Roelof Botha of Sequoia Says 'To Be Successful in This Business, You Have to Be Contrarian and Right'

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Roelof Botha of Sequoia Says 'To Be Successful in This Business, You Have to Be Contrarian and Right'

Join our 10th Annual LDV Vision Summit on March 21 and witness the fireside chat between LDV Capital’s Evan Nisselson and Roelof Botha, Managing Partner and Steward of Sequoia Capital. Roelof has spent over 20 years building companies in Silicon Valley. He began within the walls of nascent PayPal and led the company through both its IPO in early 2002 and the subsequent acquisition by eBay. Roelof joined Sequoia in 2003 to help founders build enduring businesses. In 2017, he assumed leadership of Sequoia Capital's US/Europe business and became a Steward of the Sequoia Partnership. Roelof is a Director of 23andMe, Block, Ethos, Inside.com, Landis, mmhmm, MongoDB, Natera, Pendulum Therapeutics, and Unity Technologies, and recently led Sequoia's investment in Meeno. Previously, he was a Director of companies that include YouTube, Tumblr, Xoom, Eventbrite, and Evernote. He also led Sequoia's investment in Instagram.

Roelof and Evan will discuss trends and early-stage investment opportunities in businesses leveraging visual technologies and AI.

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​Over 10 Years of Insights on Visual Technologies & AI From Leaders ​a​t DeepMind, Sequoia Capital, Meta, Union Square Ventures,​ Snap and More​

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​Over 10 Years of Insights on Visual Technologies & AI From Leaders ​a​t DeepMind, Sequoia Capital, Meta, Union Square Ventures,​ Snap and More​

As we approach our 10th Summit anniversary on March 21, 2024, we decided to go down memory lane and spotlight the exceptional fireside chat speakers LDV Capital's Evan Nisselson has had the privilege to witness and interview over the years. These leaders come from companies such as DeepMind, Sequoia Capital, Union Square Ventures, Meta, Spark Capital, FirstMark, Universal Pictures, Greylock Partners, Snap, First Round Capital, OpenWater and more.

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Josh Elman Says Building a Company is Hypothesis Testing

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Josh Elman Says Building a Company is Hypothesis Testing

This fireside chat with Josh Elman of Greylock Partners and Evan Nisselson of LDV Capital took place at the 2016 LDV Vision Summit. Josh and Evan discussed future investment trends and early stage opportunities in businesses leveraging visual technologies.

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Applications of Computer Vision & AI Will be Life Transformative

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Applications of Computer Vision & AI Will be Life Transformative

This panel, “Trends in Visual Technology Investing” is from our 2016 LDV Vision Summit. Moderator: Jessi Hempel, Senior Writer at Wired. Featuring: Liza Benson, Partner at StarVest Partners, Howard Morgan, Partner & Co-founder of First Round Capital, Alex Iskold, Managing Director at TechStars.

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Computer Vision Will Disrupt Many Businesses Especially Manufacturing and Consumer Shopping

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Computer Vision Will Disrupt Many Businesses Especially Manufacturing and Consumer Shopping

Howard Morgan, Partner & Co-Founder at First Round Capital, and Evan Nisselson, General Partner at LDV Capital, discussed future investment trends and early stage opportunities in businesses leveraging visual technologies.

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Bijan Sabet Invests in Founders Building Inspiring Products That He Would Want to Work For

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Bijan Sabet Invests in Founders Building Inspiring Products That He Would Want to Work For

Bijan Sabet, General Partner & Co-Founder of Spark Capital, and Evan Nisselson, LDV Capital, discussed future investment trends and early stage opportunities in businesses leveraging visual technologies.

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Computer Vision Will Disrupt Many Businesses Especially Manufacturing and Consumer Shopping

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Computer Vision Will Disrupt Many Businesses Especially Manufacturing and Consumer Shopping

Howard Morgan, Partner & Co-Founder at First Round Capital, and Evan Nisselson, General Partner at LDV Capital, discussed future investment trends and early stage opportunities in businesses leveraging visual technologies.

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Photographs Can Tell A Powerful Story That Is Unique To Any Other Creative Format

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Photographs Can Tell A Powerful Story That Is Unique To Any Other Creative Format

Bijan Sabet, General Partner & Co-Founder of Spark Capital, and Evan Nisselson, LDV Capital, discussed future investment trends and early stage opportunities in businesses leveraging visual technologies.

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Comcast Ventures, Female Founder Fund, Union Square Ventures & LDV Capital Discuss Trends In Visual Communication and Technology Investing

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Comcast Ventures, Female Founder Fund, Union Square Ventures & LDV Capital Discuss Trends In Visual Communication and Technology Investing

This panel discussion was a part of LDV Capital’s 2nd Annual LDV Vision Summit (May 19 & 20, 2015).

Moderator: Evan Nisselson, Partner, LDV Capital
- Andrew Weissman, Partner, Union Square Ventures
- Andrew Cleland, Managing Partner, Comcast Ventures
- Anu Duggal, Founding Partner, Female Founders Fund

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Visual Technology Investment Opportunities, Fireside Chat With Andrew Weissman, Union Square Ventures

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Visual Technology Investment Opportunities, Fireside Chat With Andrew Weissman, Union Square Ventures

This fireside chat was a part of LDV Capital’s 2nd Annual LDV Vision Summit (May 19 & 20, 2015).

Andrew Weismann, Partner at Union Square Ventures, and Evan Nisselson, Partner at LDV Capital, discussed future investment trends and opportunities in businesses leveraging visual technologies.

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