Luminar

company

About

Luminar is an autonomous vehicle and lidar technology company for passenger cars, commercial trucking and robo-taxi.

Details

Last Funding Type
Series Unknown
Last Funding Money Raised
$100M
Industries
Automotive,Autonomous Vehicles,Sensor,Software
Founded date
Jan 1, 2012
Number Of Employee
251 - 500
Operating Status
Active
Stock Symbol
nasdaq:LAZR
Legal Name
Luminar Technologies, Inc.

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.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
12
$1.01B
Luminar has raised a total of $1.01B in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jan 20, 2022 from a Post-IPO Equity round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
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

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
4
1
Luminar has made 4 investments. Their most recent investment was on May 26, 2022, when ECARX raised $45M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
May 26, 2022 ECARX
Corporate Round $45M Automotive Yes
Jul 10, 2020 Rivian
Private Equity(PE) $2.50B Automotive
Jan 21, 2020 Sono Motors
Equity Crowdfunding €53.34M Automotive
Feb 4, 2014 Datadog
Series B $15M Analytics

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
21
Luminar has 21 current employee profiles, including Executive Aaron Jefferson
Executive
Employee
Board member
Employee
Executive

Exits

Luminar has had 1 exits. Luminar most notable exits include ECARX

Date Company Name Exit Type Industry
Dec 21, 2022 ECARX IPO Automotive Detail

Acquisition

Luminar has acquired 2 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was OptoGration on Jul 19, 2021. They acquired OptoGration for 0.

Date Company Name
Industry Acquisition Type Price
Jul 19, 2021 OptoGration
Chemical acquisition Detail
Mar 21, 2022 Freedom Photonics
3D Printing acquisition Detail