diff --git a/mteb/evaluation/evaluators/Image/ClassificationEvaluator.py b/mteb/evaluation/evaluators/Image/ClassificationEvaluator.py
index eaa6416dc7..e129ab0a4c 100644
--- a/mteb/evaluation/evaluators/Image/ClassificationEvaluator.py
+++ b/mteb/evaluation/evaluators/Image/ClassificationEvaluator.py
@@ -381,6 +381,10 @@ def __call__(self, model, test_cache=None):
         else:
             X_test = test_cache
         logger.info("Fitting logistic regression classifier...")
+        if X_train.dtype == torch.bfloat16:
+            X_train = X_train.to(torch.float32)
+        if X_test.dtype == torch.bfloat16:
+            X_test = X_test.to(torch.float32)
         clf.fit(X_train, self.y_train)
         logger.info("Evaluating...")
         y_pred = clf.predict(X_test)
diff --git a/mteb/models/__init__.py b/mteb/models/__init__.py
index d8512a5a23..25c7eb8f44 100644
--- a/mteb/models/__init__.py
+++ b/mteb/models/__init__.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     salesforce_models,
     sentence_transformers_models,
     vista_models,
+    vlm2vec_models,
     voyage_models,
 )
 
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ def model_meta_from_sentence_transformers(model: SentenceTransformer) -> ModelMe
     sentence_transformers_models,
     vista_models,
     voyage_models,
-    google_models,
+    vlm2vec_models,
 ]
 models = {}
 
diff --git a/mteb/models/vlm2vec_models.py b/mteb/models/vlm2vec_models.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..321cba24a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mteb/models/vlm2vec_models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,302 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+from functools import partial
+from typing import Any, Literal
+
+import torch
+from PIL import Image
+from torch.utils.data import DataLoader
+from tqdm import tqdm
+from transformers import AutoConfig, AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoProcessor
+
+from mteb.model_meta import ModelMeta
+
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.WARNING)
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+EncodeTypes = Literal["query", "passage"]
+
+
+class VLM2VecWrapper:
+    """Adapted from https://github.com/TIGER-AI-Lab/VLM2Vec/blob/main/src/model.py"""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        model_name: str = "TIGER-Lab/VLM2Vec-LoRA",
+        device: str = "cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu",
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
+        try:
+            import flash_attn  # noqa
+            from peft import LoraConfig, PeftModel  # noqa
+        except ImportError:
+            logger.warning(
+                "VLM2Vec models were trained with flash attention enabled. For optimal performance, please install the `flash_attn` package with `pip install flash-attn --no-build-isolation`."
+            )
+
+        self.pooling = "last"
+        self.normalize = True
+        self.temperature = 1.0
+        self.hidden_size = 4096
+        self.device = device
+
+        # Loading the base model
+        base_model_name = "microsoft/Phi-3.5-vision-instruct"
+        config = AutoConfig.from_pretrained(base_model_name, trust_remote_code=True)
+        config.use_cache = False
+        config.padding_side = "right"
+
+        checkpoint_path = model_name if model_name else base_model_name
+        base_model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
+            checkpoint_path,
+            config=config,
+            attn_implementation="flash_attention_2",
+            torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16,
+            trust_remote_code=True,
+        )
+        base_model.padding_side = "right"
+
+        # Building the model on top of the base
+        if "LoRA" in model_name:
+            lora_config = LoraConfig.from_pretrained(checkpoint_path)
+            lora_model = PeftModel.from_pretrained(
+                base_model, checkpoint_path, config=lora_config
+            )
+            lora_model = lora_model.merge_and_unload()
+            model = lora_model
+        else:
+            model = base_model
+
+        model.eval()
