Luminar

Luminar

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Overview

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.

Highlights

Founded

2012

Industry

Software

Employees

251-500

Investment

3

Lead Investment

1

Exits

1

Stages

Early Stage Venture

Investor Type

N/A

Location

United States, North America

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

Luminar, established in 2012 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Early Stage Venture investments across Information Services, Software, Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Sales, Manufacturing, Energy Management, Battery, Innovation Management, Financial Services. The organization boasts a portfolio of 3 investments, with an average round size of $136.5M and 1 successful exits. Their recent investments include ECARX, Geely Auto Group, Lotus Technology, Geely, Enlightenment Capital. The highest investment round they participated in was $10.3B. Among their most notable exits are ECARX and Geely Auto Group. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

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Vernon Prince

Senior Director Advanced Manufacturing Engineering

imagePlace Leslie Dello Russo

Leslie Dello Russo

Vice President of Human Resources

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Stefan Safko

Head of Mapping | Business Development (ex-CEO Civil Maps)

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Austin Russell

Founder & CEO

imagePlace Jason Eichenholz

Jason Eichenholz

Co-Founder & CTO

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Christoph Schroeder

Managing Director

Investment portfolio

Luminar has made 3 investments. Their most recent investment was on Dec 21, 2022, when ECARX raised $45.0M.

investments

3

Diversity investments

0

Lead investments

1

Number of exits

1

Investments

3

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Dec 09, 2021--228.0M
May 26, 2022
ECARX ECARX
Information Services45.0M
Dec 21, 2022
ECARX ECARX
Information Services45.0M

Exits

1

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

3

Investors

23

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

3

Luminar has raised 3 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Dec 21, 2022 from a Post-IPO Equity - ECARX round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Dec 09, 2021
Series A - Robotic Research Series A - Robotic Research
-228.0M-
May 26, 2022
Corporate Round - ECARX Corporate Round - ECARX
-45.0M-
Dec 21, 2022
Post-IPO Equity - ECARX Post-IPO Equity - ECARX
-45.0M-

Investors

24

Luminar is funded by 24 investor(s). Mercedes Benz and VectoIQ LLC Kantor are the most recent investors.

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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