Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. General form of registration statement for all companies including face-amount certificate companies

General form of registration statement for all companies including face-amount certificate companies

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Long-term Debt - Silicon valley bank term loan (Details)

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Long-term Debt - Silicon valley bank term loan (Details) - Evolv Technologies Holdings Inc [Member]		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 05, 2017 USD ($) item	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) shares	Mar. 31, 2021 shares	Feb. 12, 2019 $ / shares shares	May 08, 2018 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of monthly payments	36
Warrants to purchase shares of common stock \| shares		740,991	5,127,237	3,386,246	5,127,237
Warrants exercise price \| $ / shares		$ 0.15
2017 SVB Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt	$ 5,000,000	$ 3,100,000
Number of monthly payments	36	36
Interest rate				5.25%
Warrants to purchase shares of common stock \| shares						75,000
Warrants exercise price \| $ / shares						$ 0.09
Accrued interest, current				$ 100,000
Interest expense				$ 200,000
Term Loan A Advance
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt	$ 4,000,000
Term Loan B Advance
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt	1,000,000						$ 1,000,000
Revolving line of credit outstanding
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt	1,000,000	$ 7,000,000	$ 3,000,000
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 1,000,000	$ 7,000,000	$ 10,000,000
Wall Street Journal Prime Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Warrants to purchase shares of common stock \| shares			1,000,000
Warrants exercise price \| $ / shares			$ 0.16
Wall Street Journal Prime Rate \| 2017 SVB Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Spread on variable rate	1.25%
Interest rate	1.25%					5.25%
Wall Street Journal Prime Rate \| Revolving line of credit outstanding
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Spread on variable rate			1.25%
Interest rate			4.50%

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