+        model.to(device)
+        self.mdl = model
+
+        self.processor = AutoProcessor.from_pretrained(
+            base_model_name,
+            trust_remote_code=True,
+            num_crops=4,
+        )
+
+    def encode(
+        self,
+        sentences: list[str],
+        *,
+        prompt_name: str = None,
+        **kwargs: Any,  # noqa
+    ):
+        return self.get_text_embeddings(texts=sentences)
+
+    def encode_input(self, input):
+        hidden_states = self.mdl(**input, return_dict=True, output_hidden_states=True)
+        hidden_states = hidden_states.hidden_states[-1]
+        pooled_output = self._pooling(hidden_states, input["attention_mask"])
+        return pooled_output
+
+    def _pooling(self, last_hidden_state, attention_mask):
+        if self.pooling == "last":
+            sequence_lengths = attention_mask.sum(dim=1) - 1
+            batch_size = last_hidden_state.shape[0]
+            reps = last_hidden_state[
+                torch.arange(batch_size, device=last_hidden_state.device),
+                sequence_lengths,
+            ]
+        else:
+            raise NotImplementedError
+        if self.normalize:
+            reps = torch.nn.functional.normalize(reps, p=2, dim=-1)
+        return reps
+
+    # reference: https://github.com/TIGER-AI-Lab/VLM2Vec/blob/main/src/collator.py
+    def get_image_embeddings(
+        self, images: list[Image.Image] | DataLoader, batch_size: int = 32
+    ):
+        text = "<|image_1|> Represent the given image."
+        all_image_embeddings = []
+        if isinstance(images, DataLoader):
+            import torchvision.transforms.functional as F
+
+            with torch.no_grad():
+                for batch in tqdm(images):
+                    input_ids, pixel_values, image_sizes = [], [], []
+                    for b in batch:
+                        inputs = self.processor(
+                            text,
+                            [F.to_pil_image(b.to("cpu"))],
+                            return_tensors="pt",
+                            max_length=256,
+                            truncation=True,
+                        )
+                        inputs = {k: v.to(self.device) for k, v in inputs.items()}
+                        input_ids.append(inputs["input_ids"].squeeze(0).unsqueeze(1))
+                        pixel_values.append(inputs["pixel_values"])
+                        image_sizes.append(inputs["image_sizes"])
+
+                    input_ids = torch._C._nn.pad_sequence(
+                        input_ids,
+                        batch_first=True,
+                        padding_value=self.processor.tokenizer.pad_token_id,
+                    ).squeeze(2)
+                    attention_mask = input_ids.ne(self.processor.tokenizer.pad_token_id)
+
+                    pixel_values = torch.cat(pixel_values, dim=0)
+                    image_sizes = torch.cat(image_sizes, dim=0)
+                    inputs = {
+                        "input_ids": input_ids,
+                        "attention_mask": attention_mask,
+                        "pixel_values": pixel_values,
+                        "image_sizes": image_sizes,
+                    }
+
+                    image_outputs = self.encode_input(inputs)
+                    all_image_embeddings.append(image_outputs.cpu())
+
+        else:
+            with torch.no_grad():
+                for i in tqdm(range(0, len(images), batch_size)):
+                    batch_images = images[i : i + batch_size]
+                    input_ids, pixel_values, image_sizes = [], [], []
+                    for b in batch_images:
+                        inputs = self.processor(
+                            text,
+                            [b],
+                            return_tensors="pt",
+                            max_length=256,
+                            truncation=True,
+                        )
+                        inputs = {k: v.to(self.device) for k, v in inputs.items()}
+                        input_ids.append(inputs["input_ids"].squeeze(0).unsqueeze(1))
+                        pixel_values.append(inputs["pixel_values"])
