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August Home
Smart home access solutions
- 101-200 employees
- B2C
- Internet of Things
- Consumer Goods
- Automation
- China Basin, San Francisco, CA
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Company mission
To make customers lives more simple and secure by offering unprecedented visibility and control over their front door.
25% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
Founded in 2012, August Home provides home automation solutions with an emphasis on door cameras and Wi-Fi locks. Acquired by Swedish access company Assa Abloy in 2017, it has since expanded its technology’s compatibility to locks manufactured by Emtek and Yale.
What makes August Home stand out is its promise of a smart lock that easily attaches to an existing deadbolt while being fully controllable via a smart device, or unlockable using traditional keys. The company has an evident devotion to making the process as hassle-free as possible, even allowing the option to grant special temporary keys to guests and couriers. This flexibility seems to be a core part of its success.
With the smart lock market expected to grow at a steady pace for years to come as smart technologies further blend with domestic life. However, there are concerns that this will be met by an increase in the number of hackers, which may need to be addressed before further progress can be made.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
- A generous PTO policy to recharge and reset
- Matching 401K contributions
- Life insurance
- Tuition and certification reimbursement
- COVID-19 supported WFH policies and efforts (flexible in-office policy upon return)
- Cell phone reimbursement
Company values
- We Help Each Other Succeed
- We Deliver on our Promises
- We Act with Honesty and Integrity
- Credibility is our Foundation
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jul 2017
$25m
SERIES C
Mar 2015
$38m
SERIES B
Total funding: $73m
This company has top investors
Leadership
Yves Behar
(Chief Creative Officer)Studied Industrial Design at the Art Center College of Design. Is also Chief Creative Officer of Jawbone, and Founder and CEO of fuseproject.