MicroVision to Acquire Ibeo Automotive Systems to Accelerate Solutions for Automotive OEM and Expand Multi-Market Sales

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Dec 01, 2022
  • Acquisition brings together MicroVision's best-in-class MAVIN™ hardware and Ibeo's best-in-class perception software to be integrated into MicroVision's perception ASIC, accelerating the path to a cost effective, true "one box solution" required by automotive OEMs for a roofline integrated product
  • Accelerates combined company revenue streams from hardware and software products with forecast ranging between $8 to $15 million in 2023[1] with expected future growth
  • Synergistically address existing customer base that includes top-tier German and U.S. automotive OEMs, plus expand multi-market strategy focusing on industrial, smart infrastructure, robotics, and commercial vehicle segments with Ibeo's flash-based sensor
  • Expands existing manufacturing partnership with ZF, and expectation to include manufacturing of MicroVision's MAVIN lidar product at the established production facility
  • Strategic direction and oversight to remain with MicroVision management, under the continued leadership of CEO Sumit Sharma