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Cepton

Closed (deSPAC)

Information Technology · LiDAR-based solutions for automotive and industrial applicat · founded 2016

What it is
Cepton is a Silicon Valley innovator of lidar-based solutions for automotive (ADAS/AV), smart cities, smart spaces and smart industrial applications
What it’s doing now
Merging with Growth Capital Acquisition Corp. (GCAC) — closed (despac).
What you should know
Data is still being assembled for this company — what is shown below is everything we have verified so far.

The business, per its filings

SEC primary

Cepton is a Silicon Valley innovator of lidar-based solutions for automotive (ADAS/AV), smart cities, smart spaces and smart industrial applications. With its patented lidar technology, Cepton aims to take lidar mainstream and achieve a balanced approach to performance, cost and reliability, while enabling scalable and intelligent 3D perception solutions across industries. Founded in 2016 and led by industry veterans with decades of collective experience across a wide range of advanced lidar and imaging technologies, Cepton is focused on the mass market commercialization of high performance, high quality lidar solutions. Cepton is headquartered in San Jose, CA and has a center of excellence facility in Troy, MI to provide local support to automotive customers in the Metro Detroit area. Cepton also has a presence in Germany to serve European customers. For more information, visit www.cepton.com and follow Cepton on Twitter and LinkedIn. Cepton, Inc. Contacts Investors: InvestorRelations@cepton.com Media: Faithy Li, media@cepton.com

Source: DEFM14A, accession 0001213900-24-100680

What the company says about itself

Web research — not audited

Cepton, Inc. is a company providing lidar technology for safe and autonomous transportation. Their products utilize patented MagnoSteer™ imaging technology to deliver high-performance, compact, and scalable solutions for ADAS and autonomous driving applications.

Markets:
Automotive | Autonomous Vehicles | ADAS | Infrastructure | Industrial
Products:
Vista Ultra | Nova Ultra | Long Range | Near Range | Perception
What our web check found

[WEB-INTEL 2026-08-26] 1 finding(s) · web source asserts a FILING-ONLY figure (deadline / trust / status / floor / price) and it was NOT stored: "Cepton raised just $76.5 million in the deal, according to a regulatory filing." [https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2022/10/28/cepton-raises-100m-from-major-customer.html]

Source: https://www.cepton.com/ · captured Aug 26, 2026 · marketing claims are reported as claims, never merged into the filed figures above.

The deal it’s entering

Cepton is merging with Growth Capital Acquisition Corp. (GCAC) currently marked Closed (deSPAC).

Headline equity value—
PIPE≈ $60M · unsourced

Structure per SEC accession(s) 0001213900-24-100680. How to read these numbers: headline vs effective valuation · what a definitive agreement commits

What exactly is being valued, and at what

Common questions

Is Cepton going public?

Cepton has an approved merger with the SPAC Growth Capital Acquisition Corp. (GCAC). Deal status: Closed (deSPAC).

Does Cepton have revenue?

The filings we've parsed don't state a usable revenue figure yet; this profile is updated as new documents land.

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