LDV Capital - 10 Years Investing In People Building Businesses Powered by Visual Tech & AI

LDV Capital - 10 Years Investing In People Building Businesses Powered by Visual Tech & AI

We could not have accomplished this exciting milestone without our inspiring portfolio founders, experts, community members, co-investors and LDV LPs. Thank you!

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Can AI Detect and Identify Changes in Our Well-Being? Meet Karin Andrea Stephan of Earkick

Can AI Detect and Identify Changes in Our Well-Being? Meet Karin Andrea Stephan of Earkick

Meet Karin Andrea Stephan – a serial entrepreneur, community leader, and startup coach. She has deep domain expertise in tracking mental health and in 2021, Karin Andrea co-founded Earkick to build the world’s first data-driven mental health tracker via multimodal sentiment analysis of physiological biomarkers.

LDV’s Abigail Hunter-Syed chatted with Karin about the potential of an AI-powered tool that is able to track and treat mental health disorders in real-time.

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Digital Fashion Gives Creators a New Form of Identity and Self-Expression in a Virtual World

Digital Fashion Gives Creators a New Form of Identity and Self-Expression in a Virtual World

Abby Hunter-Syed, Partner at LDV Capital, interviewed Caley Taylor, 3D Design Team Lead at CLO Virtual Fashion. They spoke about digital garments, 3D mockups and virtual fitting – all of which are revolutionizing the fashion industry today. Join us on December 8, and see where it’s all headed and whether we’ll all care for our virtual closets no less than for the physical ones.

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Wearable Technology Delivers Smart Clothing

Wearable Technology Delivers Smart Clothing

Abby Hunter-Syed, Partner at LDV Capital, interviewed Madeleine Gong of Wearable X. They spoke about the intersection of wearable technology and fashion. They briefly touched on mushroom leather and the introduction of skincare into textiles – join us virtually on December 8 to learn more.

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Can Meta-Learning Unlock the Magic of AI?

Can Meta-Learning Unlock the Magic of AI?

Honored to have DeepMind’s senior research scientist Dr. Jane Wang in our monthly interview series. This interview was recorded live on March 18th at our very first Women Leading Visual Tech community event. Jane spoke with Abby Hunter-Syed, Partner at LDV Capital, about how and where meta-learning will generate opportunities for business and society.

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Interview with Dr. Sujatha Ramanujan, Managing Director of Luminate – an Accelerator for Startups with Optics, Photonics and Imaging Enabled Technologies

Interview with Dr. Sujatha Ramanujan, Managing Director of Luminate – an Accelerator for Startups with Optics, Photonics and Imaging Enabled Technologies

The next guest in our Women Leading Visual Tech series is Dr. Sujatha Ramanujan, a serial entrepreneur and seasoned executive with 25 years of experience in medical devices and consumer electronics. She currently serves as the Managing Director of Luminate – the world’s largest accelerator for startups with optics, photonics, and imaging enabled applications. LDV Capital’s Abigail Hunter-Syed spoke with Sujatha about managing a crisis, fear of boredom, and a mission to revitalize the Rochester area.

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Michal Lipson on Silicon Photonics and Its Ability to Enable AI in Our Life

Michal Lipson on Silicon Photonics and Its Ability to Enable AI in Our Life

Our second interview in Women Leading Visual Tech series is with Dr. Michal Lipson.
Michal is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Electrical Engineering at Columbia University and a member of the National Academy of Science. Her research work is focused on nanophotonics.

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