The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Cepton: 1 model, $200.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
Overview
Cepton is a San Jose-based lidar technology company pioneering mass-market commercialization of lidar for ADAS and autonomous vehicles. The company received a $50M investment from Koito manufacturing and went public via a SPAC merger with Growth Capital. Cepton's lidar technology enables safe, autonomous mobility for consumer vehicles and commercial applications.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundAcquisition (Koito Manufacturing) post-money
Key facts
Founded
Founders
Product
Acquisition
Status
Koito investment
Public
Technology
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Relationships
Founders (2)
- Jun Peicofounderfounded 2016-01-01no longer at company
- Mark McCordcofounderfounded 2016-01-01no longer at company
Former / Previously (2)
- Jun Pei Co-founder & CEO2016 to 2023secondary-verified
- Mark McCord Co-founder & CTO2016 to 2023secondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Cepton.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Cepton in third-party press
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
Financial state
- Total funding
- $200.0M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Funding rounds (2)
- Acquisition (Koito Manufacturing)2022-04-04
$200M(reported) · $1.0B post
Investors: Koito Manufacturing (strategic) (lead)
- Series A2018-01-01
Acquisitions (1)
- acquired by Koito Manufacturingfull acquisition2024-07-29
Timeline
Every recorded move in Cepton’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Acquired byAcquired by Koito Manufacturing
2024-07-29Acquired by Koito Manufacturing (full_acquisition)
Funding roundAcquisition (Koito Manufacturing) funding round
2022-04-04Acquisition (Koito Manufacturing) raising $200000000
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2018-01-01Series A
Key hireJun Pei joins as Co-founder & CEO
2016-01-01Jun Pei appointed Co-founder & CEO
Key hireMark McCord joins as Co-founder & CTO
2016-01-01Mark McCord appointed Co-founder & CTO
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 7, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Cepton.Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Cepton from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/cepton.md
- RSS feed: /companies/cepton/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/7a6806a5-ca28-46b2-b0bd-201c151775cc
- Revision history: /companies/cepton/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
Video
Safety shouldn't be a luxury. Cepton is making autonomous driving a reality for everyone. Its hazard detection lidar technology seamlessly integrates into all v
Cepton offers patented micro-motion technology (MMT®) lidars with a frictionless, mirrorless and rotation-free architecture. The Vista™ family of lidars deliver
Cepton was founded on the simple desire to create #lidar for consumer vehicles to make safer, autonomous mobility accessible to all. Our CEO, CTO and co-founder
As a member of the NVIDIA DRIVE Sim ecosystem, Cepton is adding an accurate digital twin of its lidar technology to the platform. Cepton is the first lidar part
Started 2023 off with a tech, tech, tech...BOOM! The Cepton team enjoyed reconnecting with other global innovators and meeting new #lidar enthusiasts this year
Cepton is partnering with The Indoor Lab to deliver state-of-the-art space and crowd analytics to transform smart spaces. Using Cepton's award-winning Helius Sm
Exwayz is partner with Cepton! On this video, we demonstrate a robotic use case with Cepton's Nova sensor, built for short range detection. The algorithm perfor
The road continues at SAE International’s AutoDrive Challenge II following the first of our four years sponsoring the competition! At Cepton, we believe in emp
Cepton, Inc's co-founder and CEO Dr Jun Pei joined Steve Darling from Proactive to delve into the convergence of LiDAR technology and eye safety. Addressing con
As an official sponsor and exclusive #lidar supplier, Cepton is proud to continue supporting the 4-year AutoDrive Challenge™ II program, in cooperation with Gen
Cepton CEO Dr. Jun Pei joins Jill Malandrino on Nasdaq #TradeTalks to discuss LiDAR technologies and the solutions Cepton provides.
Cepton, Inc., a Silicon Valley innovator and leader in high-performance lidar solutions, is collaborating with Exwayz to demonstrate new lidar-based perception
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Cepton draws attention at the 16th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 6, 2026