Tag: Filip Kaliszan
Verkada reaches $5.8B valuation with investment from CapitalG
December 3, 2025SSN Staff
SAN MATEO, Calif. — Verkada, a provider of AI-powered physical security technology, has announced CapitalG is leading an investment at a $5.8 billion valuation - an increase of $1.3 billion since the announcement of its Series E in February.
Verkada expects the investment will accelerate its AI capabilities and may also enable liquidity for employees as the company surpasses $1 billion in annualized bookings.
"AI is fundamentally transforming how organizations protect people and...
Mark Anderson joins Verkada Board of Directors
September 16, 2025SSN Staff
SAN MATEO, Calif.—Verkada, a provider of AI-powered physical security technology, has announced that Mark Anderson has joined its Board of Directors.
Anderson brings more than 25 years of technology leadership in high-growth public companies to Verkada’s Board. He currently serves on the board of 1Password.
In 2024, Anderson stepped off Cloudflare’s board to become its president of revenue. As CEO of Alteryx, he led the company to $1 billion in revenue, navigating...
Verkada raises $200M in funding
February 19, 2025SSN Staff
SAN MATEO, Calif. — Verkada today announced a $200 million Series E funding round, led by General Catalyst, with significant investment from Eclipse and additional participation from new and existing investors.
Since its founding in 2016, Verkada has raised more than $700 million in funding, and the latest round values the company at $4.5 billion.
The company wrote that machine learning and applied computer vision have been core to Verkada's offering from the beginning, and that it...
Verkada: Better Together
September 25, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
DENVER — VerkadaOne has followed up on its inaugural show in a big way, attracting 1,600 guests to the customer event and exceeding expectations.
Those customers gathered at the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver to see what’s next for the physical security company and its suite of offerings. They wouldn’t be disappointed, either, as the company debuted its next generation of security cameras and access control systems, along with its AI-powered Alerts and a...
Next-gen products, services steal show at VerkadaOne
September 25, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
DENVER—During its second annual customer conference, Verkada unveiled its next generation of cloud-based physical security solutions to a room full of people from security experts to installers on the front lines of access control.
VerkadaOne welcomed guests to Denver over three days to connect and learn about new solutions that the company says are empowering physical security leaders to be more proactive and efficient than ever.
“I think it’s safe to say at this point...
SIA announces program for 2024 Securing New Ground conference
September 5, 2024SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced the schedule, speaker lineup and program for the 2024 Securing New Ground (SNG), the security industry’s executive conference, taking place Oct. 8-9 at the Westin New York Grand Central in New York City.
At SNG 2024, the security industry will gather for top-level information sharing, networking and business analysis.
This year’s Securing New Ground conference will shape industry trends...
HiveWatch partners with Verkada to offer integration of hardware and software
April 5, 2024SSN Staff
LOS ANGELES – Physical security software company HiveWatch has announced it has integrated its HiveWatch Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) Operating System (OS) with Verkada’s access control and video security solutions.
According to a release from the companies, this partnership allows Verkada customers to bridge the gap between existing investments in legacy infrastructure and the purchase of new Verkada hardware, using the HiveWatch GSOC OS to bring together the disparate...
Verkada names Eric Salava as chief revenue officer
April 3, 2024SSN Staff
SAN MATEO, Calif.—Verkada, a provider of cloud-based physical security solutions, announced that Eric Salava has joined the company as its chief revenue officer.
Salava will lead Verkada's global go-to-market and revenue generation strategy as the company continues to scale rapidly.
"Our growth to date has been incredible: our platform supports more than 1 million active devices for 22,000 customers across 70 countries," said Filip Kaliszan, CEO and co-founder...
Verkada welcomes new marketing leadership, continues fueling rapid expansion
January 23, 2024SSN Staff
SAN MATEO, Calif.—Verkada, a provider of cloud-managed enterprise building security and management, has announced new investments to continue growing its go-to-market function.
Richard Rogers joins Verkada to lead global demand gen & field marketing; Priyanka Srinivasan as head of product marketing; and Adee McAninch as head of global channel marketing.
With the arrival of new leaders in demand generation, field marketing, channel, and product marketing,...
Verkada appoints Elizabeth Davies as chief privacy officer
July 27, 2023SSN Staff
SAN MATEO, Calif. – Enterprise building security and management provider Verkada announced the appointment of Elizabeth Davies as the company's new chief privacy officer.
In her duties Davies will additionally serve as deputy general counsel as she oversees Verkada's privacy and government affairs programs while the company continues its global expansion. She has deep experience leading security, privacy and data protection efforts at global organizations, and was most recently at...