69 Best Surveillance Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Surveillance Startups

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There are 94 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $13.0b. The average funding per company in this subset is $188.8m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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$49.0m

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Siklu is a San Jose, California and Petah Tikva-based telecommunications company developing multi-gigabit wireless fiber connectivity systems for urban, suburban, and rural areas.

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$47.0m

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Paravision is a San Francisco-based provider of facial recognition and activity monitoring software. Paravision was previously known as Ever AI.

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$217.2m

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Density is a San Francisco-based company building a people-counting system to measure the number of people in or passing through a physical space such as a hallway, lobby, or conference hall.

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$38.6m

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Clearview AI is a software company offering a computer vision system using artificial intelligence for serving the law enforcement industry.

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$59.5m

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ISC provides cybersecurity solutions as well as hardware and software products for enterprise threat management.

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$105.0m

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DJI is a Shenzen, China-based company developing and manufacturing drone and camera technology.

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$55.5m

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Numerica is a Fort Collins, Colorado-based space, air, and missile defense company

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$138.9m

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Verkada is a software company offering a cloud-based internet of things (IoT) platform for security camera systems.

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$228.0m

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Echodyne is a company developing compact, solid-state, high-performance radar system founded in 2014 by Eben Frankenberg and Tom Driscoll.

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$7.9b

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We are the first public safety operating system empowering thousands of cities to eliminate crime.Our cameras and devices detect objective evidence, decode it with machine learning, and deliver it into the hands that stop crime.

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$161.3m

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Rebellion Defense provides artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions for the United States and United Kingdom military and civil service.

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$588.1m

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Shield AI is a company building artificially intelligent systems like drones for use by military service members and first responders.

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$750.0k

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Network Optix is a Burbank, California-based software development company focused on video management solutions.

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$100.0m

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A technology company utilizing artificial intelligence for image searches that can in turn be used in mobile applications. It is located in New York City, New York and was founded in 2013.

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7

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$128.9m

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Dredrone is an airspace security platform that detects, classifies, and mitigates drone threats.

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$851.4m

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Skydio uses artificial intelligence to create flying drones that are used by consumer, enterprise, and government customers.

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5

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$395.0m

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A software company using artificial intelligence to create a computer vision platform for customer onboarding and security. It was founded in 2015 and is located in Holon, Israel.

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$1.5m

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A company that specializes in remote video analytics. It is located in London, England and was founded in 2016.

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$32.1m

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A company using artificial intelligence to create a platform for solving visual inspection challenges in industrial environments.

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A company offering cloud artificial intelligence-based video analytics that uses custom-developed neural networks which are primarily trained to detect people and vehicles. It was founded in 2018 and is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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$1.1m

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Invision AI is an image recognition and video monitoring company using machine learning to analyze existing data points and improve motion detection systems. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada and was founded in 2015.

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Autel Robotics is a company offering drones for capturing and streaming high-quality and thermal video.

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A software company offering a banking grade platform for online identity verification.

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$23.4m

Money raised

Deep Sentinel is a U.S-based company offering AI-based home security systems founded in 2016 by David Selinger.

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$4.5m

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A drone mapping company offering aerial drone mapping software.

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$35.0m

Money raised

Home security and monitoring company based in New York City which designs and distributes its own range of home security cameras and a mobile application which allows users to access camera feeds.

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$520.0m

Money raised

Checkr is a company developing an API to automate professional background checking.

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$3.4m

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Asylon provides solutions for the autonomous UAV industry.

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$73.6m

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An artificial intelligence and computer hardware company offering a software and hardware platform for capturing workplace activities using sensors.

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$1.4m

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A company offering a still image and video analytics platform using computer vision.

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5

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$8.7m

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An artificial intelligence company using computer vision to monitor, identify patterns, and make decisions based on surveillance camera streams.

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$141.0m

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3D Robotics is an american technology company founded in 2009 by Chris Anderson.

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$26.2m

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WhiteFox Defense is a San Luis Obispo, California-based technology company company offering a drone airspace security platform.

