Verkada

A company that develops cloud-based building security and operating systems.

About

Founded

2016

Headquarters

San Mateo, California

Industry

Security & Compliance, Hardware

Company Description

Verkada is the largest cloud-based B2B physical security platform company in the world. Only Verkada offers six product lines — video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace and intercoms — integrated with a single cloud-based software platform. Designed with simplicity and scalability in mind, Verkada gives organizations the real-time insight to know what could impact the safety and comfort of people throughout their physical environment, while empowering them to take immediate action to minimize security risks, workplace frustrations and costly inefficiencies.

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Funding

Total Raised

$343.9 million

Valuation

$3.2 billion

Significant Investors

Sequoia Capital, Felicis Ventures, First Round Capital, Meritech Capital, Linse Capital

Company Traction

  • As of May 2023, Verkada has 17,000 enterprise customers, including Kogan, La Canada Unified School District, the City of Los Angeles, the City of Las Vegas, Torchy’s Tacos, Canada Goose, Union Station Homeless Services, GEM Supply, and Equinox.
  • As of September 2022, Verkada had 13,000 customers, including over 36 companies from the Fortune 500.
  • Between January 2020 and September 2022, Verkada grew its customer base by 4x.
  • From September 2021 to September 2022, Verkada did nearly 2x revenue YoY.

Leadership Team

  • Filip Kaliszan: Co-Founder & CEO of Verkada. Former VP of Product Management at Guidebook.
  • James Ren: Co-Founder & Software Architect of Verkada. Former Software Engineer at Google.
  • Brandon Davito: VP of Product & Operations at Verkada. Former Chief Commercial Officer at Runtime.
  • Kameron Rezai: CFO at Verkada. Former Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer of FutureAdvisor at BlackRock.