Velodyne Lidar, Inc.

Velodyne Lidar, Inc. is the company formed through the 2020 de-SPAC merger between blank-check company Graf Industrial Corp (Nasdaq: GRAF) and private lidar manufacturer Velodyne Lidar. Graf Industrial Corp completed its initial public offering in 2018, sponsored by Graf Industrial LLC under CEO James Graf, with a focus on the industrial technology sector. The 10-Q filed May 15, 2019 captures Graf during its acquisition search phase, more than a year before it announced and ultimately completed its business combination with Velodyne Lidar in September 2020, delivering the autonomous-vehicle sensor company to public markets under the ticker VLDR. Sign up for SpacDesk to access the full filing history and deal analytics for this transaction.