Tag: Brent Franks
Abode brings professional monitoring to its DIY systems
May 25, 2016Spencer Ives
PALO ALTO, Calif.—Abode, a DIY security company that got crowdfunded last year, is now offering professional monitoring—full time or on-demand—from UCC, and the company is actively looking for partnerships with security companies.
“We always had the plan to introduce [monitoring options], but our goal first was to get the product out in peoples' hands and really drive some of the early feedback to actually make our product better, before we went down the road of charging...
Ex-ADT exec kick-starts Abode
May 20, 2015Amy Canfield
PALO ALTO, Calif.—A former ADT executive's Kickstarter campaign to help finance a new DIY home security company exceeded its $100,000 goal, and the company, Abode, is up and running.The campaign raised more than $150,000 in 45 days, co-founder Christopher Carney, former director of finance M&A and director of finance, sales and marketing for ADT, told Security Systems News.The company, based here, has raised more than $1 million to date, much of that from global investors, he said.“The...
Former ADT finance director wants to kick-start home security company
March 25, 2015Amy Canfield
Christopher Carney, a former director of finance M&A and director of finance, sales and marketing for ADT, has launched a Kickstarter campaign for his new company, Abode Systems.
The 45-day campaign aims to raise $100,000 by May 7 to bring the “new kind of home security and automation solution to market,” Carney said in a prepared statement. The solution “will put big security companies on notice,” he said.
Carney co-founded Abode, based in Palo Alto, Calif., with Brent...