Cepton

Cepton develops high-performance LiDAR sensors for automotive, smart-infrastructure and industrial applications. Founded in San Jose in 2016, the company uses its Micro Motion Technology scanning architecture to target compact, reliable and scalable perception.

Facts

Segment: Perception
Country: United States
Founded: 2016
Website: https://www.cepton.com/

Products

Vista Ultra

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Market context

Comparable profiles and adjacent companies connected by shared workflow, capability, or stack position.

XenomatiX - comparable profile - peer: Automotive LIDAR Supplier
Blickfeld - comparable profile - peer: Solid State LIDAR Supplier
SOSLAB - comparable profile - peer: Solid State LIDAR Supplier

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Timeline

2025-01-07 - Acquisition - Koito completes acquisition of Cepton - Operations continued from Cepton’s San Jose headquarters after the transaction. Shares were delisted and converted to $3.17 in cash per share. The combination targets automotive, industrial-equipment and smart-infrastructure LiDAR commercialisation. - source: cepton.com

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Team

Jun Pei - Co-Founder & CEO - Co-founded Cepton and leads its LiDAR commercialisation within Koito.

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Relations

Koito Manufacturing - Acquirer And Corporate Parent - Cepton is linked by an acquisition with Koito Manufacturing.

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