Canary

New York, NY, United States Consumer Electronics Acquired

Canary is a consumer smart home security company that makes all-in-one connected security cameras and a companion mobile app. Its products, including Canary View, Canary Pro and Canary Flex, offer 1080p HD video, night vision, AI-powered motion and person/pet/vehicle/package detection, two-way talk, cloud video recording, and home-health sensing (air quality, temperature, humidity). Canary also sells premium service plans and 24/7 professional monitoring. Founded in New York City in 2012, Canary took a controlling investment from IoT company Smartfrog in October 2018; the Canary products and certain assets are now owned by Arlo Technologies, Inc., with Canary Connect, Inc. operating the service.

Acquired

Canary has been acquired

Acquired by Zscaler, Inc. August 1, 2025 $675M

This company is no longer available on our private secondary market.

Overview

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Founded

2012

Employees

400–450

Total Funding

$193.7M

4 rounds

Funding

Total raised $193.7M across 4 rounds

Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Last updated 06-25-2026

Latest Round

Type

Debt facility

Date

October 2021

Amount

$81M

Valuation

Lead Investors

Golub Capital
DateRoundAmount RaisedValuationLead Investors
October 2021 Debt facility $81M Golub Capital
August 26, 2020 Series C $81M Summit Partners
September 14, 2017 Series B $25M Summit Partners

Leadership

  • Adam Sager

    Co-Founder

  • Jon Troutman

    Co-Founder

  • Chris Rill

    Co-Founder

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