TinyGemsBreaks — Cepton Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: CPTN) Receives Planned $100M Investment from Long-Term Partner
Cepton Technologies (NASDAQ: CPTN), a Silicon Valley innovator and leader in high-performance lidar solutions, has received a nonbinding letter of intent (“LOI”) outlining a planned investment of up to $100 million. Dated Aug. 29, 2022, the LOI is from Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., a long-term automotive tier-1 partner and current shareholder; this marks Koito’s third investment in Cepton since 2020. According to the announcement, proceeds from the proposed investment from Koito, which will be in the form of convertible nonvoting preferred stock, will fund Cepton’s next stage of growth as it scales its lidar solutions for mass deployment. The investment is…