# Filip Kaliszan, Founder & CEO at Verkada > Filip Kaliszan, Founder & CEO at Verkada. 1 investment on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/mr-filip-kaliszan (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Menlo Park, US · Angel # Filip Kaliszan Founder & CEO at [Friends & Family Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/friends-and-family-capital) Latest rounds - **Cerrion** Series A · $18M Nov 2025 Backs *AI* *Manufacturing* Profile summary - **Rounds named:** 1 last Nov 2025 - **Filings:** 1 with regulators - **Podcasts:** 4 episodes What this record rests on - ✓ **Named in rounds** 1 round name them - ✓ **On filings** 1 filing with a regulator - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Friends & Family Capital - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from filings their firm signed. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=mr-filip-kaliszan)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=mr-filip-kaliszan) ## The firm [**Friends & Family Capital** VC firm · US **4** cheques in 12 months **7** all time **0** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/friends-and-family-capital) ## Rounds they were named in - **Rounds:** 1 - **Led:** 0 - **Disclosed:** $18M - **Active:** 2025 2025 - [Cerrion](https://millionrounds.com/company/cerrion) *Series A* **$18M** *CH* Nov 2025 Joined · +13 investors By stage - Series A **1** What they backed AI **1** Manufacturing **1** Alongside - [10x Founders *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/10x-founders) - [Carl Rivera *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/carl-rivera) - [Creandum *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creandum) - [Garret Langley *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/garret-langley) - [Goat Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goat-capital) - [Harry Stebbings *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harry-stebbings) - [Marc Maurer *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marc-maurer) - [Oskar Hjertonsson *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oskar-hjertonsson) 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 raising **Verkada Inc.** Executive Officer, Director on 8 filings · since 2016 Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date. ## Also at Friends & Family Capital - [**Colin Anderson** Managing Member *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/colin-anderson-3) - [**Gina Bauman** Head of Capital Formation *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/gina-bauman) - [**Howie Liu** Cofounder, CEO *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/mr-howie-liu) - [**Jake Loosararian** Gecko Robotics Co-Founder/ceo *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/jake-loosararian) ## Hear them before you pitch them - [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) · 10 Dec 2025 · 3h 18m 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 With [Filip Kaliszan](https://millionrounds.com/person/mr-filip-kaliszan)[Saam Motamedi](https://millionrounds.com/person/saam-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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Peel](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/the-peel) · 10 Apr 2025 · 1h 43m Building Verkada, the $4.5B Physical Security Company | Filip Kaliszan, Founder and CEO With [Filip Kaliszan](https://millionrounds.com/person/mr-filip-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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Grit](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/grit) · 4 Mar 2024 · 1h 13m #180 CEO & Co-Founder Verkada, Filip Kaliszan: Outlier With [Filip Kaliszan](https://millionrounds.com/person/mr-filip-kaliszan) Mentions [Aaron Levie](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aaron-levie)[John Doerr](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-doerr)[Mark Zuckerberg](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mark-zuckerberg)[Hans Robertson](https://millionrounds.com/person/hans-robertson) About this episode 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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Logan Bartlett Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/logan-bartlett-show) · 2 Feb 2024 · 1h 58m EP 93: Filip Kaliszan (CEO, Verkada) AI Security Cameras to $3.5B Company With [Filip Kaliszan](https://millionrounds.com/person/mr-filip-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… Listen on Apple Podcasts Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? 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