Best Security & Surveillance Technology Companies in British Columbia, Canada
The 49 best Security & Surveillance Technology companies in British Columbia, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Avigilon.
Our analysis of 50 Security & Surveillance Technology companies
$4.8b in tracked funding; 91% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Security & Surveillance Technology companies in British Columbia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avigilon Video management and analytics based surveillance & access control solution | $171M | 148 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2004 | Craft CMSPHPYii+25 | 590 patents Advanced video surveillance cameras with AI-driven motion detection and object classification | — |
| 2 | Aupera Provider of an AI and cloud-based integrated systems for video processing and real-time analytics applications | $50M | 58 mo ago | Series B | Roy Liao Founder & CEO | 2014 | — | 2 patents Flash storage management: file systems and distributed RAID for solid-state memory | — |
| 3 | NGrain Developer of 3D and AI solutions for damage assessment | $46M | 157 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2000 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Owl Technologies KYC solutions for banks and insurance companies | $40M | 57 mo ago | Series B | Sean Merat Co-Founder & CEO | 2018 | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+25 | — | 2 awards |
| 5 | Contigo Provider of GPS-based location tracking systems | $5M | 230 mo ago | Acquired | Lindsay Ryerson CEO | 2002 | DebianApache HTTP ServerjQuery+1 | 4 patents Inertial sensor-based tracking and monitoring of mobile objects | — |
| 6 | Metaspectral Developer of an AI platform for hyperspectral data analysis and processing | $5M | 11 mo ago | Seed | Francis Doumet Co-Founder & CEO | 2018 | WordPressMySQLPHP+14 | — | — |
| 7 | First Responder Technologies Provider cloud & AI-based weapons detection systems | $3M | 41 mo ago | Public | Robert Delamar CEO | 2017 | — | 5 patents Wearable Wi‑Fi sensing systems for non‑intrusive detection of concealed threats | — |
| 8 | Gatekeeper Systems Video management system provider | $2M | 9 mo ago | Public | — | 1997 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+25 | — | — |
| 9 | Rx Networks Provider of solutions for location tracking | $2M | 192 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2002 | WordPress Site EditorElementorWordPress+19 | 97 patents GNSS prediction, orbit propagation, and crowd‑sourced positioning error mitigation services | — |
| 10 | FusionPipe Behavioral biometrics-based user authentication | $2M | 118 mo ago | Seed | — | 2010 | — | — | — |
| 11 | Active Witness Provider of cloud and AI-based access control systems | $621K | 60 mo ago | Seed | — | 2018 | — | 23 patents Barcode-based personal safety compliance monitoring and enforcement system | — |
| 12 | Neptune Digital Assets Bitcoin mining, decentralized finance, and staking solutions for cryptocurrencies | $494K | 63 mo ago | Seed | Cale Moodie Co-Founder & CEO | 2017 | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — | 1 partnership |
| 13 | INETCO Developer of software for payment fraud prevention and cybersecurity solutions 62Product top 18%AI top 20%Innovation top 23%Talent top 31% All 9 signals ▾Producttop 18% AItop 20% Innovationtop 23% Talenttop 31% Newstop 45% Fundingtop 48% Techtop 50% Marketbottom 34% Globalbottom 29% Product: 4 distinct product lines AI: Classified as an AI company rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $400K | 18 mo ago | Early Stage | Ugan Naidoo Co-Founder & CTO | 1984 | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | — | 2 awards |
| 14 | ExcelSense Manufacturer of self-cleaning cameras for mining and heavy industries | $273K | 87 mo ago | Funding Raised | Nima Nabavi Co-Founder & CEO | 2014 | Webflow EcommerceWebflowcore-js+16 | — | — |
| 15 | Tevano Provider of temperature scanning device for workplace safety | $215K | 40 mo ago | Public | David Bajwa CEO & Director | 2018 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Security & Surveillance Technology companies in British Columbia
#1
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2018 · 16 employees$4.7Mraised▾
Developer of an AI platform for hyperspectral data analysis and processing. The platform facilitates running artificial intelligence models on hyperspectral or multispectral data. It enables users to gain actionable insights without complex programming knowledge. The technology compresses data and trains artificial intelligence models for data analysis. The platform supports real-time inference in cloud or edge environments.
- Sep 2025Grant (prize money)$723.5K
- Apr 2023Grant (prize money)$419K
- Nov 2022Seed$4.7M
- Jun 2022Grant (prize money)—
#2
Public · Abbotsford, British Columbia · founded 1997 · 60 employees$2Mraised▾
Gatekeeper Systems Inc. (GSI) is a leading provider of high-resolution video security and safety systems for mobile applications. The company claims that its video management software synchronizes real-time video, mapping, audio and vehicle sensors to create a total picture of operations. With these technologies, clients can detect, analyze and respond to safety and security threats anytime. The VMS can be used in the fields of transport, law enforcement, and other sectors.The company also provides special cameras for surveillance. Clientele includes Calgary HandiBus, Clovis Unified School, PEI, and Jackson Public Schools.
- Nov 2025Post IPO$7.1M
- Jul 2025Post IPO$7.3M
- May 2016Conventional Debt$1.5M
- Jul 2015Post IPO$689.9K
#3
Early Stage · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 1984 · 37 employees$400Kraised▾
Developer of software for payment fraud prevention and cybersecurity solutions. The company provides tools for real-time fraud detection and blocking, insider fraud prevention, and account takeover fraud prevention. It offers cybersecurity solutions for enterprises, including DDoS attack prevention and bot-driven high-velocity attack mitigation. The company also provides real-time transaction monitoring and payment analytics.
