Luminar is an autonomous vehicle and lidar technology company for passenger cars, commercial trucking and robo-taxi.
Luminar is a global automotive technology company ushering in a new era of vehicle safety and autonomy. For the past decade, Luminar has built an advanced hardware and software platform to enable its more than 50 industry partners, including the majority of global automotive OEMs. From Volvo Cars and Mercedes-Benz for consumer vehicles and Daimler Trucks for commercial trucks, to tech partners NVIDIA and Intel’s Mobileye, Luminar is poised to be the first automotive technology company to enable next-generation safety and autonomous capabilities for production vehicles. For more information please visit www.luminartech.com.
Announced Date | Round | Money Raised | Number of Investors | Lead Investors | Post Valuation | |
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Jan 20, 2022 | Post-IPO Equity | $20.25M | 1 | Mercedes Benz | — | Detail |
Feb 3, 2021 | Post-IPO Equity | $154M | — | — | — | Detail |
Dec 3, 2020 | IPO | — | — | — | — | Detail |
Dec 2, 2020 | Post-IPO Equity | $420M | — | — | — | Detail |
Oct 30, 2020 | Corporate Round | — | 1 | Daimler Trucks North America | — | Detail |
Date
Company Name
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Round | Money Raised | Industry | Lead Investor |
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May 26, 2022
ECARX
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Corporate Round | $45M | Automotive | Yes |
Jul 10, 2020
Rivian
|
Private Equity(PE) | $2.50B | Automotive | — |
Jan 21, 2020
Sono Motors
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Equity Crowdfunding | €53.34M | Automotive | — |
Feb 4, 2014
Datadog
|
Series B | $15M | Analytics | — |
Investor Name | Lead Investor | Funding Round |
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Mercedes Benz | Yes | Post-IPO Equity |
Daimler Trucks North America | Yes | Corporate Round |
Alec Gores | Yes | Series Unknown |
Crescent Cove Advisors | Yes | Series Unknown |
Jill Woodman | Yes | Series Unknown |
Moore Strategic Ventures | Yes | Series Unknown |
Nicholas Woodman | Yes | Series Unknown |
Peter Thiel | Yes | Series Unknown |
Van Tuyl Group | Yes | Series Unknown |
VectoIQ LLC | Yes | Series Unknown |
Luminar has had 1 exits. Luminar most notable exits include ECARX
Date | Company Name | Exit Type | Industry | |
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Dec 21, 2022 | ECARX | IPO | Automotive | Detail |
Luminar has acquired 2 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was OptoGration on Jul 19, 2021. They acquired OptoGration for 0.
Date
Company Name
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Industry | Acquisition Type | Price | |
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Jul 19, 2021
OptoGration
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Chemical | acquisition | — | Detail |
Mar 21, 2022
Freedom Photonics
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3D Printing | acquisition | — | Detail |