2020 — Trackforce Valiant acquires Silvertrac.
Silvertrac, founded in 2007 and serving several hundred security teams, joins Trackforce Valiant and today operates as "Silvertrac Software by Trackforce."
Verified Vendor Ownership Map · 2026
Who Owns Guard Tour Software? The 2026 Vendor Ownership & Consolidation Map
When a security company chooses guard tour software, it usually compares features, pricing, and reviews. Almost nobody asks the question that determines what those three things will look like in two years: who owns the vendor?
Ownership records
2020–2026 acquisitions
Independent vs. consolidated
Private equity
Portfolio strategy, integration plans, and holding-period expectations.
Venture capital
Growth targets, funding rounds, and investor-backed product expansion.
Founder-owned
Direct accountability without an external fund or portfolio owner.
Gyula Györfi
Former Police Commander · Founder of Trinity Guard® · 26 years of security operations experience
Ownership decides how a product is priced, how support is staffed, whether the roadmap serves you or a portfolio strategy, and what happens to your patrol data if the product is merged or sunset. And in this category, ownership has changed hands more in the last six years than in the previous twenty. This page is the verified map — company announcements and public records only, updated for 2026.
Why Ownership Matters When You Buy Patrol Software
An acquisition is not a neutral event for customers. When a vendor changes hands, three things typically follow. Pricing gets revisited, because the new owner bought future revenue and needs to realize it. Support gets restructured, because overlapping teams are the first synergy on any integration plan. And the roadmap gets re-prioritized toward the new owner's strategy — which may mean enterprise suites, bundling, or migrating you onto a different platform entirely.
None of this makes acquired products bad. It means the question "who owns this vendor, and why?" belongs in your evaluation checklist next to features and price.
The Consolidation Timeline: 2020–2026
September 2021 — WorkWave acquires TEAM Software.
TEAM Software, the Omaha-based maker of WinTeam (founded 1989), moves from private equity firm Accel-KKR to WorkWave, a field-service software group backed by EQT, TA Associates, and Serent Capital. Security back-office software becomes one vertical inside a multi-industry portfolio spanning pest control, lawn care, and cleaning.
June 2022 — Trackforce Valiant acquires TrackTik.
The Montreal-based TrackTik, previously funded by investors including CDPQ and Georgian, combines with Trackforce Valiant. The combined company — backed by K1 Investment Management — described itself as the world's largest security workforce management software company.
January 2025 — Belfry raises $20M.
The venture-backed challenger closes a $12M Series A led by Base10 Partners (total funding $20M, with Bienville Capital and Aglaé Ventures participating), targeting the back-office and workforce side of the ~$50 billion US guard industry, which employs roughly one million officers across some 8,000 firms.
2025–2026 — Motorola Solutions keeps buying.
The strategic giant has completed 49 acquisitions overall — 11 of them in security and surveillance technology — averaging nearly four deals per year since 2020. Recent examples: Theatro (frontline communication AI, March 2025), InVisit (cloud visitor management, folded into the Avigilon Alta suite, March 2025), Silvus Technologies ($4.4B, 2025), and D-Fend Solutions ($1.5B, June 2026). The pattern that matters for this category: Motorola repeatedly buys small, cloud-native security software companies and integrates them into its enterprise suite.
January 2026 — Belfry announces its AI roadmap.
January 2026 — Belfry announces its AI roadmap, signaling that the venture-funded wing of the category is now competing on AI capability, not just workflow coverage.
The 2026 Ownership Map
Trackforce — K1 Investment Management
Trackforce (K1 Investment Management) — owns Trackforce Valiant, Silvertrac, and TrackTik. The category's dedicated consolidator: two acquisitions in the same niche in three years.
WorkWave — EQT / TA Associates / Serent Capital
WorkWave (EQT / TA Associates / Serent Capital) — owns TEAM Software / WinTeam. Security is one vertical in a multi-industry field-service portfolio.
Belfry — Base10 Partners and co-investors
Belfry (Base10 Partners and co-investors, $20M raised) — venture-backed challenger focused on back-office, scheduling, and payroll for guard firms.
Motorola Solutions — NYSE: MSI
Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) — not a guard tour vendor today, but the most acquisitive strategic buyer in adjacent physical security software (Avigilon, Pelco, InVisit, and others).
Digital Guard Tour / Trinity Guard®
Digital Guard Tour / Trinity Guard® — independent, founder-owned. No private equity fund, no venture investors, no holding-period clock.
What This Means If You're Buying in 2026
Consolidation brings real benefits — bigger suites, more integrations, enterprise sales teams. It also brings the risks above. Practical questions to ask any vendor before you sign:
- Who owns you, and since when?
- If the owner is a fund, what is its typical holding period?
- What happened to pricing and support at your last acquired product?
- If this product is ever merged or sunset, how do I export my patrol history?
- What does your contract say about assignment if the company changes hands?
A vendor with clean answers to these five questions is a safer bet than one with a longer feature list and no answers. For how patrol data storage and residency work in Digital Guard Tour, see our data residency guide. For a feature-level comparison of the leading systems, see the top 5 guard tour systems in 2026 and the guard tour system market overview.
Where the Independents Stand
Independence is not automatically better — it is a different set of trade-offs. Consolidated vendors offer suite breadth and enterprise procurement comfort. Independent vendors offer focus, direct founder accountability, and pricing that isn't answering to a fund's return model.
Digital Guard Tour, powered by Trinity Guard®, sits firmly in the independent column: founded and owned by a former police commander, built hardware-free from day one, sold self-service, and operated across three data regions — AWS US East (Virginia), AWS South America (São Paulo), and a dedicated European server in Budapest. There is no proprietary RFID hardware in the model, no reseller chain, and no portfolio strategy deciding the roadmap. What the product does is decided by what security teams need it to do. See how the patrol system works.
Frequently Asked Questions
TrackTik was acquired by Trackforce Valiant in June 2022. The combined company, Trackforce, is backed by private equity firm K1 Investment Management.
Silvertrac was acquired by Trackforce Valiant in 2020 and operates today as Silvertrac Software by Trackforce.
WinTeam is a product of TEAM Software, which was acquired by WorkWave in September 2021. WorkWave is backed by EQT, TA Associates, and Serent Capital.
Yes. Belfry has raised $20M in total, including a $12M Series A led by Base10 Partners in January 2025.
No. Digital Guard Tour, powered by Trinity Guard®, is independent and founder-owned, with no private equity or venture capital ownership.
Guard tour and security workforce software has consolidated heavily since 2020. Trackforce — backed by K1 Investment Management — owns Trackforce Valiant, Silvertrac (acquired 2020), and TrackTik (acquired June 2022). TEAM Software (WinTeam) was acquired by WorkWave in September 2021; WorkWave is backed by EQT, TA Associates, and Serent Capital. Belfry is venture-backed with $20M raised, led by Base10 Partners (January 2025). Motorola Solutions is the most acquisitive strategic buyer in adjacent physical security software, with 49 total acquisitions including 11 in security and surveillance. Digital Guard Tour, powered by Trinity Guard®, is independent and founder-owned, with no private equity or venture capital ownership. Vendor ownership affects pricing, support, roadmap, and data continuity, so buyers should ask who owns their vendor before signing.
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About the Author
Gyula Györfi · Former Police Commander · Founder of Trinity Guard®
Gyula Györfi is a former police commander with 26 years of security operations experience, including patrol supervision and the protection of sensitive diplomatic facilities in Budapest. He is the founder of Trinity Guard®, a software-based guard tour system designed to work without proprietary RFID scanners or dedicated patrol wands, used by security teams across multiple international regions.
