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Updated Mar 30, 2026
Verkada is a privately held physical-security and building-operations technology company founded in 2016. It combines proprietary devices with cloud software and AI to help organizations monitor, investigate, control, and automate physical spaces. Its platform supports more than 30,000 organizations and over 2 million deployed devices according to company disclosures.
Primary product
Verkada Command: a cloud-based, AI-powered unified platform for video security, access control, alarms, intercoms, air-quality/environmental sensing, visitor management, workplace management, and related connectivity.
Founded
2016
Headquarters
San Mateo, California, USA (Global HQ: 406 E. 3rd Avenue)
Team size
2,000+ full-time employees; third-party estimates range from approximately 2,200 to 2,700 in 2026
Work style
Onsite
Industry
Software development / physical security technology
Sub-industry
Cloud-managed physical security, computer vision, AI, IoT, and building operations
Offices
Business model
Stage
Late-stage private / venture-backed growth company; latest disclosed valuation $5.8B
Total raised
$757M
Latest round
Series F / growth investment led by CapitalG · Dec 2025
Latest amount
$100M
Series E (follow‑on / CapitalG investment)
Dec 2025 · CapitalG (Alphabet’s independent growth fund)
Feb 2025 · General Catalyst (lead); Eclipse Ventures (participant)
Series D (additional reported round)
Sep 2023 · Alkeon Capital Management; Lightspeed Venture Partners (reported participants)
Aug 2022 · Linse Capital (reported)
Jan 2020 · Felicis Ventures (lead); Meritech, Sequoia Capital, Next47 (participants)
Apr 2019 · Not specified in public summaries (Meritech / Sequoia / Next47 / First Round reported as participants)
Mar 2018 · Not specified in public summaries (Next47, First Round and others reported as early backers)
Sep 2017 · First Round Capital / Founder Collective / individual backers (reported)
Feb 2017 · Early individual / angel backers (reported)
Aug 2016 · Debt financing (reported)
Leadership
CEO & Co-founder
Chairman & Co-founder
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Senior Vice President, Product & Operations
Eric Salava
Chief Revenue Officer
Senior Vice President, Hardware & Supply Chain
Chief Marketing Officer
Vice President of Design
Bill Berry
General Counsel
Dervilla Lannon
Vice President of People
Chris Stori
Chief Information Officer
Founders
Co‑Founder
Sr. Executive Assistant to the Chairman & Co‑Founder
Founder & Software Architect
Investors
Verkada emphasizes in-person collaboration, ownership, customer empathy, teamwork, craft, and end-to-end hardware/software responsibility. Its engineering onboarding programs and company materials describe a high-growth, customer-focused environment; roles commonly include office-based or on-site interview expectations.
Work style
Onsite
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
Public job postings and employer data indicate competitive technology-company compensation, with role-specific salary ranges and equity signals in some postings; no reliable company-wide compensation figure was established.
Benefits
Pricing
Quote-based enterprise pricing for hardware and cloud subscriptions; product purchases include AI analytics, unlimited users, automatic updates, and 24/7 technical support. A 30-day trial is advertised for one device and Command access.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
Approximately $350M-$500M annual revenue/ARR based on third-party estimates; company publicly reported more than $1B in annualized bookings, which is not the same as revenue.
Estimated monthly visits
1.9M
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
A security incident gave attackers access to a subset of customer data and cameras. Verkada reported 97 affected customers; the FTC later alleged broader security-control failures and described access to more than 150,000 live cameras in the March 2021 intrusion.
SourceThe FTC announced a proposed order requiring a comprehensive information-security program and a $2.95M monetary penalty over alleged security, privacy-marketing, undisclosed-review, and CAN-SPAM violations.
SourceA third-party tech-layoff tracker reported an employee-reported reduction affecting approximately 20 people; this is not a company-confirmed announcement.
SourcePR Newswire / Verkada · Jul 2026
Verkada announced a technical collaboration and undisclosed strategic investment from NVIDIA to improve physical-AI training, video search, multimodal embeddings, and synthetic-data generation across more than 2.4 million devices.
Yahoo Finance · Mar 2026
Announcement of four new U.S. offices and a new international hub to support rapid growth and an expanding customer base (reported as part of the company’s scaling and go‑to‑market expansion).
LTT Partners (product update summary) · Feb 2026
Q1 2026 product update describing AI‑Powered Deterrence, Operator View, Unified Timeline and broader AI capabilities across cameras, alarms, access control and intercom — positioning Verkada as an AI‑centric physical security platform.
Verkada Official Blog · Dec 2025
Verkada announced a CapitalG-led investment and a new post‑money valuation of $5.8 billion, highlighting AI product investments and reporting over 2 million devices deployed globally and rapid bookings growth.
CNBC · Dec 2025
CNBC reported a $100M CapitalG-led financing at a $5.8B valuation, following more than $1B in annualized bookings and a 30,000-customer footprint.
297 jobs at Verkada