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One Raven funding, valuation and investors
Privacy-first smart home platform with a local Home Server — no subscriptions or cloud data monetization.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Seed
$5M · July 2026
Latest known valuation
Not publicly disclosed
Total disclosed equity funding
$5M
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
private
seed · Phoenix, AZ
Investors in latest funding
Lead: Fifth Wall
Overview
One Raven builds a privacy-focused smart home platform centered on a local Home Server that runs device logic on the home network without subscription fees or behavioral data monetization. Phoenix-based founders Lucas Haldeman and Sarah Roudybush raised a $5M seed in July 2026 led by Fifth Wall, with Brendan Wallace joining the board. Funding supports scaled production of the Home Server and initial device suite plus hiring across hardware, software, and field deployment in Phoenix.
Why One Raven is interesting
Phoenix hardware+software bet from Lucas Haldeman and Sarah Roudybush: $5M seed (Jul 2026) led by Fifth Wall for a local-intelligence home stack when Matter/AI assistants default to cloud surveillance economics.
Product & use cases
Home Server hub plus device suite for local smart home control with secure remote access.
- Privacy-conscious homeowners avoiding cloud assistants
- Local automation without recurring SaaS fees
- Secure remote management without off-network data harvesting
Key facts
- HQ Phoenix, AZ — local-first smart home platform
- Seed (Jul 2026): $5M led by Fifth Wall
- No subscription / no cloud data monetization thesis
- Hiring hardware, software, and GTM in Phoenix
Funding history (newest first)
Seed
2026-07 $5M- Fifth Wall (lead)
Source: https://www.finsmes.com/2026/07/one-raven-raises-5m-in-seed-funding.html
Competitive landscape
Edge: Economic and privacy positioning vs. Alexa/Google/Nest subscription stacks — hardware margin + local compute.
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Amazon Alexa / Ring incumbent
Cloud-first; subscription and data economics.
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Apple HomeKit adjacent
Privacy-forward but not local-server-centric.
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Hubitat / Home Assistant DIY adjacent
Enthusiast local control; One Raven productized stack.
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