Best Security & Surveillance Technology Companies in Los Angeles, United States
The 58 best Security & Surveillance Technology companies in Los Angeles, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Epirus.
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 Los Angeles
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | App-install YoY | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Epirus 🦄 Developer of high-power microwave systems for electronic warfare and air defense 78Patents top 17%Innovation top 22%Funding top 22%Moat top 22% All 11 signals ▾Patentstop 17% Innovationtop 22% Fundingtop 22% Moattop 22% Talenttop 28% Markettop 41% Techtop 45% AItop 45% Growthtop 50% Globalbottom 40% Newsbottom 24% Patents: 122 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 110 filings since 2022 vs 12 in 2017-21 Innovation: 122 patents (top 16% of patent-holders) · 110 filings since 2022 vs 12 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100 | $289M | 9 mo ago | Series D | Nathan M Co-Founder | 2017 | — | 122 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | 1 partnership |
| 2 | Snappt Provider of AI-enabled platform for fraud detection and income verification | $102M | 52 mo ago | Series A | Daniel Berlind Co-Founder | 2016 | — | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 3 | Spring Labs Provider of an AI-native platform for complaints management and governance risk compliance 45Funding top 22%Talent top 28%Moat top 31%Patents top 44% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 22% Talenttop 28% Moattop 31% Patentstop 44% AItop 45% Innovationbottom 47% Growthbottom 41% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 34% Newsbottom 18% Funding: Raised $66.5M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 8 yrs (0.9/yr) Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 · 2 named leaders on record rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $67M | 2 mo ago | Series C | Anna Fridman Co-Founder | 2017 | — | 12 patents Commercial kitchen heating appliances: induction cooking surfaces, heat lamps, integrated HVAC units. | — |
| 4 | Hive Watch Provider of AI-powered physical security intelligence systems 64Growth top 13%Funding top 31%Moat top 39%News top 44% All 10 signals ▾Growthtop 13% Fundingtop 31% Moattop 39% Newstop 44% AItop 45% Producttop 46% Techbottom 49% Marketbottom 40% Talentbottom 40% Globalbottom 37% Growth: Headcount 21 → 59 (+181%) across vintages · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Funding: Raised $20.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 5 yrs (0.8/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $20M | 10 mo ago | Series B | Jordan Hill Co-Founder & Head Of Product | 2020 | — | — | — |
| 5 | VoiceVault Provider of voice biometric solution for mobile and on-device and telephony applications | $10M | 205 mo ago | Deadpooled | Andrew Lawson CEO | 1996 | — | — | — |
| 6 | PopID Provider of face and palm biometric identity verification gateway solutions | $5M | 16 mo ago | Series B | John Miller CEO | 2017 | — | 4 patents Biometric facial authentication for payments and secure entry systems | 1 launch |
| 7 | harbor Provider of an emergency app | $5M | 70 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | Dan Kessler CEO | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 8 | CamFind Provider of an image recognition-based mobile visual search engine | $5M | 136 mo ago | Seed | — | 2012 | +3% | 4 patents Visual search and image analysis for e‑commerce product identification | — |
| 9 | CloudSight APIs for image recognition & captioning | $3M | 101 mo ago | Seed | — | 2012 | — | 21 patents Client‑side image analysis and content‑based visual search for mobile/desktop applications | — |
| 10 | Herd Security Provider of automated platform for security awareness training and phishing simulations 35Talent top 38%Funding top 48%Global bottom 33% All 3 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 48% Globalbottom 33% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $3.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $3M | 2 mo ago | Seed | Grant Joy Co-Founder & CTO | 2023 | — | — | — |
| 11 | CloudKeyz Secure cloud based access management solutions | $1M | 67 mo ago | Acquired | Norbert Buscha Co-Founder | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Entropix Enhancing computer vision accuracy through advanced image detail extraction technology | $1M | 133 mo ago | Seed | — | 2015 | — | 4 patents Digital photographic image capture devices and related imaging sensor technologies | — |
| 13 | Faceware Technologies Facial motion capture solutions: cutting-edge technology for believable animation | $346K | 64 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2012 | — | — | — |
| 14 | Hellometer Provider of AI-enabled solutions to improve restaurant operations | $150K | 24 mo ago | Seed | Alexander Popper Founder & CEO | 2020 | — | — | 2 partnerships |
Top 12 Security & Surveillance Technology companies in Los Angeles
#1
Series C · Los Angeles, California · founded 2017 · 30 employees$66.5Mraised▾
Provider of an AI-native platform for complaints management and governance risk compliance. The platform offers conversation intelligence, direct complaints detection, and regulatory complaints tracking. It also provides templated response generation, resolution analysis, and complaints insights business intelligence. The platform integrates with existing systems to streamline workflows. It helps teams unlock customer insights from conversations.
- May 2026Series C$5M
- May 2025Series B$2.5M
- May 2021Series B$15M
- Jun 2019Series A$23M
#2
Epirus 🦄Series D · Los Angeles, California · founded 2017 · 218 employees$288.7Mraised▾
Developer of high-power microwave systems for electronic warfare and air defense. The company combines solid-state, long-pulse high-power microwave systems with artificial intelligence and advanced electronics. It offers systems for layered short-range air defense and maneuver short-range defense. The company also provides testing and validation for electronic effects on long-range targets. It develops capabilities to defend high-value assets and provides compact electronic warfare. The company delivers air domain awareness using perception capabilities.
