L

Luminar Technologies

555 employees

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

Investor insights

Sectors invested in

Autonomous Vehicles3
Information Services2
Software2
Automotive2
Self-Driving Technology1
Telecommunications1
Localization1
Autonomy1
Autonomous Technology1
Robotics1
GPS-Denied Navigation1
Perception1
Navigation1

Funding rounds participated in

$45M sweet spot round size

Most of their 3 investments are in rounds between $45M and $45M

Basic info

Industry

motor vehicle manufacturing

Sectors

Sensor
autonomous vehicles
Autonomous Vehicles
vehicle navigation
control technologies
perception
Automotive
Software
LiDAR sensor suites
autonomous vehicle

Date founded

2012

Investments made

E

ECARX raised $45M on December 21, 2022

Investors: Luminar Technologies

E

ECARX raised $45M on May 26, 2022

Investors: 吉利控股集团 and Luminar Technologies

R

Robotic Research LLC raised $228M on December 9, 2021

Investors: Enlightenment Capital, SoftBank Investment Advisers and Luminar Technologies

Funding rounds raised

Total raised

$170M

from 17 investors over 17 rounds

L

Luminar Technologies raised $170M on August 24, 2020

Investors: VectoIQ, Van Tuyl Group and Volvo Cars Tech Fund

L

Luminar Technologies raised $100M on July 11, 2019

Investors: Volvo Cars Tech Fund, Invariantes Fund, The Westly Group, G2 Venture Partners, Moore Capital Management, 1517 Fund and Canvas Ventures

L

Luminar Technologies raised undisclosed on February 19, 2019

Investors: Octave Ventures LLC

L

Luminar Technologies raised undisclosed on June 14, 2018

Investors: Volvo Cars Tech Fund

L

Luminar Technologies raised $114M on January 1, 2018

Investors: Invariantes Fund

L

Luminar Technologies raised $36M on April 14, 2017

Investors: Invariantes Fund, GVA Capital, 1517 Fund and Canvas Ventures

FAQ