Verkada

Verkada, a six-year-old, maker of building security tools — it sells video security cameras, door-based access control, environmental sensors and alarms, all connected on a cloud-based platform — just raised…

VCs look the other way as they give $205M more to Verkada, whose tech has been abused repeatedly

Security cameras, for better or for worse, are part and parcel of how many businesses monitor spaces in the workplace for security or operational reasons. Now, a startup is coming…

Spot AI emerges from stealth with $22M for a platform to draw out more intelligence from organizations’ basic security videos

As we go deeper into the pandemic, many buildings sit empty or have limited capacity. During times like these, having visibility into the state of the building can give building…

Verkada adds environmental sensors to cloud-based building operations toolkit

Fifty iPads were stolen from Verkada co-founder Hans Robertson’s old company. Only when they checked the security system did they realize the video cameras hadn’t been working for months. He…

Verkada raises $80M at $1.6B to be every building’s security OS