Breach
150,000 cameras breached
2021Hackers accessed live feeds from 150,000 Verkada cameras inside hospitals, jails, schools, police stations, and Tesla — exposing how centralized the footage had become.
Investor
Sequoia Capital
Early investor in Verkada; co-led its Series B.
One of the most prominent venture firms in the world; an early investor in the cloud-camera company Verkada, whose Series B it co-led (Verkada's Series A was led by Siemens' Next47).
Surveillance portfolio (1)
Incidents across the portfolio
Abuse
Employees used cameras to harass women
2020Verkada staff used the company's own office cameras and face tools to harass female colleagues — a preview of how such analytics can be abused.