What Vera Navis does

Vera Navis, Lda. is a privately-held naval architecture and marine engineering design office founded in 2009 and headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal. The firm delivers ship design services across the full project lifecycle — concept design, basic design, structural detail design, systems detail design, and specialized engineering — to shipyards, shipowners, and project offices. Its core technology is the ShipConstructor 3D ship design and production engineering platform (by SSI), which enables a digital workflow from 3D modeling through to production information and nesting data for shipyard manufacturing. Vera Navis also operates as a ShipConstructor software reseller in cooperation with NDAR and runs the VN Ship Design Academy covering stability, marine systems, structural engineering, and marine hydrodynamics disciplines.

The company's business model is project-based professional services with B2B engagement on a quote-by-project basis, complemented by software resale and training revenue. Go-to-market is event-driven and relationship-driven: Vera Navis actively participates in major European maritime exhibitions (SMM, Europort, Seawork, Posidonia, Navalia, Breakbulk Europe, AAD, Euronaval, SSI conferences) and builds long-term trusted-supplier relationships with leading shipyards. Its customer base spans recurring enterprise accounts such as Holland Shipyards Group, Aas Mek Verksted, and Sølvtrans in aquaculture wellboats, alongside engagements with Israel Shipyards, Ferguson Marine, Thecla Bodewes, Portuguese Navy, GVB Amsterdam, and SFK Kiel — covering cement carriers, dredgers, electric and hybrid ferries, hydrogen-powered vessels, and patrol vessels across marine, energy, and defense sectors. The firm is ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified and has held consecutive COTEC INOVADORA (2021-2024) and IAPMEI PME Líder/Excelência (2019-2022) recognitions.

Name

Vera Navis

Legal name

Vera Navis, Lda.

Website

https://veranavis.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Vera Navis is a Lisbon-based naval architecture and marine engineering design office, founded in 2009, delivering concept-to-production ship design services on the ShipConstructor CAD platform to European shipyards, shipowners, and naval/defense clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lisbon

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Engineering Services: Professional engineering services for ship design including concept design, basic design, structural detail design, systems detail design, and specialized engineering delivered to shipowners, shipyards, and project offices.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Vera Navis provides naval architecture and marine engineering design services across the full ship design lifecycle — concept design, basic design, structural detail design, systems detail design, and specialized engineering — delivered to shipowners, shipyards, and project offices. Projects are produced using the ShipConstructor 3D ship design platform, with the firm also acting as an authorized reseller of that software in cooperation with NDAR.

Product overview

Vera Navis is a ship design office providing naval architecture and marine engineering services. The company offers a comprehensive range of ship design services across the entire design lifecycle: Concept Design, Basic Design, Structural Detail Design, Systems Detail Design, and Specialized Engineering. As a ShipBuilding Software Reseller in cooperation with NDAR, they also provide ShipConstructor software sales and support. The company additionally runs the VN Ship Design Academy training program covering Stability, Marine Systems, Structural Engineering, and Marine Hydrodynamics disciplines. Design projects are delivered for shipowners, shipyards, and project offices across a wide range of vessel types including cement carriers, wellboats, electric ferries, dredgers, and patrol vessels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NDARcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorShipBuilding Software Reseller cooperation with NDAR. Vera Navis operates as a ShipConstructor software reseller in cooperation with NDAR, providing the ShipConstructor platform to shipyards and project offices.
• Aas Mek Verksted AScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term trusted supplier relationship with Aas Mek, delivering detailed analysis and production information on structures and systems for wellboat newbuildings including multiple Ronja series vessels.
• Holland Shipyards GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTrusted supplier of engineering services for Holland Shipyards Group, contributing complete engineering packages for electric ferries, cement carriers, TSHD dredgers, and hydrogen-powered vessels.
• MAURICminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign team participant alongside Vera Navis for Portuguese Navy coastal patrol vessel development project.
• Stadt Towing Tank AsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign team participant alongside Vera Navis for Portuguese Navy coastal patrol vessel development project.
• SSI (ShipConstructor)coreTechnology or IntegrationSoftware partnership for ShipConstructor platform - Vera Navis uses ShipConstructor software for all design projects and operates as a software reseller.
• COTEC PortugalminorOthersINOVADORA COTEC recognition program participant, recognizing high innovation performance standards.
• blueOASISminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner exhibited alongside Vera Navis at Europort 2021 maritime trade fair.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Wärtsilä Ship Design: Wärtsilä is a large marine technology group offering ship design, propulsion and systems integration services. Far larger scale and broader portfolio than Vera Navis but competes on systems detail design and electric/hybrid vessel engineering.
• BMT Group: BMT is a large UK-headquartered marine engineering and design consultancy offering naval architecture, structural, and systems design across commercial, naval, and offshore markets. Broader portfolio and scale than Vera Navis but directly competes on commercial and naval ship design mandates.
• Royal HaskoningDHV: Royal HaskoningDHV is a large international engineering consultancy with a maritime division delivering ship design, port engineering, and naval architecture. Broader incumbent offering overlapping design services and competing for the same European shipyard tenders as Vera Navis.

Direct peers

• MAURIC: MAURIC is a French independent naval architecture firm providing concept, basic and detail design for naval, commercial and offshore vessels. Named as a Vera Navis design-team partner on the Portuguese Navy patrol vessel program, indicating direct overlap in vessel types and engineering scope.
• Glosten: Glosten is a US-based naval architecture and marine engineering consultancy providing concept through detail design for commercial, government, and offshore vessels. Directly comparable lifecycle service portfolio and independent consultancy model to Vera Navis.
• Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam: Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam is a Netherlands-based ship design and engineering consultancy delivering concept and detail design for commercial and naval vessels. Closely comparable to Vera Navis in customer geography (Western Europe) and service portfolio across the design lifecycle.
• Knud E. Hansen: Knud E. Hansen is a Danish naval architecture firm providing ship design across cruise, ferries, offshore, and commercial segments. Directly comparable in lifecycle design services and Northern European shipyard customer base.
• Conoship International: Conoship International is a Dutch ship design and engineering consultancy offering concept, basic, and detail design for commercial vessels. Direct comparable to Vera Navis in scope, customer base (European shipyards), and ShipConstructor-based delivery model.

Emerging players

• Stahlbau Nord Shipyards / OMT (Offshore Modelling & Testing): OMT is a smaller European naval architecture and CFD consultancy providing design and model testing for shipyards. Comparable to Vera Navis in independent consultancy positioning but with a narrower geographic and project footprint.

Others

• NDAR: NDAR is a Netherlands-based ShipConstructor channel partner with which Vera Navis cooperates on ShipConstructor reselling. Adjacent ecosystem participant rather than a direct competitor; complementary rather than substitutable.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/veranavisshipdesign

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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