- Oct 2025Series D—
- Mar 2025Series D$250M
- Jan 2022Series C$200M
- Dec 2021Grant (prize money)$243K
#3
Seed · Los Angeles, California · founded 2023$3Mraised▾
Provider of automated platform for security awareness training and phishing simulations. The platform delivers personalized corrective actions by simulating cyber attacks to identify gaps in human defense. It automates content creation, training reminders, and phishing simulation creation. The platform assesses risk at individual, team, and organizational levels, mapping behavior patterns and knowledge gaps. It delivers micro-lessons and real-time coaching tailored to each user’s risk profile.
- May 2026Seed$3M
#4
Series B · Los Angeles, California · founded 2020 · 59 employees$20Mraised▾
Provider of AI-powered physical security intelligence systems. Its product portfolio includes a fusion platform that integrates existing security systems and multiple sensor data, an app for guard patrol management, a cloud-based management platform for security operators. Its features include risk analytics and management, situational awareness, security planning, and incident management.
- Aug 2025Series B$25M
- Oct 2023Series A$8M
- Oct 2021Series A$20.2M
- Jan 2021Seed—
#5
Series B · Los Angeles, California · founded 2017 · 3 employees$5.1Mraised▾
Provider of face and palm biometric identity verification gateway solutions. It offers a system for individual identity verification through facial or palm scanning. The system translates face or palm images into secure digital keys. This technology is used for loyalty programs, payments, and building access.
- Feb 2025Series B$13.4M
- Apr 2019Series A$5.1M
#6
Series A · Los Angeles, California · founded 2016 · 75 employees$101.8Mraised▾
Provider of AI-enabled platform for fraud detection and income verification. The platform offers document fraud detection, identity verification, income verification, and verification of rent. It combines technology and human expertise to detect fraud and deliver insights. The platform analyzes metadata elements to confirm document authenticity and researches emerging fraud trends.
- Feb 2022Series A$100M
- Sep 2019Seed$1.8M
- Sep 2018Seed—
#7
Deadpooled · Los Angeles, California · founded 1996 · 1480 employees$9.9Mraised▾
VoiceVault provides voice biometrics solutions for mobile and on-device and telephony applications. Its offerings are Verint ViGo (for mobile identity verification) and Verint VoiceAuth (for call centers). Verint ViGo can be integrated into mobile applications and authenticates access to the user, by matching the speech of the displayed content on the screen with a pre-enrolled voice sample. Verint VoiceAuth is a voice biometric platform designed specifically for IVR and call center use. The company also provides a solution for social program claimants with a voice biometric for security and convenience. Compatible with iOS and Android devices.
- May 2009Series A$2.3M
- Dec 2007Series A$2M
- Jun 2006Series A$5.5M
#8
Acqui-Hired · Los Angeles, California · founded 2017 · 3 employees$5Mraised▾
Harbor is a provider of an emergency app. It provides emergency planning for incidents like hurricanes, wildfires. At the disaster, time activates the readiness plan and sends personalized, on-demand info in emergency time.
- Aug 2020Seed$5M
#9
Seed · Los Angeles, California · founded 2020 · 9 employees$150Kraised▾
Hellometer is a provider of AI-enabled solutions to improve restaurant operations. Its camera monitors the operations and transferred to its cloud and generate reports and alerts to improve the operations. Also, it uses zero facial recognition or biometrics to improve the operations without monitoring the employees.
- 2024Seed$100K
- Aug 2020Seed$150K
#10
Seed · Los Angeles, California · founded 2012 · 52 employees$4.8Mraised▾
CamFind provides an image recognition-based mobile visual search engine. Enables users to take a picture of any object for the application to use mobile visual search technology for telling what it is and for describing it or suggesting similar images. Allows users to search & find images, goods, local shopping results, related web content, and more. It is compatible with iOS and Android devices.
- Feb 2015Seed$4.8M
#11
Seed · Los Angeles, California · founded 2012 · 9 employees$3.2Mraised▾
APIs for image recognition & captioning
- Jan 2018Seed$1.5M
- Aug 2013Seed$1.7M
#12
Acquired · Los Angeles, California · founded 2015 · 11 employees$1.3Mraised▾
CloudKeyz is a cloud-based, mobile, keyless entry solution designed for the commercial real estate market, gated communities, etc. The company provides a new Cloud Screen solution to replace the traditional intercom with advanced communication capabilities, keyless access the mobile app, cloud lock to interface with the mobile app and connect to the cloud for remote management, a control software to remotely manage access to the gated areas. It also offers cloud cameras & access to cards.
- Nov 2020Seed$125K
- Feb 2020Seed$100K
- May 2019Seed$250K
- Nov 2018Seed$200K
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How research on Cybersecurity is moving in the United States
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 3,240 United States-affiliated papers.
- Purdue University West Lafayette85
- Northeastern University82
- Film Independent58
- Georgia Institute of Technology46
- DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory41
- Intrusion detection system94→301
- Anomaly detection30→107
- Key (lock)11→84
- Internet of Things2→61
- Artificial neural network2→57
- Intrusion detection system97→202
- Artificial neural network3→47
- Anomaly detection25→61
- Internet of Things1→33
- Support vector machine8→38
- Key (lock)6→39
- Intrusion detection system13→45
- Exploit9→30
- Malware6→26
- Adversarial system1→19
Where cybersecurity is researched across United States
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 the United States
United States cybersecurity patent filing is accelerating — 237,304 filings from 8,000 assignees (2016–2025), led by IBM, Microsoft, Intel; annual filings 18790→23467.
- IBM27123
- Microsoft22625
- Intel12674
- Google8568
- Qualcomm7627
- Apple6756
- Hewlett Packard Development5765
- Capital One Services4646
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