+                        image_sizes.append(inputs["image_sizes"])
+
+                    input_ids = torch._C._nn.pad_sequence(
+                        input_ids,
+                        batch_first=True,
+                        padding_value=self.processor.tokenizer.pad_token_id,
+                    ).squeeze(2)
+                    attention_mask = input_ids.ne(self.processor.tokenizer.pad_token_id)
+
+                    pixel_values = torch.cat(pixel_values, dim=0)
+                    image_sizes = torch.cat(image_sizes, dim=0)
+                    inputs = {
+                        "input_ids": input_ids,
+                        "attention_mask": attention_mask,
+                        "pixel_values": pixel_values,
+                        "image_sizes": image_sizes,
+                    }
+
+                    image_outputs = self.encode_input(inputs)
+                    all_image_embeddings.append(image_outputs.cpu())
+
+        all_image_embeddings = torch.cat(all_image_embeddings, dim=0)
+        return all_image_embeddings
+
+    def get_text_embeddings(self, texts: list[str], batch_size: int = 32):
+        all_text_embeddings = []
+
+        with torch.no_grad():
+            for i in tqdm(range(0, len(texts), batch_size)):
+                input_ids = []
+                batch_texts = texts[i : i + batch_size]
+                for text in batch_texts:
+                    inputs = self.processor(
+                        text,
+                        None,
+                        return_tensors="pt",
+                        max_length=256,
+                        truncation=True,
+                    )
+                    inputs = {k: v.to(self.device) for k, v in inputs.items()}
+                    input_ids.append(inputs["input_ids"].squeeze(0).unsqueeze(1))
+
+                input_ids = torch._C._nn.pad_sequence(
+                    input_ids,
+                    batch_first=True,
+                    padding_value=self.processor.tokenizer.pad_token_id,
+                ).squeeze(2)
+                attention_mask = input_ids.ne(self.processor.tokenizer.pad_token_id)
+                inputs = {
+                    "input_ids": input_ids,
+                    "attention_mask": attention_mask,
+                }
+
+                text_outputs = self.encode_input(inputs)
+                all_text_embeddings.append(text_outputs.cpu())
+
+        all_text_embeddings = torch.cat(all_text_embeddings, dim=0)
+        return all_text_embeddings
+
+    def get_fused_embeddings(
+        self,
+        texts: list[str] = None,
+        images: list[Image.Image] | DataLoader = None,
+        fusion_mode="sum",
+        batch_size: int = 32,
+    ):
+        if texts is None and images is None:
+            raise ValueError("Either texts or images must be provided")
+
+        text_embeddings = None
+        image_embeddings = None
+
+        if texts is not None:
+            text_embeddings = self.get_text_embeddings(texts, batch_size)
+
+        if images is not None:
+            image_embeddings = self.get_image_embeddings(images, batch_size)
+
+        if text_embeddings is not None and image_embeddings is not None:
+            if len(text_embeddings) != len(image_embeddings):
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "The number of texts and images must have the same length"
+                )
+            texts = iter(texts)
+            all_fused_embeddings = []
+            if isinstance(images, DataLoader):
+                import torchvision.transforms.functional as F
+
+                for batch in images:
+                    for b in batch:
+                        text = next(texts)
+                        inputs = self.processor(
+                            f"<|image_1|> Represent the given image with the following question: {text}",
+                            [F.to_pil_image(b.to("cpu"))],
+                        )
+                        inputs = {
+                            key: value.to(self.device) for key, value in inputs.items()
+                        }
+                        outputs = self.encode_input(inputs)
+                        all_fused_embeddings.append(outputs.cpu())
