VIDROVR INC.

New York, NY · Founded 2016 · Defense · Acquired by CesiumAstro (2026)

Computer vision software system for automated visual data analysis and threat detection in military operations

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · vidrovr.com

Sector: Defense
Headquarters: New York, NY
Founded: 2016
Latest Form D: $900K, Oct 2017
Total capital: $17.8M

Federal grants: $2.2M; 4 awards · 2016–2020; Rank in peer group#160 of 161
Private capital raised: $900K; 1 Form D · last Oct 2017; 109 months since last filing
Federal contracts: $14.7M; 12 awards · Defense, Homeland Security; Rank in Defense#330 of 1442
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Mar 2025Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase III Research And Development$2M
Sep 2023Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase III Research And Development$8M
Feb 2023Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$2.3M
Jul 2022Federal contractDefense · Research And Development SBIR Ph II$1.5M
Sep 2021Federal contractHomeland Security · Vidrovr License$25K
Nov 2020Federal contractDefense · Advanced Battle Management System$4K
Jul 2020Federal contractDefense · This Contract Is For A Phase I SBIR Effort Entitled: "forward Deployed Ruggedized Computer Vision System".$100K
Oct 2017Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$900K

Show 9 earlier federal awards

Jun 2020Federal contractDefense · COVID-19 Dib Computer Vision Platform$500K
Jun 2020Federal contractDefense · Fy 20 SBIR Phase I - Ffp Contract Expeditionary Technology Search Dual-use Technologies Applicable To Army Modernization Priority Areas$112K
May 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Open Call for Innovative Defense-Related Dual-Purpose Technologies/Solutions with a Clear Air Force Stakeholder Need$500K
Mar 2020Federal contractDefense · Improve The Human Machine Teaming And Lighten The Warfighter's Cognitive Burden.$50K
Mar 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Forward Deployed Ruggedized Computer Vision System$100K
Dec 2019Federal contractDefense · Open Call For Innovation Defense Related Dual Purpose Technologies/solutions With A Clear Air Force Stakeholder Need$50K
Aug 2019Federal contractDefense · FA864919PA101 - SBIR I F192-001-0795$50K
May 2019Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: Automatically Generating Domain Specific Structured Ontologies for Video$1.4M
Dec 2016Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Automatically Generating Domain Specific Structured Ontologies for Video$225K

Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.

Federal first

10months

from VIDROVR INC.’s first federal award to its first private round.

First federal award · Dec 2016: NSF · $225K
First Form D · Oct 2017: $900K · 1st Form D
Awards before first raise: 1 award

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Standing among 161 peers

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Defense · Software

Federal grantsBelow median

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Founders and team

From SEC Form D filings

Daniel MorozoffExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Joseph EllisExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings

What it has protected

No granted patents are on record.

USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.

Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026

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Regulatory activity · Defense

Sector-level, not company-level

11 Jun 2026Danger Zone; Waters of Carr Creek and Whitehall Bay in the Vicinity of the Naval Support Activity AnnapolisEngineers Corps
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements ThresholdsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
27 Aug 2025Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
27 Aug 2025Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Sources

Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.

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Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.