MICROVISION, INC.
Lidar sensors and perception software for autonomous vehicle safety
- Sector
- Robotics
- Headquarters
- REDMOND, WA
- Latest Form D
- $3.1M, Sep 2017
- Total capital
- $133M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $103M
- 3 Form D · last Sep 2017
- 110 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $29.9M
- 7 awards · Defense, NASA
- Rank in Robotics#8 of 544
- Granted patents
- 30
- 10 pending · first 2022
- Rank in peer group#4 of 164
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$3.1M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$40M
- Federal contractNASA · Flight Deck I-glasses Is A Color, Stereoscopic 3-D Display Mounted On Consumer Style Eye Glass Frames That Will Enhance Operator Performance And Multi-modal Interface Research For Nextgen Operators. This Innovative Project Will Prove That Microvision's New Pico Display Engine And New Waveguide Optic Technologies Mounted On Commercial Eyeglass Frames Will Create A Novel Visual Interface System Where Users Can Toggle Information Between Left- Or Right-eye And View Information In Either A Bi-ocular$100K
- Federal contractDefense · Month 9$249K
- Federal contractDefense · Speckle Reduction At The Laser Source$331K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$60M
- Federal contractDefense · Showwx Laser Pico Projector$6K
Show 3 earlier federal awards
- Federal contractDefense · Funding Provided For Microvision, Inc. S$100K
- Federal contractDefense · Self Contained Prototype$100K
- Federal contractDefense · 199912!2100!0106!AH10 !aviation Applied Technology !DAAH1099C0034 !a!*!* !19990910!20000510!838707941!838707941!838707941!N!08XV7!MICROVISION, Inc !19910 N Creek Pkwy !bothell !WA!98011!07380!033!53!BOTHELL !king !WASHINGTON!0001!+000001500000!N!N!000000000000!AZ16!RDTE/OTHER Research & Development-mgmt Support !A1A!AIRFRAMES And Spares !1000!NOT Discernable Or Classified !3728!3!*!*!*!B!A!*!A !N!S!2!0$29M
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.
Federal first
131months
from MICROVISION, INC.’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Sep 1999
- Defense · $29M
- First Form D · Aug 2010
- $60M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 4 awards
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Standing among 164 peers
Line = medianRobotics · Device
- Granted patents#4 · top 2%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- ALEXANDER TOKMANExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- BRIAN M. TURNERDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- DALE P. ZIMMERMANExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- DAVID J. WESTGORExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- JEANETTE A. HORANDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- JEFF T. WILSONExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 17 people
- JOE O'SULLIVANExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- MICHAEL L. FRITTSExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- PERRY M. MULLIGANDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- RICHARD A. COWELLDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- ROBERT M. CARLILEDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- SLADE GORTONDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- SRIDHAR L. MADHAVENExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- STEPHEN P. HOLTExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- SUMIT J. SHARMAExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- THOMAS M. WALKERExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- YALON M. FARHIDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 30 granted of 40- PendingEye Safe LidarUSPTOApplication 19071663
- GrantedMethod And Device For Classifying Sensor DataUSPTOUS 12,657,261
- GrantedReading Device And LIDAR Measuring DeviceUSPTOUS 12,591,063
Show all 40 patent records
- Eye Safe LidarSep 10, 2026 · Application 19071663Pending
- Method And Device For Classifying Sensor DataJun 16, 2026 · US 12,657,261Granted
