Company Information
- 28,000+ Customers
- 8000+ Partners
- 89 Fortune 500 Companies
- 2100+ Employees
- 15 Global Offices
- 51 Customer NPS
15 Offices
- San Mateo, CA
- Austin, TX
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Tampa, FL
- Phoenix, AZ
- New York, NY
- Philadelphia, PA
- London, UK
- Sydney, AU
- Taipei City, Taiwan
- Krakow, Poland
- Tokyo, Japan
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Seoul, South Korea
- Singapore
Mission and Vision
Mission
To protect people and places in a privacy-sensitive way.
How We’ll Get There
By building systems that safeguard the physical world and do so while respecting privacy.
Vision
Be the operating system for the physical world.
Company Description
One-Sentence
Verkada is a pioneer in cloud-based physical security solutions, helping enterprises operate safer, smarter buildings.
Short
Verkada is a pioneer in cloud-based physical security solutions by enabling over 28,000+ organizations in over 85 countries to protect their people and property in a way that respects individuals' privacy. Designed with simplicity in mind, Verkada offers six product lines — video security cameras, door-based access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace, and intercoms — that provide unparalleled visibility through a single cloud-based software platform.
Long
Verkada is a pioneer in cloud-based physical security solutions, helping enterprises operate safer, smarter buildings. 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. Founded in 2016 with more than $360M in funding raised to date, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 15 offices across six continents, 2,100+ full-time employees and 28,000+ customers across 85+ countries, including 87 companies in the Fortune 500.
Product Suite
The Verkada cloud-based product suite starts with safety and extends to operations.
The Verkada Story
Our founders are builders. All of them are trained engineers. They love creating new products to solve big problems. Over a decade ago, two of our founders experienced the challenges with the “best” enterprise video security products available at that time. Existing hardware-based systems cost a lot of money and were insecure and clunky. The market lagged behind the progress seen in the consumer space, where someone could buy high-end cameras with cloud-based software to protect their home.
Over the next few years, they started from first principles to see if they could find a better solution to help organizations more effectively protect their people and property using a software-first approach. They spent time with industry leaders and prospective customers to fully understand their challenges and concerns. The more conversations they had, the more they grasped the stress and anxiety faced by the people entrusted with keeping organizations safe. They envisioned new products they could build to ensure these individuals always had the most critical information at their fingertips.
As the challenge became clear, so did their goal: to positively impact the world by making organizations of any size safer using truly innovative technology. In the summer of 2016, Verkada was born.
Founder Bios
Filip KaliszanCEO & Co-founder
Filip Kaliszan is the chief executive officer and co-founder of Verkada. Since its founding in 2016, Filip has spearheaded the organization’s growth and product development.
A builder at heart, Filip created CourseRank, his first startup, alongside two of Verkada’s other co-founders, James Ren and Benjamin Bercovitz, as a sophomore at Stanford. Filip and his partners sold CourseRank to Chegg.com in less than four years. After the acquisition, Filip spent four years as a Director of Product Management at Chegg.
Filip holds both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in computer science from Stanford University.
Hans RobertsonChairman & Co-founder
Hans Robertson is executive chairman and co-founder of Verkada. Today Hans, together with Filip, runs the day-to-day business at Verkada.
Before Verkada, Hans co-founded and served as the chief operating officer of Meraki for almost ten years. During this time, he helped design the first cloud-managed enterprise networking products – including Wi-Fi, firewall and switching systems – and led the company to a $1.2 billion acquisition with Cisco in 2012. Hans launched his career at McKinsey & Company and also served as a leader at EMC and VMware.
In addition to his legacy of co-founding two industry-disrupting Unicorns, Hans is an active investor in the startup ecosystem. Hans has successfully invested in over 20 startups, many of which have been acquired by Facebook, Google and Microsoft.
Hans holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He resides in the Bay Area with his wife, a professor of medicine, and their two children. Outside of his work, he is an avid skier and kiteboarder.
James RenCo-founder & Software Architect
James Ren is a co-founder and software architect at Verkada. Before Verkada, James launched CourseRank with Verkada co-founders Filip Kaliszan and Benjamin Bercovitz while he was a student at Stanford. James has also worked as a software engineer at Google and then at Chegg after CourseRank was acquired.
James holds a bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science from Stanford University and a juris doctorate from Harvard Law School.
Outside of work, James enjoys cooking and photographing his travels.
Benjamin BercovitzCo-founder
Benjamin Bercovitz is a co-founder of Verkada. Prior to founding Verkada, Benjamin founded CourseRank alongside Filip Kaliszan and James Ren. Benjamin served as the chief technology officer for CourseRank, leading engineering efforts before the company was acquired by Chegg. At Chegg he served as a principal engineer, transforming their backend systems during a period of high growth and expansion leading up to their eventual IPO.
Benjamin earned his bachelor’s and master’s degree in computer science from Stanford University.
Outside of work, Benjamin enjoys nature and travel.
Product Milestones
2016
Verkada was founded2017
D30 - Indoor Camera
D50 - Outdoor Camera
Command Access Release
SAML Integration
Audit Logs2018
Mobile App (iOS & Android)
D80 - Fisheye Camera
D40 - Mini Indoor Camera
People Analytics2019
CM-61 Mini 4K Camera
Vehicle Analytics
CD Series
VX51 Viewing Station
People Heatmaps and Floor Plans2020
Access Control
Environmental Sensor
Bullet Series
License Plate Recognition
365-Day Storage Models
Person of Interest Notifications2021
Verkada Alarms and Intrusion Detection
New Mini and Dome Cameras: CM41-E, CD-62, CM41-S Camera
Next Generation VX52 Viewing Station
Bluetooth Unlock and AX11 IO Controller
Verkada Guest for Visitor Management
SOC2 Compliance & 100-Day Plan2022
Wireless Locks
CD42, CD52, & CH52 MultisensorGuest Security Screens
Occupancy Trends
Badge Printing
AD32 Door Reader
Mailroom
AC62 - 16 door Controller
SV21, SV23, SV252023
Verkada Intercom
Alarms BZ11 Horn
Next Generation Bullet Series (CB52-E/TE, CB62-E/TE)
Command 3.0
Enhanced Motion Search and Video Quality
Next-Generation Alarm Console
CM42
CD32-E
Access Control Integration with ASSA ABLOY
Guest and Mailroom merged into Verkada Workplace
Enhanced Air Quality Monitoring