LiDAR/3D and Event Imaging: The Focus of 2020 Acquisitions & IPOs in Imaging
1 min readJan 20, 2021
1. M&A
As 2020 nears its end, there was a number of image sensor companies acquisitions:
Lidar/3D :
- TE Connectivity acquired First Sensor (SPADs, APDs, InGaAs, and p-i-n photodiodes)
- LeddarTech acquired VayaVision (sensor fusion and perception software for LiDARs)
- Allegro acquired Voxtel (LiDARs)
- Seegrid acquired Box Robotics (LiDARs)
- ams acquires Osram (adds laser and LED products to complete 3D sensing portfolio)
Automotive:
- Smartsens acquired Allchip (automotive image sensors)
Event Imaging: Automotive is a key application.
- Sony acquired Insightness (event-driven sensors)
- Celepixel was acquired by Will Semiconductor (event-driven sensors)
Others: non-automotive related
- Teledyne buys FLIR (Imaging)
- Nordson acquired vivaMOS (X-Ray sensors)
- GE Health acquired Prismatic Sensors (X-Ray sensors)
- Goodix acquired Dreamchip (digital design services team)
- Nuvoton acquired Panasonic semiconductor business (including image sensor and stake in TPSCo fab)
- Jenoptik acquired Trioptics (camera module test and measurement equipment)
2. IPO
There was a number of IPO announcements, although not all of the deals are closed till the end of the year:
LiDAR
- Velodyne (LiDAR, merger with SPAC)
- Luminar (LiDAR, merger with SPAC)
- Aeva (LiDAR, merger with SPAC)
- Innoviz (LiDAR, merger with SPAC)
- Ouster (LiDAR, merger with SPAC)
Others: Mobile
- Galaxycore (mobile sensors)