AEVA, INC.
FMCW radar sensors for simultaneous velocity and range detection
- Sector
- Semiconductors
- Headquarters
- PALO ALTO, CA
- Founded
- 2016
- Latest Form D
- $3.5M, Jan 2017
- Total capital
- $3.5M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $3.5M
- 1 Form D · last Jan 2017
- 117 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 22
- 18 pending · first 2025
- Rank in peer group#5 of 224
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$3.5M
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Standing among 224 peers
Line = medianSemiconductors · Device
- Granted patents#5 · top 2%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- MINA REZKExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- SHAHIN FARSHCHIDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- SOROUSH SALEHIAN DARDASHTIExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 22 granted of 40- New patentLIDAR With Seed Modulated Semiconductor Optical Amplifier For Enhanced Signal To Noise RatioUSPTOUS 12,768,995
- New patentSystem and Method for Intelligent Camera ControlUSPTOUS 12,764,409
- New patentTechniques For Providing Combined Signal To Multi-mode Waveguide PhotodetectorUSPTOUS 12,748,193
Show all 40 patent records
- LIDAR With Seed Modulated Semiconductor Optical Amplifier For Enhanced Signal To Noise RatioOct 20, 2026 · US 12,768,995Granted
- System and Method for Intelligent Camera ControlOct 13, 2026 · US 12,764,409Granted
- Techniques For Providing Combined Signal To Multi-mode Waveguide PhotodetectorSep 29, 2026 · US 12,748,193Granted
- Techniques For Rapid Soa ModulationSep 17, 2026 · Application 19673594Pending
- Techniques For Detection Threshold Adjustment For Known Target DetectionSep 10, 2026 · Application 19664405Pending
- Digital Electro-optical Phase Locked Loop In A LIDAR SystemAug 27, 2026 · Application 19648346Pending
- Techniques For Adaptive Tunable Lens Array For Multi-beam LIDAR SystemsAug 13, 2026 · Application 19640241Pending
- High Precision Fast Scanning Fmcw LIDARJul 30, 2026 · Application 19037838Pending
- Chirped Coherent Laser RADAR System And MethodJul 28, 2026 · US 12,693,413Granted
- Techniques for Combining Optical Beams into Shared Spatial ModeJul 14, 2026 · US 12,681,154Granted
- Speckle Reduction Using Redundant MeasurementsJul 9, 2026 · Application 19009388Pending
- Compact Integrated Light Detection And Ranging (LIDAR) SystemJul 9, 2026 · Application 19009339Pending
- Techniques For Rapid Soa ModulationJun 30, 2026 · US 12,669,607Granted
- Techniques For Retention And Recovery Of Single-frequency Detection Points In Light Detection And Ranging (LIDAR) SystemsJun 25, 2026 · Application 18988030Pending
- Hybrid Laser Driver And Methods For Using Electro-optical Phase-locked Loop And Algorithmic Frequency LockingJun 23, 2026 · US 12,663,521Granted
- Techniques For Peak Detection In A LIDAR System Using Weighted Metrics And Band SelectionJun 18, 2026 · Application 19462450Pending
- Techniques For Detection Threshold Adjustment For Known Target DetectionJun 2, 2026 · US 12,644,986Granted
- Optical Edge Coupler For Descan Mitigation In LIDARMay 28, 2026 · Application 18958962Pending
- Techniques For Alignment Of Target And Local Oscillator Beams To Photodiode DetectorMay 26, 2026 · US 12,638,652Granted
- Digital Electro-optical Phase Locked Loop In A LIDAR SystemMay 12, 2026 · US 12,625,263Granted
- Techniques For Tunable Beam Focus Compensation For Multiple Beam LIDAR SystemsApr 28, 2026 · US 12,613,317Granted
- Techniques For Scan Pattern Beam AlignmentApr 21, 2026 · US 12,607,730Granted
- Techniques For Equalizing Powers Of Multiple Local Oscillator Beams Using Optical AttenuatorsApr 2, 2026 · Application 19413849Pending
- Total Internal Reflection (tir) Scanning DeviceMar 19, 2026 · Application 19391625Pending
- Techniques For Peak Detection In A LIDAR System Using Weighted Metrics And Band SelectionMar 10, 2026 · US 12,571,891Granted
- Techniques For Configurable Transimpedance Amplifier For Fmcw LIDAR SystemsFeb 24, 2026 · US 12,560,717Granted
- Techniques For Dynamic Trailer Monitoring Using Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave Based LIDARJan 8, 2026 · Application 19323490Pending
- Techniques For Equalizing Powers Of Multiple Local Oscillator Beams Using Optical AttenuatorsJan 8, 2026 · Application 19323581Pending
- Techniques For Peak Detection In A LIDAR SystemJan 1, 2026 · Application 19321653Pending
- Techniques For Range And Velocity Measurements In A LIDAR SystemDec 30, 2025 · US 12,510,640Granted
- System and Method for Increasing Coherence Length in Lidar SystemsDec 30, 2025 · US 12,510,639Granted
- Polarization Splitter-rotator Having Silicon Based Waveguide With Silicon Nitride SegmentDec 30, 2025 · US 12,510,641Granted
- Techniques For Mirror Doppler Spread CompensationDec 4, 2025 · Application 18731728Pending
- Techniques For Identifying Obstructions In A LIDAR SystemDec 2, 2025 · US 12,487,364Granted
- System and Method for Intelligent Camera ControlNov 13, 2025 · Application 19191155Pending
- Optical Wedge In Fmcw LIDAR Optics SystemOct 30, 2025 · Application 18649285Pending
- Techniques For Equalizing Powers Of Multiple Local Oscillator Beams Using Optical AttenuatorsSep 30, 2025 · US 12,429,587Granted
- Techniques For Dynamic Trailer Monitoring Using Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave Based LIDARSep 30, 2025 · US 12,429,588Granted
- Techniques For Peak Detection In A LIDAR SystemSep 30, 2025 · US 12,429,568Granted
- Techniques For Fmcw LIDAR System Descan CompensationSep 23, 2025 · US 12,422,531Granted
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Sources
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