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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...