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Flock Safety

Flock Safety sells license plate readers, gunshot detection, AI cameras, and drone-response hardware to law enforcement agencies, municipalities, and private-sector security buyers, unified under a cloud software layer for real-time crime investigation.

flocksafety.com · Atlanta

CALL NO.CS·FLOCKSAFETY·26

StageSeries F (undesignated growth round)March 2025 · led by Andreessen Horowitz[1][4][8]

Raised$950Mdisclosed rounds[1][7]

Headcount1174as of Apr 2026[7]

Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger

Founded2017[7][2]

Money

Raised $950M across disclosed rounds.[1][7]

Series F (undesignated growth round) closed March 2025, led by Andreessen Horowitz.[1][4][8]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Bedrock Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Meritech Capital, Matrix Partners, Tiger Global Management, Y Combinator, Founders Fund, Kleiner Perkins, Sands Capital, Spark Capital, 776, Initialized Capital.[4][5][6][8][1]

People

Garrett Langley, Founder & CEO[2][4][3][7]

Joshua Thomas, Chief Communications Officer[2][3][7]

Brandon Simins, Chief Financial Officer[2][3][7]

Signals

Mar 13 2025fundingRaises $275M at $7.5B valuation — ARR crosses $300M at 70% YoY growth[1]

Mar 13 2025launchNova investigative intelligence platform launched in early access (February 2025) company claim, not independently confirmed[8]

Mar 13 2025otherNew 100,000 sq ft Georgia manufacturing facility announced as coming online company claim, not independently confirmed[4]

Feb 15 2022fundingSeries E $150M at $3.5B valuation led by Tiger Global; Raven gunshot detection device launched; headcount hit 350 company claim, not independently confirmed[5]

Comps

Axon · axon.com · Same primary buyer (law enforcement agencies) and overlapping budget line — Flock's enrichment data shows Axon as a top talent source (13 hires) and alumni destination, and Flock's LPR-plus-cloud-evidence stack competes for the same agency technology budget...[7]

Motorola Solutions · motorolasolutions.com · Direct overlap on buyer (law enforcement and municipal public safety) and product category (LPR, video surveillance, real-time crime center software); Flock's enrichment lists Motorola Solutions as an alumni destination (4 departures), and Flock's own...[7]

Verkada · verkada.com · Overlapping buyer on the commercial/enterprise side — Flock's enrichment lists Verkada as a top talent source (12 hires), and both companies sell cloud-managed camera hardware to schools, businesses, and health systems under a subscription model.[7]

LVT (LiveView Technologies) · liveviewtech.com · Direct product substitute — Flock published a named side-by-side comparison ('What Separates a Flock Mobile Security Trailer From LVT') targeting the same mobile surveillance trailer buyer, and LVT appears as an alumni destination (4 departures) in Flock's...[7]

Risk

The customer proof is company-sourced only. No independent source in this ledger confirms it.[8]

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