Prophesee has raised €20 million and launched Mantara, a fully integrated event-based drone detection and tracking system built from sensor chip to embedded AI processing. The Paris release frames the move as a shift toward a full-stack dual-use civil and defence strategy, with Critical Path Ventures leading the financing and existing shareholders joining the round.
Mantara is designed for low-latency detection in low light, cluttered environments and against fast, erratic targets, with applications spanning airports, stadiums, ports, energy sites and counter-UAS operations. Prophesee also introduced Hearth, its new software backbone, which replaces OpenEB and the Metavision SDK and supports continuous updates, sensor fusion and migration from earlier applications.
The raise gives Prophesee capital to scale a product line now aimed squarely at security and defence procurement.