+
+            fused_embeddings = torch.cat(all_fused_embeddings, dim=0)
+
+            return fused_embeddings
+        elif text_embeddings is not None:
+            return text_embeddings
+        elif image_embeddings is not None:
+            return image_embeddings
+
+
+vlm2vec_lora = ModelMeta(
+    loader=partial(
+        VLM2VecWrapper,
+        model_name="TIGER-Lab/VLM2Vec-LoRA",
+    ),
+    name="TIGER-Lab/VLM2Vec-LoRA",
+    languages=["eng_Latn"],
+    open_source=True,
+    revision="7403b6327958071c1e33c822c7453adadccc7298",
+    release_date="2024-10-08",
+)
+
+vlm2vec_full = ModelMeta(
+    loader=partial(
+        VLM2VecWrapper,
+        model_name="TIGER-Lab/VLM2Vec-Full",
+    ),
+    name="TIGER-Lab/VLM2Vec-Full",
+    languages=["eng_Latn"],
+    open_source=True,
+    revision="e9afa98002097ac2471827ba23ea1f2ddd229480",
+    release_date="2024-10-08",
+)
diff --git a/results-mieb/TIGER-Lab__VLM2Vec-LoRA/7403b6327958071c1e33c822c7453adadccc7298/Caltech101.json b/results-mieb/TIGER-Lab__VLM2Vec-LoRA/7403b6327958071c1e33c822c7453adadccc7298/Caltech101.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cac75612d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/results-mieb/TIGER-Lab__VLM2Vec-LoRA/7403b6327958071c1e33c822c7453adadccc7298/Caltech101.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+  "dataset_revision": "851374102055782c84f89b1b4e9d128a6568847b",
+  "evaluation_time": 1317.9743084907532,
+  "kg_co2_emissions": null,
+  "mteb_version": "1.14.21",
+  "scores": {
+    "test": [
+      {
+        "accuracy": 0.9301446416831032,
+        "f1": 0.8863632422649081,
+        "f1_weighted": 0.9270094006117223,
+        "hf_subset": "default",
+        "languages": [
+          "eng-Latn"
+        ],
+        "main_score": 0.9301446416831032,
+        "scores_per_experiment": [
+          {
+            "accuracy": 0.9301446416831032,
+            "f1": 0.8863632422649081,
+            "f1_weighted": 0.9270094006117223
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "task_name": "Caltech101"
+}
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diff --git a/results-mieb/TIGER-Lab__VLM2Vec-LoRA/7403b6327958071c1e33c822c7453adadccc7298/STS12.json b/results-mieb/TIGER-Lab__VLM2Vec-LoRA/7403b6327958071c1e33c822c7453adadccc7298/STS12.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f7a702114
--- /dev/null
+++ b/results-mieb/TIGER-Lab__VLM2Vec-LoRA/7403b6327958071c1e33c822c7453adadccc7298/STS12.json
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  "dataset_revision": "a0d554a64d88156834ff5ae9920b964011b16384",
+  "evaluation_time": 33.679136514663696,
+  "kg_co2_emissions": null,
+  "mteb_version": "1.14.21",
+  "scores": {
+    "test": [
+      {
+        "cosine_pearson": 0.6128856131150828,
+        "cosine_spearman": 0.5375376750091784,
+        "euclidean_pearson": 0.5866571133163221,
+        "euclidean_spearman": 0.5376001641683719,
+        "hf_subset": "default",
+        "languages": [
+          "eng-Latn"
+        ],
+        "main_score": 0.5375376750091784,
+        "manhattan_pearson": 0.5912422177023093,
+        "manhattan_spearman": 0.5413588869937086,
+        "pearson": 0.6128856131150828,
+        "spearman": 0.5375376750091784
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "task_name": "STS12"
+}
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diff --git a/results-mieb/TIGER-Lab__VLM2Vec-LoRA/7403b6327958071c1e33c822c7453adadccc7298/model_meta.json b/results-mieb/TIGER-Lab__VLM2Vec-LoRA/7403b6327958071c1e33c822c7453adadccc7298/model_meta.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07f5788002
--- /dev/null
+++ b/results-mieb/TIGER-Lab__VLM2Vec-LoRA/7403b6327958071c1e33c822c7453adadccc7298/model_meta.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"name": "TIGER-Lab/VLM2Vec-LoRA", "revision": "7403b6327958071c1e33c822c7453adadccc7298", "release_date": "2024-10-08", "languages": ["eng_Latn"], "n_parameters": null, "memory_usage": null, "max_tokens": null, "embed_dim": null, "license": null, "open_source": true, "similarity_fn_name": null, "framework": [], "loader": "VLM2VecWrapper"}
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