Velodyne LiDAR

Current leadership (1)

• Anand Gopalan CEOsecondary-verified

Safety record

No incidents on record for Velodyne LiDAR.

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Supplies to (4)

Outbound supply edges from this company. Each relationship appears here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.

Financial state

Reporting basis

private_reported

Lifecycle stage

mature

Counterparty risk class

low

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Acquisitions (1)

• acquired by Oustermerger2023-02-10

Patent estate (6)

• US7969558B2usptograntedgranted 2011-06-28assignee
• US7969558B2usptograntedgranted 2011-06-28assignee
• US11137480B2usptograntedgranted 2021-11-02assignee
• US8675181B2usptograntedgranted 2014-03-18assignee
• US11073617B2usptograntedgranted 2021-07-27assignee
• USRE48504E1usptograntedgranted 2021-03-30assignee

Patent litigations (3)

• 3:19-cv-04742district_courtsettled · settled undisclosedas complainant2020-09-30
• 337-TA-1173itcsettled · settled undisclosedas complainant2020-10-20
• IPR2018-00255uspto_ptabdecided · valid and infringedas respondent2019-05-23

Timeline

Every recorded move in Velodyne LiDAR’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.

Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

• Record createdJun 7, 2026

  Added to the verified registry

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Sources (1)

1. https://velodynelidar.com/ ↗

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