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$3.0m

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Sensor and surveillance technology company based in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

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$23.6m

Money raised

STRAX Intelligence Group is a technology company.

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6

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$60.0m

Money raised

Minut is a Scandinavian startup that produces home security software and hardware. Minut's product, Point, analysing sounds and the indoor environment. It can recognise things like alarms, windows breaking, or unexpected activity.

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$47.9m

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An artificial intelligence company that protects faces from being identified by facial recognition technologies

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3

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$17.6m

Money raised

An AI company advancing surveillance with neural network-based artificial intelligence at enterprise scale.

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$72.5m

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A software company offering a pilotless, AI security solution for commercial applications.

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2

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$8.6m

Money raised

Nightingale Security is a company offering autonomous drone surveillance solutions founded by Jack Wu.

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3

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$144.6k

Money raised

A company offering a cloud-based online platform for monitoring security cameras in real-time.

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$7.3m

Money raised

CosmosID is a microbial genomics platform focused on characterization of microorganisms, pathogens and anti-microbial resistance for infectious disease identification, food safety inspections, pharmaceutical discovery, public health surveillance and microbiome analysis.

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$26.6m

Money raised

Avidbots is a company that offers commercial floor cleaning market with autonomous robotics.

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$3.0m

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A company offering a cloud-based video security surveillance platform for enterprises.

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$27.4m

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A company offering a threat detection platform using artificial intelligence to detect people with weapons.

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$13.9m

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A software company using artificial intelligence for video surveillance analytics.

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Cvedia is a company that offers end-to-end computer vision solutions using software, hardware, and architecture integration.

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$37.9m

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Alcatraz AI is a Redwood City, CA-based startup which develops physical access control systems which use deep learning-powered facial recognition technology.

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$273.3m

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Wasabi Technologies is a Boston-based software development company offering cloud-based storage.

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3

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$95.5m

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UVeye is a computer vision tech company that develops automated inspection systems for vehicles, powered by artificial intelligence and proprietary hardware.

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2

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$19.1m

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V5 Systems is a company developing self-powered outdoor security systems founded in 2014 by Steve Yung, Eddie Bedwan and Mazin Bedwan.

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$8.6m

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A company offering a marketing and security platform for the retail industry based on video surveillance.

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6

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$147.0m

Money raised

A company offering an internet of things (IoT) cybersecurity platform.

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$5.6m

Money raised

Athena Security creates a gun detection security camera system for businesses and schools.

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$36.0k

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A company offering a platform for connecting and monitoring camera systems.

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$32.8m

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Hoverfly Technologies, Inc. is an Orlando, Florida-based company founded in 2020 by Dr. Alfred Ducharme.

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$14.9m

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Kogniz offers an SaaS-based video surveillance platform for monitoring various workplace safety problems.

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$51.3m

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A company offering multichannel surveillance technology for financial markets.

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$294.0k

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A company offering a video analytics and surveillance platform for real-time analysis of heightened security situations such as military bases, airports, and logistics centers.

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Funding Rounds

$7.6m

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A software company offering a computer vision and machine learning platform for tracking, monitoring, and analyzing people.

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$1.8m

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Ares Security Corporation is a Vienna, Virginia-based security and asset protection company founded in 1999.

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$60.0m

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A company making commercial drones and drone accessories for photography and video capture.

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$9.4m

Money raised

A company offering an electric unmanned aircraft for first responder surveillance.

1

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$223.1k

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Copious Imaging produces imaging products and technology for commercial and governmental applications

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Notch is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company founded in 2017 by Shahriar Khushrushahi.

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$31.2m

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A software company offering an artificial intelligence platform for behavioural analytics.

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$25.0k

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A company offering an internet of things (IoT) smart building security platform.

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$700.0k

Money raised

Camect is a company offering a software platform for managing security cameras used in home security and other physical security applications.

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$2.7m

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Aivero is a Stavanger-based 3D video streaming and compression company.

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