Velodyne Lidar specializes in sensor and software lidar solutions that meet the needs of a wide range of industries.
Velodyne Lidar, the first public pure-play lidar company, is an industry leader in lidar globally. Their innovation, technology scope and manufacturing capabilities make them world-class in the lidar industry. Under the leadership of CEO Anand Gopalan, the company’s key objective is to transform lives through safe mobility and smart communities with high performance lidar solutions. The mission of Velodyne Lidar is that their solutions will provide new mobility choices through universally accessible transformation, while providing security, efficiency and sustainability in smart cities.One of the many aspects that makes Velodyne Lidar stand out in the industry is their revolutionary software and hardware solutions meet the needs of a broad range of industries. These include advanced driver-assistance systems, autonomous vehicles, robotics, smart cities, security, delivery, industrial and more. For instance, their solutions power autonomous tractors to create ease and efficiency in airport logistics and enable autonomous robots to perform dirty and often dangerous jobs including rescue missions, construction support, enhanced agriculture processes and more.
Announced Date | Round | Money Raised | Number of Investors | Lead Investors | Post Valuation | |
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Feb 4, 2022 | Post-IPO Debt | $200M | 1 | Amazon.com NV Investment Holdings | — | Detail |
Sep 30, 2020 | Post-IPO Equity | $150M | — | — | — | Detail |
Sep 30, 2020 | IPO | — | — | — | — | Detail |
Oct 23, 2019 | Corporate Round | $50M | 1 | Hyundai Mobis | — | Detail |
Dec 22, 2018 | Corporate Round | $25M | 1 | — | — | Detail |
Investor Name | Lead Investor | Funding Round |
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Amazon.com NV Investment Holdings | Yes | Post-IPO Debt |
Hyundai Mobis | Yes | Corporate Round |
Ford Motor | Yes | Corporate Round |
Baidu | Yes | Corporate Round |
Nikon | — | Corporate Round |
Velodyne Lidar has acquired 2 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Mapper.ai on Jul 23, 2019. They acquired Mapper.ai for 0.
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Company Name
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Industry | Acquisition Type | Price | |
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Jul 23, 2019
Mapper.ai
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Analytics | acquisition | — | Detail |
Oct 4, 2022
Bluecity.ai
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Artificial Intelligence | acquisition | — | Detail |