Verkada
Acquisitions
3
Major Deals Covered
$66M
Disclosed Deal Value
Verkada's largest disclosed acquisition here is Kogniz AI Threat and Gun Detection IP for $28M in 2023. This page covers 3 major deals from 2021 to 2023, each with its price where disclosed and the reason behind it.
| Company | Year | Price | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kogniz AI Threat and Gun Detection IP | 2023 | $28.0M | Acquired computer vision algorithms and AI weapon detection technology from safety technology startup Kogniz. |
| EnvSys IoT Environmental Sensor Systems | 2022 | $16.0M | Acquired specialized air quality, vape detection, and environmental noise sensor hardware designs. |
| OpenPath Cloud Access Control Integrations | 2021 | $22.0M | Acquired mobile credentialing and touchless smartphone door unlock software integration assets. |
2023
$28M
Acquired computer vision algorithms and AI weapon detection technology from safety technology startup Kogniz.
Integrated automated visible firearm and threat detection directly onto Verkada's hybrid-cloud security cameras.
Provided enterprise security directors and school administrators with real-time proactive alerts and automated door lockdown triggers.
2022
$16M
Acquired specialized air quality, vape detection, and environmental noise sensor hardware designs.
Allowed Verkada to launch its SV-series all-in-one environmental sensors for schools, offices, and manufacturing facilities.
Expanded Verkada's physical security platform into environmental monitoring, vape detection, and indoor air quality compliance.
2021
$22M
Acquired mobile credentialing and touchless smartphone door unlock software integration assets.
Allowed employees to use their smartphones as secure digital keycards with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and NFC.
Accelerated the commercial adoption of Verkada Pass, replacing physical plastic access badges.
Verkada grows by selling more product lines into existing customers, by expanding its sales footprint (four new US offices and a Dubai hub in March 2026) and by adding AI software features to installed devices, now including work with NVIDIA on video search models.
Verkada operates a hybrid hardware and cloud software subscription model for enterprise physical building security and IoT management. Customers purchase enterprise hardware devices—including cloud-connected hybrid security cameras, access control door controllers, environmental air quality sensors, cellular alarm hubs, and intercom systems—upfront through an international network of certified security integration partners. Every hardware device requires an accompanying multi-year cloud software subscription (typically sold in 3, 5, or 10-year upfront commitments) to access the Verkada Command centralized management platform.
Verkada primarily pursues organic, internal product research and development rather than large external acquisitions, ensuring every hardware device and software module is natively engineered for the Command platform.
In 2019, Verkada engineered its own door controllers (AC41) and card readers in-house, integrating building entry access seamlessly with its video cameras rather than acquiring a legacy lock manufacturer.
In 2020, Verkada's engineering team created the SV11 sensor to detect vaping in high school restrooms; it organically evolved into an enterprise environmental monitoring tool for corporate data centers.
Verkada engineered Workplace organically, allowing companies to replace third-party visitor iPad check-in apps with a native tool that automatically logs visitor IDs and prints badges synced with building doors.
Verkada developed the TD52 video intercom internally to combine building video security, two-way audio calling, and remote door unlocking into a single weatherized outdoor device.
Verkada actively recruits elite computer vision PhDs and systems engineers from Stanford, UC Berkeley, Apple, Google, and Cisco, offering high-equity compensation packages.
Legacy camera manufacturers carry outdated firmware, fragmented codebases, and server-dependent architectures that would introduce technical debt into Verkada's cloud-native Command OS.
Rather than spending hundreds of millions acquiring an AI startup, Verkada partnered with NVIDIA to integrate state-of-the-art Cosmos visual AI models directly into its software stack.
Through the Verkada Command API, enterprise customers and partners build custom integrations connecting Verkada alerts to Slack, Microsoft Teams, Splunk, Okta, and badge printing services.
Verkada aggressively patents its hybrid cloud video storage, optical zoom mechanisms, edge processing algorithms, and multi-sensor alert correlations across global jurisdictions.
As it scales toward an IPO, Verkada may evaluate opportunistic acqui-hires in acoustic threat detection, autonomous drone surveillance, and radar perimeter sensing.
Verkada reinvests tens of millions annually into hardware prototyping labs and software engineering in San Mateo, releasing hundreds of new features and firmware updates each year.
Compare corporate acquisition records, deal values, and strategic targets
Explore Verkada
Core profile pages, founders and related research hubs for this company.