Menlo Park, US · Angel
Filip Kaliszan
Founder & CEO at Friends & Family Capital
Latest rounds
- CerrionSeries A · $18MNov 2025
BacksAIManufacturing
The firm
Friends & Family CapitalVC firm · US4cheques in 12 months7all time0ledRounds they were named in
- Rounds
- 1
- Led
- 0
- Disclosed
- $18M
- Active
- 2025
CerrionSeries A$18MCHJoined · +13 investors
Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.
Where they are named on record
Filings
- SEC Form D · Company raisingVerkada Inc.Executive Officer, Directoron 8 filings · since 2016
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Warner Deal Drags, H200 Exports Resume, Meta AI Chafe Gate | Joe Weisenthal, Ben Smith, Matt Hicks, Stephen Schwartz, Saam Motamedi, Nicholas Kelez, Antoine Tessier, Filip Kaliszan
WithFilip KaliszanSaam Motamedi
About this episode
(00:28) - H200 Exports Resume (07:20) - China-Linked AI Chip Smuggling (14:43) - Joe Weisenthal, born September 2, 1980, in Detroit, Michigan, is an American journalist and television presenter, currently serving as the executive editor of news for Bloomberg's digital brands and co-host of… More on the show's page
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Building Verkada, the $4.5B Physical Security Company | Filip Kaliszan, Founder and CEO
WithFilip Kaliszan
About this episode
Filip Kaliszan is the Founder & CEO of Verkada, the physical security company. Verkada started in 2016 by building the best camera for physical security teams, and has since evolved into a full suite of security products for buildings. Filip takes us inside Verkada’s rapid growth to almost a… More on the show's page
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#180 CEO & Co-Founder Verkada, Filip Kaliszan: Outlier
WithFilip Kaliszan
MentionsAaron LevieJohn DoerrMark ZuckerbergHans Robertson
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Guest: Filip Kaliszan, CEO and co-founder of Verkada Great founders try to grow personally at least as fast as their companies do, but sometimes, says Verkada CEO Filip Kaliszan, that’s just not possible. By the time the company had about 200 employees, he says, “the scale of the business and the… More on the show's page
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EP 93: Filip Kaliszan (CEO, Verkada) AI Security Cameras to $3.5B Company
WithFilip Kaliszan
About this episode
Filip Kaliszan is the Co-Founder and CEO of Verkada, one of the fastest-growing private companies out there today. In the episode, Filip discussed many of the first principles decisions he has made in growing Verkada into a $3.5B business that employs over 2000 people. He also dives deep into their…
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