Irvine-based security monitoring company Westec InterActive has acquired three companies in a move that’s set to double its workforce to 300 people.
The company bought DV Dallas and d2 Digital Designs LLC, both of Dallas, and Frederick, Md.-based Sparta Consulting Group. Terms weren’t disclosed.
Westec offers video and other monitoring services to businesses such as auto dealerships, convenience stores, restaurants and drug stores. The company runs a monitoring center in Irvine.
With the acquisitions, Westec is set to monitor some 2,000 sites nationwide from 16 regional offices. In November, Westec is set to open a monitoring facility in West Des Moines, Iowa, according to the company.
In July, Westec raised $20 million in venture funding to finance operations and for acquisitions.
DV Dallas sells computers, cameras, software and digital video recorders. D2 Digital Designs, a sister company of DV Dallas, offers online training for gear from DV Dallas.
Sparta also provides security systems, consulting and services, including for governments, housing projects and factories.
Westec InterActive was bought last year by Gerald Vento, a telecommunications billionaire who’s now Westec’s chief executive and majority owner.
Vento bought Westec from Newport Beach-based ClearLight Partners LLC and Japan’s Secom Ltd.
He combined Westec with his Florida-based Level 5 Security, a company he started in 2003. Both companies are part of Vento Group.
