KEVA Locks
venture confidence: Medium status: Draft updated 2026-08-11
Summary
KEVA develops smart locks and access-management software for rental-property operators. Its design centers on digital keys stored in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet and operation without managed Wi-Fi at each property.
Impact
Rental operators repeatedly issue, recover, and revoke physical keys across dispersed properties. KEVA's bet is that wallet-based credentials and offline-capable locks can reduce that coordination burden without requiring a Wi-Fi deployment at every door. Public sources establish the product direction and an early-access offer, but not scaled deployment.
Utah Context
KEVA publicly identifies Logan as its headquarters. Its team has represented Utah State University in the Utah Entrepreneurship Challenge, connecting hardware, software, and property operations inside Utah's student-founder pipeline.
What They Need Now
The company is soliciting property managers for early access and product demonstrations. No current public jobs page was found.
Open Questions
- How many doors and property operators are in live deployments?
- Which lock certifications and independent security evaluations cover the current hardware?
- How does the system revoke credentials when a lock is offline?
Evidence
- KEVA Locks official website — product, workflow, and early-access description.
- KEVA Locks LinkedIn company page — Logan headquarters, founding year, team size band, and Utah State entrepreneurship activity; self-reported.
Raw markdown for agents and citation: https://greatutah.work/pages/keva-locks.md
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