# AEye to go public via merger with CF Finance Acquisition Corp. III

AEye, a LiDAR solutions company, will merge with CF Finance Acquisition Corp. III, valuing AEye at a pro-forma enterprise value of $2.0 billion.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2021-02-17
- Where: United States
- Value: $2.00B
- Status: announced
- Products: LiDAR sensors, active sensing systems
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md), [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [AEye](https://endata.com/companies/53300.md) (target)
- [CF Finance Acquisition Corp. III](https://endata.com/companies/53301.md) (acquirer)

## Sources

- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/aeye-global-leader-in-active-high-performance-lidar-solutions-to-go-public-through-merger-with-cf-finance-acquisition-corp-iii-301229720.html), 2021-02-17: "AEye, Inc. and CF Finance Acquisition Corp. III today announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement."

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