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Velodyne Lidar

Velodyne Lidar, the first public pure-play lidar company, is an industry leader for 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.

velodynelidar.com San Jose, United States 251-500 employees
Total raised
$200M
Rounds
1
Latest
Post-IPO Debt
Feb 2022

Velodyne Lidar, the first public pure-play lidar company, is an industry leader for 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.

Velodyne Lidar has raised $200M across 1 round. Its most recent round was a Post-IPO Debt of $200M in Feb 2022. Full funding history, investors, and team are detailed below.

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Feb 4, 2022
Post-IPO Debt
$200M

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