What Virtual Guard does

Virtual Guard is a privately held IT security company founded in 2008 and headquartered in Henderson, United States, with 11-50 employees. The company provides subscription-based live remote video monitoring services to affluent residential homeowners, primarily in Los Angeles neighborhoods including the San Fernando Valley and Hollywood Hills. Its core offering is a real-time remote surveillance service positioned as a proactive alternative to conventional alarm-based security systems, which the company argues only notify homeowners after a breach has occurred and are vulnerable to coordinated burglaries that conclude before police arrival.

The service is delivered via remote monitoring technology that enables continuous real-time surveillance and live intervention in response to detected threats, rather than passive post-event alerting. Virtual Guard targets high-net-worth homeowners concerned about coordinated residential burglaries, and the company markets itself through news-driven public relations and security advisories issued in response to local burglary trends, distributed via outlets such as PR Newswire to generate top-of-funnel awareness in target zip codes.

Virtual Guard operates a sales-led, direct-to-consumer go-to-market motion with a single core product and a subscription-based recurring revenue model. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. The company has no disclosed funding, no disclosed management team, no disclosed partnerships, no disclosed patents or certifications, and no disclosed app or public API surface. Operating geographies are limited to the Los Angeles metro in the United States, with no evidence of expansion beyond this single market.

Name

Virtual Guard

Website

https://virtualguard.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Virtual Guard is a private IT security company that provides subscription-based live remote video monitoring services to affluent residential homeowners in Los Angeles, offering proactive real-time surveillance as an alternative to traditional reactive alarm systems.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Residential Security Services

NAICS

Security Guards and Patrol Services (561612), Security Systems Services (56162)

SIC

Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services (7381)

akta.pro primary industry

Remote Video Guarding / Virtual Patrol (Guard + CCTV) (BPAKAAAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Remote Video Monitoring Services (Live/Virtual Guard) (HSAHACAB)

Keywords

• Residential video monitoring
• Live security monitoring
• Remote surveillance services
• Proactive burglary prevention
• Home security monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Henderson

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Remote Video Monitoring Services: Recurring subscription-based remote video monitoring services for residential properties, providing real-time surveillance and proactive security response capabilities

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Virtual Guard provides a live remote video monitoring service for residential properties, offering continuous real-time surveillance with proactive threat detection and response. The service is positioned as a premium alternative to conventional passive alarm systems, targeting affluent homeowners whose security concerns include coordinated burglaries that conclude before police can arrive.

Product overview

Virtual Guard offers a single unified product: a live remote video monitoring service that provides continuous real-time surveillance for high-end residential properties. The service uses remote monitoring technology to detect and respond to potential security threats as they occur, positioning itself as a proactive alternative to conventional passive alarm-based security systems. The company's focus is on affluent residential markets in Los Angeles neighborhoods including the San Fernando Valley and Hollywood Hills areas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Live Remote Video Monitoring Service Remote video monitoring service providing continuous real-time surveillance of residential properties with proactive threat detection and response before incidents escalate, positioned as an alternative to traditional alarm-based security systems.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Emerging players

• SimpliSafe: SimpliSafe offers DIY home security with optional professional monitoring, competing with Virtual Guard for the same residential monitoring customers, particularly those seeking flexible, lower-cost subscription models.

Regional players

• CPI Security Systems: CPI Security provides professionally monitored home security and video surveillance across the Southeastern US, comparable in service model to Virtual Guard but operating in a different regional footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Vivint: Vivint provides professionally monitored smart-home security with integrated cameras and 24/7 monitoring for residential customers across the US, overlapping with Virtual Guard's monitored-video value proposition at broader scale.
• ADT: ADT is the largest US monitored home-security provider, offering professional video monitoring and alarm response. As a broad incumbent, it competes for the same residential monitoring wallet share as Virtual Guard.
• Brinks Home: Brinks Home provides professionally monitored home security with video surveillance and intrusion detection, directly overlapping Virtual Guard's monitored residential security offering at national scale.
• Ring (Amazon): Ring provides home security cameras and optional professional monitoring under Amazon, competing in the residential video monitoring category that Virtual Guard serves, with substantially greater brand and pricing power.

Direct peers

• Frontpoint Home Security: Frontpoint delivers professionally monitored home security with strong focus on customer experience and integrated cameras, competing for similar affluent residential subscribers seeking higher-touch monitoring service.
• Ackerman Security: Ackerman Security offers monitored home security, video surveillance, and live operator response — a service model that closely mirrors Virtual Guard's live-monitoring value proposition in residential markets.
• Deep Sentinel: Deep Sentinel offers live, AI-assisted remote video monitoring with human intervention for residential properties — the closest direct competitor to Virtual Guard's proactive live-monitoring model, serving the same affluent homeowner segment.
• Bay Alarm Medical: Bay Alarm provides professional monitored security with live video and intrusion response across California and neighboring states, competing head-to-head with Virtual Guard in the LA residential market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Virtual_Guard
• Facebookfacebook.com/virtualguardinc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/virtual-guard-inc-

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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