Startup Information

"Verkada Is Not Working!!" Exclaims NJ High School Dean

Ongoing Verkada outages at an NJ school resulted in a frustrated dean exclaiming "Verkada is not working!!" in a frantic email to district IT staff...

By Donald Maye - about 1 month ago (Info+)

College Startup Triton Claims More Affordable Vape Sensors (Profile)

While companies like Verkada and IP Video Corporation are charging more than a thousand dollars for their vape detectors and air quality sensors,...

By Nikita Ermolaev - 2 months ago (Info+)

Startup Swiftconnect Aims To Unify Access Control

SwiftConnect bills itself as a "unified, software-first approach to permissions and credentials" with founders previously at WeWork and recently...

By Brian Rhodes - 3 months ago (Info+)

Top Growing And Declining Companies (By Headcount) June 2022

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By Louis Cid and John Honovich - 3 months ago (Research)

Hakimo Access Control Profile

Access control systems suffer from various false positives plus missing tailgating events. San Francisco startup Hakimo aims to solve this problem...

By Louis Cid and Brian Rhodes - 4 months ago (Info+)

ISC West 2022 Show Report

Not since 2019 has ISC West felt "normal". 2020 was canceled, 2021 was held in the summer Vegas heat and suffered from poor attendance. IPVM is at...

By IPVM Team - 6 months ago (Info+)

AI VSaaS Launches with $10 Million VC Funding (Dragonfruit AI)

Silicon Valley video surveillance startup Dragonfruit AI, founded by ex-Yahoo and Intel leaders, has launched an AI VSaaS with $10 million in...

By Sean Patton - 8 months ago (Info+)

Nexar Raises $53 Million Series D to Expand Car Dashcams

Israel-based Nexar raised $53 million to help expand its dashcam business into both the international and US fleet markets. Inside this...

By Robert Wren Gordon - 9 months ago (Info+)

AI Employee Safety Firm Intenseye Raises $25 Million

New York-/Istanbul-based Intenseye has raised $25 million to improve manufacturers' environmental, health and safety (EHS) protocols using computer...

By Robert Wren Gordon - 9 months ago (Info+)

Dedrone Raises $30+ Million Led By Axon

Dedrone has announced a $30.5 million Series C funding round led by body camera provider Axon. Dedrone tells IPVM they recently switched to a SaaS...

By Ethan Ace - 9 months ago (Info+)

Softbank-Backed Brazilian Startup Gabriel Raises $12+ Million

Gabriel, the Brazilian startup backed by Softbank, recently raised $12 million USD to install its video surveillance "protection network" in Rio de...

By Robert Wren Gordon - 10 months ago (Info+)

Turing Raises $80 Million From PRC China Investors

Turing Video / AI, the robot turned fever tablet turned VSaaS turned Uniview / Sunell relabeller, has raised $80 million from PRC China investors,...

By John Honovich - 11 months ago (Info+)

Directory Of 100+ Video Surveillance Facial Recognition Sellers

This directory provides a list of facial recognition providers to help readers consider options and make sound purchasing decisions based on their...

By IPVM Team - 11 months ago (Info+)

HiveWatch Next-Gen PSIM Raises $20 Million Led By Ex-Twitter Execs

PSIM failed a decade ago but with the cloud and SaaS becoming mainstream, can LA-based startup HiveWatch benefit from these trends in the...

By Robert Wren Gordon and John Honovich - 11 months ago (Info+)

Access Tailgating: Biggest Security Vulnerability

What is the 'biggest' access control security vulnerability? One security consultant argues that, for most installations, it is tailgating. In...

By Brian Rhodes - about 1 year ago (Info+)

Turing Video Radically Expands, Now End-to-End AI / VSaaS Provider

When Turing Video started a few years ago, it was a niche robot provider, now it has radically expanded in both size and offerings, with fever...

By Sean Patton - about 1 year ago (Info+)

Verkada: "Unethical Practices By Chinese Surveillance Companies Is Ubiquitous"

Who is more unethical? A company that makes ongoing false claims and sexually harasses its own employees or its PRC competitors? Verkada alleges it...

By John Honovich - about 1 year ago (Info+)