UniKey
Orlando, US · Founded 2010 · Florida corporation · 16 employees on LinkedIn · 7 known investors
UniKey provides mobile credential technology for lock and access control manufacturers, enabling integration with Apple Wallet, Google Wallet, and Bluetooth. The company serves hardware manufacturers seeking to add secure mobile access capabilities to their products.
Also known as UniKey Technologies · UniKey Technologies, Inc.
Founders & leadership
UniKey was founded in 2010 by PHIL DUMAS.
Board
Investors · 7
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$8.1M disclosed across 5 of 6 rounds · 2014–2022
▶$2MraisedMay 2022 · 1 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Richard SimoniDirector
- Phil DumasExecutive Officer, Director
- Tam HulusiDirector
- Gregory GluchowskiDirector
- John FrankelDirector
- Offering amount
- $3M
- Amount sold
- $2M
- First sale
- Apr 2022
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Florida
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$600KraisedAug 2021 · 4 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Richard SimoniDirector
- Gregory GluchowskiDirector
- John FrankelDirector
- Phil DumasExecutive Officer, Director
- Tam HulusiDirector
- Offering amount
- $3M
- Amount sold
- $600K
- First sale
- Aug 2021
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Florida
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$207.5KraisedDec 2016 · 2 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- JOHN FRANKELDirector
- PHIL DUMASExecutive Officer, Director
- RICHARD SIMONIDirector
- HULUSI TAMDirector
- Offering amount
- $6M
- Amount sold
- $207.5K
- First sale
- Dec 2016
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Florida
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$5MraisedMar 2015 · 35 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- JOHN FRANKELDirector
- RICHARD SIMONIDirector
- MANUEL KADREDirector
- PHIL DUMASExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $10M
- Amount sold
- $5M
- First sale
- Mar 2015
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Florida, 2010
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$325KraisedJul 2014 · 3 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- STEVEN FISKEDirector
- PHIL DUMASExecutive Officer, Director
- MANUEL KADREDirector
- JOHN FRANKELDirector
- Offering amount
- $5M
- Amount sold
- $325K
- First sale
- Jun 2014
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Florida, 2010
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026UniKey Technologies is an Orlando, Florida-based mobile access control company that provides lock and access control manufacturers with technology to issue and manage secure mobile credentials. Its platform supports credentials delivered through Apple Wallet, Google Wallet and Bluetooth, and includes Touch-to-Open technology. The company positions the platform as a way for manufacturers to shorten time to market and reduce development cost and risk versus building mobile access in-house.
UniKey's technology is embedded in a range of partner-branded products, including the Kwikset Kevo, Kevo Convert, Kevo Plus and Kevo Fob, DMP SR3 and SR5, AccessIQ, PDK Touch io, Verroo Smart Strike, AutoSwing, BQT YG80, Autoslide Multidrive and Haven Connect. The company describes more than a decade of work in mobile access control and millions of users worldwide, with partners operating across multiple countries.
Beyond residential smart locks, UniKey has extended into commercial IoT access control through partnerships with companies such as Nortek and Grosvenor, targeting workplaces where employees and visitors use phones instead of keys or cards.
Founding story
Founder Phil Dumas, a University of Central Florida graduate and engineer by training, sought a better way to open a home's front door than a physical key and used several thousand dollars of his own savings to start the Orlando company in 2010.
Business model
UniKey licenses and integrates its mobile access technology with original equipment manufacturers, who embed the platform into their own locks and access control products rather than UniKey selling finished hardware under its own brand.
Revenue derives from partnering with OEMs that integrate UniKey technology into their access control products; specific pricing terms are not disclosed.
Traction
In 2017 the company reported 15 customers spanning 65 countries. Coverage cites the company surpassing one million users, and the company's site references millions of users and partners across multiple countries.
Latest developments
The company's platform now emphasizes credential delivery through Apple Wallet and Google Wallet alongside Bluetooth, supporting a growing list of partner-branded products such as the SR5, AccessIQ, PDK Touch io and Verroo Smart Strike.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
UniKey describes itself as a leader in mobile access control, stating that 7 of its 17-plus partners are number one in their respective markets, and press coverage credits it with powering the Kwikset Kevo, described as the first smart lock in the residential market.
UniKey markets reduced development time, cost and risk for manufacturers adding mobile credentials, backed by an access control patent portfolio and proprietary Touch-to-Open technology, and offers credential delivery across both Apple Wallet and Google Wallet as well as Bluetooth.
Technology
The platform issues secure mobile credentials to smartphones through Apple Wallet, Google Wallet and Bluetooth connections, and includes proprietary Touch-to-Open technology; the company references a portfolio of access control patents. Its systems allow administrators to grant, restrict and schedule access, including one-time-use digital keys.
Go-to-market
The company sells through OEM partnerships, publicly listing partner-branded products powered by its platform and inviting manufacturers to partner for mobile credential capability.
Lock manufacturers and access control OEMs in residential and commercial markets, whose end users are homeowners, businesses and building occupants.
Geography
Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, with a satellite office in Menlo Park, California; partner products and customers span dozens of countries, with 65 countries reported in 2017.
History
UniKey began as a client of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program. In 2013 it partnered with Kwikset to release the Kevo smart lock. Dumas appeared on ABC's Shark Tank, where the company received offers from all five investors. After graduating from the UCF incubator the company relocated several times before settling into headquarters in downtown Orlando at 111 W. Jefferson St., and opened a satellite office in Menlo Park, California. By 2017 it was expanding into commercial IoT access control and hiring software engineering staff.
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Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Competitors · 4
by search overlap
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Timeline · 6
launches, deals, and filingsUniKey Technologies announced it had received $5 million in venture capital from existing investors, including Samsung NEXT, plus two additional strategic investors, with plans to expand its workforce and enter new markets.
$5M source ↗
UniKey founder Phil Dumas appeared as the featured speaker at a Startup Grind Orlando fireside chat.
After graduating from the UCF Business Incubator, UniKey settled into headquarters at 111 W. Jefferson St. in downtown Orlando and opened a satellite office at 68 Willow Rd., Menlo Park, California; it planned at least five new software engineering hires by year end.
UniKey expanded into commercial IoT access control through partnerships with Nortek and Grosvenor.
UniKey partnered with Kwikset to release the Kevo, described as the first smart lock in the residential market.
Phil Dumas founded UniKey in Orlando using thousands of dollars of his own savings, starting as a client of the UCF Business Incubator.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
Legal entities · 1
corporate structureIn the news
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- UniKeyunikey.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does UniKey do?
- UniKey supplies lock and access control manufacturers with a platform for mobile credentials via Apple Wallet, Google Wallet and Bluetooth.
- Who founded UniKey?
- UniKey was founded by PHIL DUMAS in 2010.
- Who are UniKey's investors?
- UniKey's investors include Akkadian Ventures, Asset Management Company, Ff Venture Capital, Kombo Ventures, Lauder Partners, The Perkins Fund, Samsung Next.
- How much funding has UniKey raised?
- UniKey has disclosed $8.1M raised across 5 of its 6 known rounds.
- Where is UniKey headquartered?
- UniKey is headquartered in Orlando, US.