Velodyne Lidar, Inc.

Velodyne Lidar, Inc. went public through a business combination with Graf Industrial Corp. (Nasdaq: GRAF), a blank-check company that completed its initial public offering in 2018 under sponsor Graf Industrial LLC. The S-1 registration statement, filed on August 27, 2020, formalized the transaction that brought Velodyne into the public markets within the lidar sensor and autonomous vehicle technology sector. The combined company traded on Nasdaq under the ticker VLDR following deal close in September 2020. Velodyne subsequently merged with Ouster, Inc. in 2023, with the combined entity continuing under the OUST ticker. Sign up at SpacDesk for full filing data, sponsor profiles, and deal analytics across the SPAC universe.