Startup · United States
TRL11
HQ Los Angeles, CaliforniaFounded 202211-50 employeesUpdated
TRL11 has received a NASA contract to provide imaging systems for the Space Reactor-1 (SR-1) Freedom mission to Mars.
Federal Obligations by Year (All USAspending, as Reported at the Time)
| Fiscal year | Direct: contracts |
|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | $4.1M |
| FY2025 | $2.8M |
| FY2024 | $2.0M |
Direct is the company's own reviewed UEIs. Reported by USAspending is subsidiaries as reported by USAspending: recipients that name this company as their parent, not yet reviewed ownership.
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- TRL11 INC · TMDVBBFWH888 · $8.9M
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Funding1 round · $3.0M
- Equity raised
- $3.0M
- Latest
- $3.0MPre-Seed · May 22, 2023
| Announced | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Other investors | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2023 | Pre-Seed | $3.0M | — | Boost VC | — | Reported |
- Pre-SeedLed by Boost VC$3.0MMay 22, 2023
Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.
Systems7
- CommanderSoftware delivering visual mission information and event alerts to operator devices.
- FoveaA family of radiation-tolerant cameras for space-based imaging.
- HANSAn industrial‑grade Layer 2 unmanaged Ethernet switch built for space‑qualified networking.
- VIP1ST™AI‑enabled scene analysis that prioritizes critical video segments for early downlink.
- VIPLink™A content‑aware transmission protocol for resilient space‑to‑ground video downlink.
- VIPOnly™AI‑based event detection software that identifies off‑nominal spacecraft states and unknown objects in live video.
Newest unveiled first. Systems that belong to a government program link to the program page, where variants, costs and contracts are.
Capabilities1
| Technology | Role | Maturity | TRL | Notes | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Space, launch and counterspace | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: NASA contract for imaging systems on a Mars mission; civil government work, not defense or security. | Reported |
- Developerclassify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: NASA contract for imaging systems on a Mars mission; civil government work, not defense or security.—Reported
Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.
People1
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| Nicol Verheem | Founder and CEO |
Sources4
Profile2
- 1
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · kind
“{"group": "startups", "id": "8a4adaef-0c59-47f3-9c78-c6a10ab6cf2a", "name": "TRL11"}”
- 2CompanyTRL 11
TRL11 · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website
“TRL11 has received a NASA contract to provide imaging systems for the Space Reactor-1 (SR-1) Freedom mission to Mars.”
Systems1
- 3CompanyTechnology | TRL11
TRL11 · Supports System
“The xClops family combines 2-4 full-motion 4k video cameras with an advanced AI-enabled edge processor capable of identifying uncatalogued space objects then expediting downlink of the specific event data for immediate analysis.”
Funding1
- 4CompanyTRL11 | LinkedIn
LinkedIn · Supports Funding round, Organization · country, Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · hq region, Organization · ownership, Role
“funding round: Pre Seed Round, 2023-05-22, USD 3,000,000, lead: Boost VC”
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