Blackmore
AcquiredBozeman, United States · Founded 2015 · $21.5M raised
- Headquarters
- Bozeman, Montana
- Employees
- 51–200
- Founded
- 2015
- Business Model
- B2B
- Total Funding
- $21.5M
- Last Round
- $18.0M Series BMar 2018
- Rounds
- 2
About
Blackmore Sensors and Analytics was a Bozeman, Montana-based lidar company founded in 2015 by CEO Randy Reibel, developing frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) lidar sensors that measure both distance and instantaneous velocity for autonomous vehicle perception. The roughly 70-person company was acquired by self-driving trucking startup Aurora Innovation in May 2019, becoming the basis for Aurora's proprietary FirstLight lidar and opening Aurora's Bozeman engineering office.
Summary
Blackmore is a Defense Tech company based in Bozeman, United States, founded in 2015. It has raised $21.5M in total across 2 rounds, most recently a $18.0M Series B round in Mar 2018. Investors include NEXT Frontier Capital, BMW i Ventures and Millennium Technology Value Partners.
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May 2019
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