- Jan 2025Unattributed—
- Jan 2025Unattributed$208.6K
- Dec 2024Unattributed$486.9K
- Oct 2021Unattributed$100.5K
#4
Acquired · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2004 · 626 employees$170.8Mraised▾
Avigilon provides video analytics, network video management software and hardware, surveillance cameras, and access control solutions. Solution is based on High Definition Stream Management (HDSM)which preserves complete image integrity through visually lossless compression and manages bandwidth and storage. Its video surveillance software is open to both HD and analog cameras for integration. Products are designed and manufactured in North America.
- Apr 2014Post IPO$100M
- Nov 2013Post IPO$69M
- Nov 2011Post IPO$1.8M
- 2008Seed—
#5
Series B · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2018 · 89 employees$40Mraised▾
KYC solutions for banks and insurance companies. Offers a chatbot, which is an end-to-end encrypted, zero-knowledge system compliant with all regulations for handling sensitive data. The solution automates and streamlines the KYC process.
- Nov 2021Series B$30M
- 2020Grant (prize money)$3.5M
- Aug 2019Seed$2M
#6
Series B · Burnaby, British Columbia · founded 2014$50Mraised▾
Provider of an AI and cloud-based integrated systems for video processing and real-time analytics applications. It provides users with a company that provides AI inference, custom computer vision pipeline development and deployment, data collection, model re-training, converged architecture of video transcoding, content analytics, and video storage systems.
- Oct 2021Series B$50M
- Aug 2020Series A—
- Oct 2016Seed—
#7
Acquired · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2000 · 37 employees$45.7Mraised▾
Developer of 3D and AI solutions for damage assessment. The company provides tools for virtual damage assessment and 3D asset management. It offers solutions for creating 3D content to aid in training for equipment maintenance and repair. The company's offerings cater to industries like aerospace, defense, and insurance.
- Jun 2013Grant (prize money)$9.5M
- Apr 2007Series B$12.5M
- Series B$16.3M
- Series A$4.6M
#8
Public · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2017$3.3Mraised▾
Provider cloud & AI-based weapons detection systems. The product offers a wi-fi concealed weapon detection technology. The features of the product include wave penetration, attack prevention, threat detection, and response. It also provides warnings of a potential active shooter on-premises. The company has developed the world's first Wi-Fi-based walkthrough metal detection device. The founder is a serial entrepreneur. It also provides AI-based open-carry weapon detection systems & cloud-based threat management systems.
- Mar 2023Post IPO$595K
- Oct 2021Post IPO$74.7K
- Oct 2020Post IPO$753.4K
- Mar 2020Post IPO$1.9M
#9
Acquired · Burnaby, British Columbia · founded 2002 · 21 employees$5Mraised▾
Provider of GPS-based location tracking systems. It offers web-based software and a mobile application that enable users to track vehicles, assets, and persons. Its features include real-time tracking, live locations on maps, and notification alerts.
- Jun 2007Series B$3M
#10
Public · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2018$215.3Kraised▾
Provider of temperature scanning device for workplace safety. The company has developed a thermal scanning solution and fever detection device for employees and customers entering an organization. The temperature sensing device is integrated with proprietary software designed by the company that provides the scanning data on the platform where the information is automatically compiled.
- Mar 2023Post IPO$73.2K
- Feb 2022Post IPO$142.1K
#11
Acquired · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2002 · 50 employees$1.9Mraised▾
Provider of solutions for location tracking. It provides users with location chips in any device that takes some time to detect the location with the help of satellite or wifi or cellular signals. It also provides a performance boost to these location chips thereby enabling faster and more accurate location detection and supporting indoor and outdoor location detection.
- Jul 2010Series A$794.4K
- Dec 2008Series A$1.1M
- May 2007Series A$3.3M
#12
Seed · Surrey, British Columbia · founded 2018 · 9 employees$621.2Kraised▾
Provider of cloud and AI-based access control systems. It offers security camera devices, along with web-based software and a mobile application for remote monitoring and management. The camera secures doors by permitting the entry of only authorised personnel. The cloud-based management system reads an ID claim through the camera and matches it to the person’s face for verifying if the claim is a correct match.
- Aug 2021Seed$365.8K
- Jan 2021Seed$255.4K
Funding & investor landscape
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Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Security & Surveillance Technology coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Cybersecurity is moving in Canada
A read on the academic research around Cybersecurity — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 438 Canada-affiliated papers.
- University of Waterloo37
- Carleton University35
- Concordia University28
- Toronto Metropolitan University24
- University of New Brunswick22
- Intrusion detection system15→49
- Anomaly detection3→17
- Denial-of-service attack5→15
- Robustness (evolution)2→12
- Artificial neural network1→10
- Denial-of-service attack7→15
- Cloud computing1→8
- Artificial neural network1→6
- Network packet3→8
- Spoofing attack1→4
- Key (lock)1→4
Where cybersecurity is researched across Canada
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Who's filing cybersecurity patents in Canada
Canada cybersecurity patent filing is cooling — 9,109 filings from 5,252 assignees (2016–2025), led by Research IN Motion, Blackberry, Certicom; annual filings 816→795.
- Research IN Motion2692
- Blackberry2247
- Certicom1206
- Toronto Dominion BANK721
- Royal BANK Of Canada295
- Nortel Networks282
- Absolute Software270
- Schlumberger CA251
Common questions
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