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                 October 28, 2020

       Anand Gopalan
       Chief Executive Officer
       Velodyne Lidar, Inc.
       5521 Hellyer Avenue
       San Jose, California 95138

                                                        Re: Velodyne Lidar,
Inc.
                                                            Registration
Statement on Form S-1
                                                            Filed October 19,
2020
                                                            File No. 333-249551

       Dear Mr. Gopalan:

              This is to advise you that we have not reviewed and will not
review your registration
       statement.

              Please refer to Rule 461 regarding requests for acceleration. We
remind you that the
       company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy
of their disclosures,
       notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the
staff.

             Please contact Mitchell Austin, Staff Attorney, at (202) 551-3574
or, in his absence, Jan
       Woo, Legal Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3453 with any questions.




                 Sincerely,


                 Division of Corporation Finance

                 Office of Technology
       cc:                                              Jeffrey R. Vetter, Esq.