Verkada

Cybersecurity · San Mateo, US

AI physical security stack: video surveillance, access control, sensors and alarms in a single dashboard.

Founders

Filip Kaliszan (United States · ♂) — After co-founding and selling CourseRank to Chegg, the Stanford CS grad co-founded Verkada to bring modern cloud software to enterprise physical security and video cameras.
James Ren (United States · ♂) — A Stanford grad and CourseRank co-founder, he reunited with his co-founders to build Verkada's cloud security platform.
Benjamin Bercovitz (United States · ♂) — A Stanford grad and CourseRank co-founder, he co-founded Verkada to apply modern engineering to physical security hardware and software.
Hans Robertson (United States · ♂) — Co-founder and former COO of Meraki, he joined the Verkada founders as executive chairman to repeat the cloud-managed device playbook in physical security.

Shares the most investors with (number = shared investors):

Date	Round	Amount
Dec 2025	Funding round Verkada raised a new round led by CapitalG that brings its valuation to $5.8 billion; the amount was not disclosed.	—
Sep 2022	Series D Plus Verkada, a US building-security (cameras, access control, sensors) company, raised $205M in Series D funding at a $3.2B valuation, with Linse Capital, MSD Partners, Sequoia and others.	$205M

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