SwiftConnect

About SwiftConnect

Founded in 2020 by Chip Kruger, Matt Kopel, Steeve Béliveau, and Guillaume Vachon, SwiftConnect is a Stamford, Connecticut-based company focused on enabling secure, seamless access to physical spaces. The founders' journey began with the sale of their previous access control company, Waltz, to WeWork, which highlighted the growing need for flexible and on-demand access in commercial real estate—a trend accelerated by the global pandemic and the rise of hybrid work models.

SwiftConnect provides a cloud-based software platform, AccessCloud, that functions as an access network for the physical world. The business serves a diverse client base, including large enterprise occupiers, commercial real estate owners, and property managers across sectors like financial services, life sciences, and technology. The company's revenue is generated through a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, offering subscriptions to its platform that digitizes and centralizes access management.

The core of SwiftConnect's service is its ability to integrate with existing, often fragmented, building systems such as access controls, identity management, and property technology solutions without requiring hardware replacement. This creates a unified network that allows employees and tenants to use a single digital credential, stored in mobile wallets like Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, for entry into buildings, offices, and amenity spaces. This "Street-to-Seat" experience simplifies access by replacing physical cards with NFC-enabled mobile devices. The platform provides an API and an SDK for developers to integrate mobile credential provisioning into other applications, such as tenant engagement apps. For building owners, it offers a system to delegate access management to tenants, potentially reducing their credential costs. Since its inception, the company has secured significant funding, totaling $74 million, to support its growth, geographic expansion into Europe and Australia, and product development.