Velodyne Lidar

company

About

Velodyne Lidar specializes in sensor and software lidar solutions that meet the needs of a wide range of industries.

Details

Last Funding Type
Corporate Round
Last Funding Money Raised
$150M
Industries
3D Technology,Autonomous Vehicles,Electronics,Robotics,Sensor
Founded date
Jan 1, 1983
Number Of Employee
251 - 500
Operating Status
Active
Stock Symbol
nasdaq:VLDR
Legal Name
Velodyne Lidar, Inc.

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.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
7
$575.20M
Velodyne Lidar has raised a total of $575.20M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Feb 4, 2022 from a Post-IPO Debt round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
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

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
4
5
Velodyne Lidar is funded by 5 investors. Amazon.com NV Investment Holdings and Hyundai Mobis are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
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

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
20
Velodyne Lidar has 20 current employee profiles, including Executive Dieter Gabriel
Executive
Executive
Employee
Executive
Employee

Acquisition

Velodyne Lidar has acquired 2 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Mapper.ai on Jul 23, 2019. They acquired Mapper.ai for 0.

Date Company Name
Industry Acquisition Type Price
Jul 23, 2019 Mapper.ai
Analytics acquisition Detail
Oct 4, 2022 Bluecity.ai
Artificial Intelligence acquisition Detail