Cepton Technologies, Inc., an Innovator in Automotive ADAS Lidar, and Growth Capital Acquisition Corp., Enter into Business Combination Agreement
Cepton Technologies, Inc. ("Cepton"), an innovator in light detection and ranging (lidar) for automotive Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and vehicle autonomy, to combine with Growth Capital Acquisition Corp. (("Growth Capital", NASDAQ:GCAC)Business combination follows Cepton securing the ADAS industry's largest lidar series production award1 from a leading global Top 5 automotive OEM‡, with expected start of deployment in consumer vehicles in 2023With ongoing engagements with all of the Top 10 global automotive OEMs‡, Cepton is expected to be the first lidar company to penetrate the passenger vehicle mass market across multiple vehicle classes and models in the next several years,