Milestone has spun off a business, Arcus Global, funded by their parent company Canon. The new company aims to transform the VSaaS market with an enterprise-class offering. IPVM spoke with Milestone about the new business. Inside this report, we ...
By IPVM Team - about 20 hours ago
The ESX (Electronic Security Expo) day 3 / Thursday is done and the exhibits are over. IPVM was in Nashville covering it in-depth. Below covers days 1, 2, and 3. Inside this report: "It's riskier to be in the alarm industry today" Very str...
By Ari Erenthal - 12 days ago
Australian-based iCetana says their GPU-based anomaly detection analytics are proven and ready to expand globally. To do that, they have raised $6M to build sales teams in the US and Europe. CEO Chris Farquhar, and lead investor Matthew Macfarlan...
By Brian Karas - 16 days ago
Knightscope is asking for investments from literally anyone, with a public "mini-IPO". Recently the company secured some additional funding from Mobotix owner Konica Minolta, who initially invested in Knightscope's $3.8M Series A round in 2014. I...
By Brian Karas - 22 days ago
Deep Learning is a rising trend in many commercial security products, and now one entrepreneur wants to bring deep learning to residential security. CEO/Founder Dave Selinger's company, Deep Sentinel has raised $7.4M from a number of investors, i...
By Brian Karas - 23 days ago
A rare event for North American security manufacturers is upcoming. ShotSpotter is planning to IPO on the NASDAQ, aiming to raise $34.5 million. US IPOs, overall, have become much tougher since the dot com boom, with revenue and growth demands t...
By Brian Karas - about 1 month ago
The robot that ran over a child, Knightscope, wants money and they need it. Investors can invest as little as $1,000 to participate and Knightscope is hoping for a total of $20 million. Knightscope's investment circular lists their current finan...
By John Honovich - 7 months ago
VMS and video analytics have received little funding this decade. However, one Taiwan startup, IronYun, has bucked this trend, with a relatively massive amount of funding for an offering that combines deep learning analytics, multi-tier storage, ...
By Brian Karas - 8 months ago
IPVM has seen many strange investments over the years. Who can forget how BRS Labs burned ~$100 million of mom and pop investments in their pursuit of whatever they thought they were doing. And that was horrible. Now a new investment campaign, f...
By John Honovich - 9 months ago
Hikvision has announced a new $3+ billion line of credit, in addition to the previous $3+ billion one from December 2015. This new one is from the Export-Import Bank of China (Exim). In this note, we examine Exim's central role within the Chinese...
By John Honovich - 10 months ago
Do you want own a part of the robot future? Now, you can. After gaining international fame with their robot runs over child debacle, Knightscope is seeking new funding through what they are calling a "mini IPO to test the waters". We spoke with...
By Brian Karas - 11 months ago
A Silicon Valley startup says their people counting sensor is so accurate it's free, just pay for the data. They recently raised $4M from a top VC and want to take on established companies in the space. We interviewed Density CEO Andrew Farrah to...
By Brian Karas - 11 months ago
So much of city video surveillance has been deployed and funded with the intention of stopping, or at least mitigating, terrorist attacks. But these systems are often bad at fighting crime, completely removed from the most troubled areas of the c...
By Ethan Ace - about 1 year ago
The founder of Vidsys claims to have invented the term "PSIM" in 2005, and for some time, many thought that PSIM was going to be the new VMS. Over the next decade, several competitive PSIM companies arose, and then faded, got acquired for low val...
By Brian Karas - about 1 year ago
In early 2015 Mark Cuban has funded a video analytics company, Netra, after the founder cold-emailed him. Now the company has shifted away from security. We look at the reason for this shift in this updated report.
By IPVM Team - about 1 year ago
One of the most prominent Silicon Valley investors and a former presidential candidate are backing Vivint with a $100 million investment. In this note, we look at the details of this new investment, and the high valuations for consumer-focused s...
By Brian Karas - about 1 year ago
BRS Labs is no more. After raising over $100M and years of outrageous claims, the company is effectively starting over. In the report, we examine the reincarnated BRS Labs and what to expect under their new CEO, based on an interview with the ne...
By Brian Karas - over 1 year ago
Smart doorbell startup Ring has raised an additional USD$61M in funding. Ring has also announced a "Pro" doorbell, which is an enhanced product offering vs. a reseller-oriented product. We take a look at ring's financials and the details on Ring...
By Brian Karas - over 1 year ago
A decade ago, Intransa and Pivot3 both hit the video surveillance market hard with big money and big claims for advanced storage offerings. Intransa died a few years ago and Pivot3 has gone back and forth with their focus. Now, Pivot3, with a si...
By Brian Karas - over 1 year ago
Yep. Would you spend $200 to see who it at your door on your phone? Well, investors, including Richard Branson, just spent $28 million to get a piece of the company, Ring. In this note, we look at the failure of the traditional surveillance ind...
By John Honovich - almost 2 years ago
Wireless video surveillance is one of the most difficult niches in the industry. Tens of millions have been wasted trying to build a wireless video surveillance winner. The most famous, of course, was Firetide, who failed, despite more than $50 m...
By John Honovich - almost 2 years ago
This 16-page guide explains the key uses, design factors, and players in the Hospital Surveillance market. A global group of 50 integrators and consultants with hospital project experience responded, each offering insights in selling, implemen...
By Brian Rhodes - almost 2 years ago
This 18-page guide explains the key uses, design factors, and players in the Police Station Surveillance market. A global group of 50 integrators and consultants with police project experience responded, each offering insights in selling, impl...
By Brian Rhodes - almost 2 years ago
This 20-page guide explains the key uses, design factors, and players in the Airport Surveillance market. A global group of 40 integrators and consultants with airport project experience responded, each offering insights in selling, implementin...
By Brian Rhodes - almost 2 years ago
This 31-page guide explains the key uses, design factors, and players in the City Surveillance market. A global group of 60 integrators responded, each offering insights in selling, implementing, and maintaining metropolitan video surveillance ...
By Brian Rhodes - about 2 years ago
