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Graf Industrial Corp.

Merged
CIK: 1745317•Ticker: GRAF
Successfully merged with Velodyne Lidar, Inc.

SPAC Overview

$4.5M
IPO Size
$117M
Trust (as of 2020-06-30)
Completed
Current Status
2018
IPO Year

Timeline Progress

About

Graf Industrial Corp. is a newly organized blank-check company seeking to complete an initial business combination. It intends to focus on diversified industrial manufacturing, technology, distribution and service businesses in the United States and Canada with an aggregate enterprise value over $1 billion.

Investment Focus

Industrial, Manufacturing, Technology, Business Services

Geographic Focus

United States, Canada

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SPAC Team

Sponsors

Graf Acquisition

Leadership

David S. Hall
Executive Chairman, Founder, Executive Chairman and Former Chief Executive Officer
Joseph B. Culkin
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Director
Anand Gopalan
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Chief Executive Officer and Former Chief Technology Officer, Director, President, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
James A. Graf
Chief Executive Officer, Director
Laura Tarman
Vice President of Sales
Michael J. Dee
Chief Financial Officer, Director Nominee, President
Mircea Gradu
Senior Vice President of Quality and Validation
Andrew Warwick Hamer
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer
James Barnhart
Chief Operating Officer
Joseph Michael Jellen
Chief Commercial Officer, Chief Strategy Officer
Kathryn Mcbeath
Chief People Officer
Marta Thoma Hall
Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Marketing Officer and Director, Director
Mathew Rekow
Chief Technology Officer
Michael Vella
General Counsel
Sally Frykman
Chief Marketing Officer
Sinclair Vass
Chief Commercial Officer
Thomas R. Tewell
Chief Operating Officer
Barb J. Samardzich
Director
Christopher Albert Thomas
Director
Deborah Hersman
Director
Hamid Zarringhalam
Director
Michael E. Dee
Director
Keith W. Abell
Director Nominee
Kevin Starke
Director Nominee
Sabrina Mckee
Director Nominee
Dennis Miller
Beneficial owner
Eli Baker
Beneficial owner
Fredric Rosen
Beneficial owner
Harry Sloan
Beneficial owner
James Mcnamara
Beneficial owner
Jeffrey Sagansky
Beneficial owner
Qing Lu
Beneficial owner
Bruce Hall
David Heeren
James Schwandt
Jennifer Li
Julie J. Levenson
Keith Abell
Savannah Hall

Extended Team Information

James A. Graf has over 30 years of M&A, private equity, capital markets and corporate management experience, including prior SPACs. Michael Dee has extensive capital-markets, M&A and investment experience, including 26 years at Morgan Stanley and work at Temasek. The broader team includes experienced finance and investing professionals with prior SPAC and capital-markets experience.

Key Information

IPO Date
October 16, 2018
Total Redemptions
$34K
PIPE
$150M
State of Incorporation
DE
SIC
6770
Completion Date
September 29, 2020
Merger Target
Velodyne Lidar, Inc.
SPAC Ticker
GRAF

External Resources

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