- Reading Device And LIDAR Measuring DeviceMar 31, 2026 · US 12,591,063Granted
- Lidar Sensor with Ultra Wide Field of View Using Two Vertically Oriented LensesMar 5, 2026 · Application 18825117Pending
- Active Thermal Monitoring of Piezoresistive Angle TransducersFeb 19, 2026 · Application 18802092Pending
- Apparatus For Generating Backscatter Histogram Data For Determining A Diffuse Backscatter During An Optical Runtime Measurement And A MethodFeb 10, 2026 · US 12,546,862Granted
- LIDAR Measuring System With Two LIDAR Measuring DevicesJan 6, 2026 · US 12,517,228Granted
- Device, Method, And Use Of The Device For Adjusting, Assembling And/or Testing An Electro-optical SystemDec 2, 2025 · US 12,489,883Granted
- Scanning Profiles With Intra-scan Temporal Optimization For LIDAR SensingNov 20, 2025 · Application 19058634Pending
- Method And Device For Classifying TargetsNov 4, 2025 · US 12,462,527Granted
- Scanning Laser Devices and Methods with Non-Uniform Optical Expansion and Pulse Energy VariationOct 28, 2025 · US 12,455,353Granted
- Method For Analyzing Backscatter Histogram Data In An Optical Pulse Runtime Method And Device For Data ProcessingOct 14, 2025 · US 12,442,903Granted
- Devices And Methods For Velocity Estimation From Sweeps By A Scanning Laser DeviceAug 7, 2025 · Application 18624573Pending
- Devices and Methods for In-Frame Velocity EstimationAug 7, 2025 · Application 18433818Pending
- Strain Sensors for Microelectromechanical System (MEMS) DevicesMay 1, 2025 · Application 18494136Pending
- Method And Device For Generating Combined ScenariosMar 11, 2025 · US 12,249,156Granted
- Device For Operating A Light Source For The Optical Time-of-flight MeasurementMar 11, 2025 · US 12,248,099Granted
- Method For Controlling Sensor Elements Of A LIDAR Measuring SystemSep 10, 2024 · US 12,085,676Granted
- Eye-Safe Scanning Lidar with Virtual Protective HousingJun 25, 2024 · US 12,019,188Granted
- Scanning Laser Devices and Methods with Multiple Range Emission Control Pulse SetsJun 13, 2024 · Application 18063429Pending
- Scanning Laser Devices and Methods With Detectors for Sensing Low Energy ReflectionsMay 14, 2024 · US 11,982,765Granted
- Analogue-to-digital ConverterMay 14, 2024 · US 11,984,908Granted
- Scanning Laser Devices and Methods with Adjusted Emission Control Pulse SetsApr 11, 2024 · Application 18045652Pending
- Method And Device For Distance MeasurementFeb 20, 2024 · US 11,906,629Granted
- Method and device for optical distance measurementFeb 6, 2024 · US 11,892,569Granted
- Steered Lidar System with Arrayed ReceiverNov 28, 2023 · US 11,828,881Granted
- Adaptive Lidar Scanning MethodsOct 24, 2023 · US 11,796,643Granted
- Method And Device For Optically Measuring DistancesOct 24, 2023 · US 11,796,649Granted
- Lidar System with Spatial Beam CombiningSep 12, 2023 · US 11,754,682Granted
- Dynamically Interlaced Laser Beam Scanning 3D Depth Sensing System and MethodSep 5, 2023 · US 11,747,476Granted
- LIDAR Measurement SystemJun 27, 2023 · US 11,686,822Granted
- Optical Power Reduction by Masking Pixels of Image ContentApr 18, 2023 · US 11,630,379Granted
- 3D Imaging System for RGB-D ImagingFeb 21, 2023 · US 11,589,029Granted
- Method and Apparatus For Filtering and Filtered Light DetectionFeb 14, 2023 · US 11,579,427Granted
- Variable Phase Scanning Lidar SystemFeb 14, 2023 · US 11,579,256Granted
- Device And Method For Generating Test Data For Testing A Distance Determination In An Optical Time-of-flight MeasurementJan 5, 2023 · Application 17783915Pending
- Scanning Mirror System with Attached CoilDec 27, 2022 · US 11,536,952Granted
- Scanning Mirror System with Attached MagnetDec 13, 2022 · US 11,525,896Granted
- Microelectromechanical (MEMS) Scanners for Scanning Laser DevicesNov 29, 2022 · US 11,513,341Granted
- Arrayed MEMS Mirrors for Large Aperture ApplicationsOct 25, 2022 · US 11,480,660Granted
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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