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Startup · United States

Vermeer

HQ BrooklynFounded 2019Updated

Vision-based autonomy and navigation for unmanned aerial and maritime platforms.

StartupUncrewed systems
Website
Total raised
$10.0M
1 round
Last round
$10.0M
Series A · Oct 22, 2025
Systems
3
Capabilities
1

Funding1 round · $10.0M

Equity raised
$10.0M
Latest
$10.0MSeries A · Oct 22, 2025

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.

Systems3

  • VPS AirVision-based navigation software for aerial platforms.
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  • VPS CelestialA vision-based celestial-navigation offering.
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  • VPS Terminal GuidanceA vision-based guidance offering for uncrewed platforms.
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Newest unveiled first. Systems that belong to a government program link to the program page, where variants, costs and contracts are.

Capabilities1

  • Uncrewed systems
    Developer
    classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Vision-based autonomy and navigation for unmanned aerial and maritime platforms; no defense or security use is stated.
    —Reported

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

People2

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Sources8

Profile4

  1. 1
    CompanyMITS Lightning Fund - MITS — Military Innovation Technology Solutions

    MITS Capital · Supports Organization

    “early-stage venture fund backing Ukrainian defense tech companies from pre-seed to Series A”
  2. 2
    CompanyVERMEER - MITS — Military Innovation Technology Solutions

    MITS Capital · Supports Organization

    “Vermeer is a U.S.-based vision autonomy company”
  3. 3
    DatabaseVermeer

    Supports Organization · country, Organization · hq city, Organization · website

    “Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States”
  4. 4
    CompanySee the world - Vermeer

    Vermeer · Supports Organization · name

    “See the world - Vermeer”

Systems1

  1. 5
    CompanySee the world - Vermeer

    Vermeer · Supports System

    “[VPS \ Air]()”

Funding2

  1. 6
    CompanyDraper Associates Leads $10M Series A for Defense Tech Startup Vermeer

    Draper Associates · Oct 23, 2025 · Supports Funding round · investors

    “We led the extension of Vermeer's Series A, bringing it to $10 million, because Vermeer is teaching drones to see without it.”
  2. 7
    NewsExclusive: Drone navigator Vermeer raises $10 million

    Axios · Oct 22, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount, Funding round · announced on

    “Defense-tech startup Vermeer closed a $10 million Series A.”

People1

  1. 8
    OtherBlack Flag 100

    Black Flag · Supports Organization, Role

    “Vermeer is pioneering vision-based navigation solutions that empower drones and unmanned systems to operate effectively in GPS-denied and spoofed environments.”

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