Vermeer

Vermeer is a defense technology company that develops vision-based autonomy and GPS-denied navigation solutions for unmanned aerial platforms, enabling drones and unmanned systems to navigate the most contested environments on Earth without GPS or communications. The company has created a breakthrough in GPS-denied navigation through computer vision, addressing the significant vulnerability that GPS technology poses for unmanned systems in anti-access and area denial environments where GPS is spoofed or unavailable. Vermeer's product portfolio includes VPS Air, which enables any aerial platform to determine its absolute location in GPS-denied, contested, and spoofed environments; Celestial, a navigation system that navigates through the stars using celestial reference points; and Terminal Guidance, which provides precision targeting and landing without GPS. All solutions operate at the edge with vision-based processing, requiring no GPS and no communications. The company builds tools that allow unmanned platforms to navigate contested environments and serves military and industry clients, with testimonials from a Director of ISR at NG describing the technology as some of the most impressive ever seen, a Director of Drone Technologies at Skyeton noting seamless and effective integration, and General J. Poss of the U.S. Air Force stating that every warfighter needs this technology. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Brooklyn, United States, Vermeer has raised $16.8M in Series A funding from investors including Techstars, Genius NY, Valor Ventures, Draper, Rockaway Ventures, Highpoint Ventures, Aero X Ventures, Boscolo Intervest, Super Ventures, and Milkbox Partners.