dormakaba has announced that it will participate in SwiftConnect Inc. (“SwiftConnect”) as a strategic investor.
According to the company, SwiftConnect’s platform integrates identity and physical access into a streamlined and effortless experience, bringing systems and spaces into its flexible connected access network.
SwiftConnect automates traditionally manual workflows and connects existing access systems, identity providers and IT systems to form an open, unified network.
dormakaba said that companies can streamline and centrally manage the full mobile and physical credential lifecycle, enabling secure, manufacturer-independent access to doors, floors and shared areas.
SwiftConnect was founded in 2020, is based in Connecticut (USA) and employs 165 people.
The company, its platform and end-to-end custom integration solutions are an ideal complement to dormakaba’s global access solutions business, dormakaba added.
Till Reuter, CEO of dormakaba said: “With our investment in SwiftConnect, we are focusing on openness and compatibility as key success factors in the access management of the future.
“SwiftConnect’s platform addresses a structural need in the access management market and has great growth potential.
“We share the common goal of providing customers with access to the most advanced, user-friendly and secure access technology,” Reuter concluded.
Chip Kruger and Matt Kopel, co-CEOs of SwiftConnect commented: “dormakaba’s strategic investment underscores the ongoing market momentum for SwiftConnect as organizations seek to modernize physical access management without replacing their existing infrastructure.”