120+ Women Spearheading Advances in Visual Tech and AI

120+ Women Spearheading Advances in Visual Tech and AI

Since 2012, we have been showcasing brilliant women whose work in visual tech and AI is reshaping business and society. In 2020, we started our “Women Leading Visual Tech” series. We are thrilled to showcase an expanded list of women behind many of the technological innovations that we experience today. Their contributions are extremely valuable to our ecosystem and the world. Our initial list consists of 121 names placed in alphabetical order. It features experts in machine vision, pattern recognition and generative models for digitizing the real world, as well as leaders in quantum hardware, nanophotonics and semiconductors which is the foundation for all the visual tech and AI progress.

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Thank You For Celebrating Our 10th Anniversary LDV Vision Summit With Us!

Thank You For Celebrating Our 10th Anniversary LDV Vision Summit With Us!

We at LDV Capital celebrated our 10th LDV Vision Summit Anniversary! People from over 30 countries were part of our premier global gathering in visual tech & AI. We were thrilled to welcome speakers from Sequoia Capital, Wellville, Generate:Biomedicines, DCVC Bio, Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California, Nobias Therapeutics, Snap, Future Ventures, Meta, Axios and more. Two of our LDV Capital portfolio companies presented as well: Synthesia and Sonus Microsystems.

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Living Longer & Healthier: How Visual Tech will Advance Accelerations in Life Sciences & Biotech

Living Longer & Healthier: How Visual Tech will Advance Accelerations in Life Sciences & Biotech

As the biotech industry relies heavily on data filtering, analysis and sharing, visual technologies will become critical for the detection and imaging of biological systems, paving the way for the future of life sciences tools enabling next-generation therapeutics, biomanufacturing & longevity.

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Trends in Visual Technology Investing

Trends in Visual Technology Investing

At last year’s LDV Vision Summit, Jessi Hempel (Senior Editor at LinkedIn) spoke with Hadley Harris (Founding General Partner at Eniac Ventures), Laura Smoliar (Founding Partner at Berkeley Catalyst Fund), and Zavain Dar (Partner at Lux Capital) about trends in visual technologies across all business sectors and society.
The main question for our panelists was: “Where are the next visual technology investment opportunities?”

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Thank You for Making Our 6th Annual LDV Vision Summit a Great Success!

Thank You for Making Our 6th Annual LDV Vision Summit a Great Success!

Our sixth annual LDV Vision Summit was fantastic, a giant thank you to everyone who came and participated in making it another spectacular gathering. We are honored that you fly in from around the world each year to share insights, inspire, do deals, recruit, raise capital, and help each other succeed!

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Visual Technologies are Progressing Rapidly as Computing Power Grows

Visual Technologies are Progressing Rapidly as Computing Power Grows

Evan Nisselson, General Partner at LDV Capital, interviews Laura Smoliar about her experience investing in visual tech. Laura is a Founding Partner at The Berkeley Catalyst Fund where she focuses on pre-seed and seed-stage companies in biopharma, agriculture, medical device, clean air, clean water, energy storage, and sensors.

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