, and Joe Crampton.

Darren Hill serves as Co-Founder and CEO.

The founding team brings experience across campus public safety and enterprise security software.

Funding to Accelerate Product Development

The $5 million seed investment from Klass Capital will be used to:

• Accelerate product development

• Expand engineering capabilities

• Hire additional engineering talent

• Grow Legio's design partner program across higher education

The company is working with design partners across college and university public safety departments to develop and expand its platform.

Leadership

Legio is led by Co-Founder and CEO Darren Hill, alongside co-founders Mike Wertman and Joe Crampton.

The company is building an enterprise-grade safety and security operations platform specifically for higher education institutions.

Its broader goal is to connect campus safety operations and compliance workflows within a single AI-native system.