Tech Company Financing Transactions
AEye Funding Round
AEye closed a $40 million Series B funding round on 11/20/2018. Backers included Taiwania Capital, Airbus Ventures and Intel Capital.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
11/20/2018
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$40,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors
Taiwania Capital (Lead Investor) (Huang Lee)
Proceeds Purpose
The funds will be used to scale AEye's operations to meet global demand for the company's artificial perception systems for autonomous vehicles.
Company Information
Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Transportation
Mailing Address
5700 Stoneridge Dr. 102
Pleasanton, CA 94588
USA
Pleasanton, CA 94588
USA
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
AEye develops advanced vision hardware, software and algorithms that act as the eyes and visual cortex of autonomous vehicles. Since its demonstration of its solid state LiDAR scanner in 2013, AEye has pioneered breakthroughs in intelligent sensing. The company is based in Silicon Valley, and backed by world-renowned investors.
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Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Lui Dussan
Chief Financial Officer
Ransom Wuller
Chief Scientific Officer
Allan Steinhardt
VP - Bus. Development
James Robnett
VP - Engineering
Barry Behnken
VP - Marketing
Stephen Lambright
VP - Operations
Nate Ramanathan
VP - Product Management
Aravind Ratnam
VP - Product Management
John Stockton
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