Turing Video / AI, the robot turned fever tablet turned VSaaS turned Uniview / Sunell relabeller, has raised $80 million from PRC China investors, IPVM has confirmed from the company's CFO. However, after IPVM reached out to Turing, the CFO...
By John Honovich - 16 days ago
California's Cloudastructure has raised over $30 million through Regulation A+ / crowdfunding and now has a sizeable amount of funds to expand. How well-positioned is this VSaaS / AI provider? Based on an interview with the CEO Rick Bentley,...
By John Honovich - 23 days ago
Viakoo has raised $10 million, telling IPVM that they aim to expand to help security buyers ensure their equipment is up-to-date with the newest and most advanced features. We spoke with Viakoo's CEO to understand how they plan to use their...
By Sean Patton - 28 days ago
PSIM failed a decade ago but with the cloud and SaaS becoming mainstream, can LA-based startup HiveWatch benefit from these trends in the 2020s? The company has announced $20 million Series A funding led by Twitter's ex-CEO. In this note, we...
By Robert Wren Gordon and John Honovich - about 1 month ago
Evolon, formerly Jemez Technology, recently raised $16 million, giving the veteran video analytics provider an opportunity for expansion. But how much can they grow versus a crowded field of analytic competitors? In this report, we share...
By John Honovich - about 1 month ago
Eagle Eye Networks, founded and led by centimillionaire Dean Drako, had its $1.4 million PPP loan forgiven months after it raised $40 million in VC funding and boasted it hit record revenues in Q1 2020. This 92-second video overviews the...
By IPVM Team - 3 months ago
Wyze has raised $110 million, more than 3 times its total previous VC funding, as the company, with fast top-line growth, has struggled with low gross margins. Inside this note, we examine this new round, the challenges the company faces,...
By John Honovich - 4 months ago
School districts are breaking the law by spending Federal funds on banned Hikvision products. When called out on violations, districts paper over the purchases with a questionable accounting loophole, while keeping the Federal money and the...
By Conor Healy - 4 months ago
When Turing Video started a few years ago, it was a niche robot provider, now it has radically expanded in both size and offerings, with fever tablets, VSaaS, AI, and general IP cameras coming soon. Inside this note, based on speaking with...
By Sean Patton - 5 months ago
AnyVision has raised one of the largest rounds ever in physical security, $235 million. Inside this note, we examine the fund raising, risks with AnyVision's business model compared to e.g., Verkada, and the pressure this will put on...
By John Honovich - 5 months ago
Hanwha has become a major competitor in the US, but its Mexico and overall Latin America businesses continue to face a major branding issue, among other challenges. IPVM investigates. Inside this note, we examine: Estimated Market...
By Robert Wren Gordon - 5 months ago
YourSix is a US VSaaS startup, most known for its ongoing partnership with Axis, that touts substantial growth and an anti-lock-in approach. With Axis ending its Guardian VSaaS offering, Axis has been recommending YourSix to US...
By Zach Segal - 7 months ago
Motorola Solutions increased its projected video surveillance growth rate, claims they are taking market share and will reach over $1.1 billion in video surveillance revenue this year. Inside this report, we examine: Video surveillance...
By Isabella Cheng - 7 months ago
Simplisafe has raised $130 million and IPVM estimates Simplisafe is on pace to have more total monitoring customers than ADT in 5 years. Inside this note, we examine Simplisafe's past 5 years of growth, its projected growth, comparisons to...
By Isabella Cheng and John Honovich - 8 months ago
SecuriThings has raised $14 million, aiming to deliver a platform for securing and managing IoT devices, such as IP cameras. But how likely are they to be successful and what are they competing against? Inside this report A 30-minute video...
By Zach Segal - 9 months ago
Unprecedented for access control, Latch is going public, raising ~$500 million which gives Latch a $1.56 billion valuation despite doing less than $20 million in revenue last year. In this report, IPVM examines Latch's plans,...
By Isabella Cheng - 10 months ago
VSaaS enters 2021 in a much stronger state than a year ago, driven by COVID-19, VC funding, and much broader availability. The 1-minute video below overviews IPVM's state of the market: Inside this report, we analyze: The market size of...
By John Honovich and Sean Patton - 11 months ago
While incumbents largely struggled to deal with the effects of COVID-19, SaaS focused startups raised over $300 million this year. This provides them a strong foundation to attempt to disrupt incumbents. IPVM covered each of these raises...
By John Honovich - 11 months ago
The video surveillance market has changed significantly since 2000, going from VCRs to an emerging AI cloud era and now impacted by coronavirus. The goal of this history is to help professionals understand the important business and...
By John Honovich - 12 months ago
One of the last remaining PSIM players from the market's heyday of a decade ago, Vidsys, is being acquired and employees are being laid off. Inside this note, we look at the prospective acquirer, what potential they have for Vidsys, and what...
By John Honovich and Sean Patton - about 1 year ago
After battling Coronavirus for most of 2020, 200 integrators told IPVM the impact continues to decline but the fight rages for many. Compare to our Spring reports statistics - in April, when coronavirus impact was at its worst and May when...
By Brian Rhodes - about 1 year ago
Major investments continue. Now, Flock Safety, an ALPR-as-a-service startup, has announced $47 million in funding, "to solve more crime and protect privacy." In this note, based on a conversation with Flock's CEO Garrett Langley, we examine...
By Sean Patton - about 1 year ago
Eagle Eye has raised $40 million aiming to "reinvent video surveillance." We spoke with Eagle Eye to better understand how they were going to do this, including a new emphasis on AI.
By John Honovich - about 1 year ago
RapidSOS has raised $100+ million providing dispatchers free software and caller locations from mobile apps, but is it competing with central monitoring and will they make money? In this report we examine the company's background and business...
By Joey Walter - about 1 year ago
Startup ButterflyMX has raised $35 million for its smartphone based intercom systems, planning to add 80 employees and expand its product line with the funding. What will they do with the funding to keep growing? How do they compare with...
By Joey Walter - about 1 year ago
