In The News
Known as the only visual technology venture fund, we at LDV Capital have been investing in pre-inc, pre-seed and seed-stage teams building businesses powered by visual technology and artificial intelligence since 2012. In 2024, we announced our fourth fund.
Portfolio Companies
Co-investors that follow LDV’s early investments include Sequoia Capital, Accel, Union Square Ventures, Insight Partners, GV (Google Ventures), Atomico, FirstMark, Menlo Ventures and NEA among others. See a few select portfolio highlights below.
Spotlight
UK artificial intelligence start-up Synthesia hits $2bn valuation
January 15, 2025 | Financial Times
This gen-Z-led startup just raised $2.6 million to diagnose Parkinson’s using AI
November 21, 2024 | INC.
Synthesia, startup making uncanny AI avatars, raises at $2.1 billion valuation
January 15, 2025 |Bloomberg
Harvard spinout that scans for neurophysical disease gets funding
Nov 21, 2024 | Boston Business Journal
VitVio secures €1.8 million for AI-powered operating rooms in hospitals
January 8, 2025 | EU-Startups
Glass Imaging’s incredible AI tech transforms smartphone image quality
October 22, 2024 | PetaPixel
TIME100 AI 2024: Victor Riparbelli, CEO & Co-Founder at Synthesia
September 5, 2024 | Time
AI-powered cancer screening company Ezra comes to Seattle
July 25, 2024 | Fox 13 Seattle
What makes Glass Imaging’s groundbreaking photo-enhancing tech different
August 28, 2024 | PetaPixel
More people are turning to mental health AI chatbots. What could go wrong?
July 15, 2024 | National Geographic
Gardin’s green thumb: enhancing yields with real-time insights
July 30, 2024 | Newzchain
This wearable leg ‘sleeve’ helps people with limited mobility walk easier
July 23, 2024 | Fast Company
Exclusive: Teads partners with TVision and Adelaide
April 29, 2024 | Axios
CIONIC won gold in wearable and implantable medical devices at the Edison Awards
April 23, 2024 | Edison Awards
Chatbots as mental health companions. Earkick’s panda is inviting you to chat
April 3, 2024 | Fox 10 News
Exclusive: Sonus Microsystems pre-seeds $2.1M for new ultrasound tech
February 26, 2024 | Axios
Google backs company making smartphones as good as ‘real’ cameras
February 8, 2024 | PetaPixel
The former child prodigy played 'Moneyball' with GPUs & built a $3M AI model for $30K
January 22, 2024 | Insider
4 AI therapy options reviewed: do they work? How does AI therapy work?
December 6, 2023 | Forbes
Memorable AI is among 12 startups transforming advertising & marketing
November 6, 2023 | Insider
CIONIC raises additional funding for Neural Sleeve
October 19, 2023 | Medical Device Network
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder—but memorability may be universal
July 24, 2023 | WIRED
Norbert Health and Lumina Care announce strategic partnership
July 15, 2024 | Slice of Healthcare
An AI startup made a hyperrealistic deepfake of me that’s so good it’s scary
April 25, 2024 | MIT Technology Review
Rayus partners with Ezra to launch a nationwide whole-body MRI offering
April 15, 2024 | Radiology Business
Ready or not, AI chatbots are here to help with Gen Z’s mental health struggles
March 23, 2024 | The Associated Press
Medical experts on the rising trend of people getting full-body scans for cancer screening
February 17, 2024 | NBC News
Glass supercharges smartphone cameras with AI — minus the hallucinations
February 8, 2024 | TechCrunch
Will a full-body MRI scan help you or hurt you?
January 12, 2024 | The New Yorker
Cionic Neural Sleeve named best innovation as Dezeen Awards design winners revealed
November 28, 2023 | Dezeen
New neural network could majorly improve smartphone photography
November 2, 2023 | PetaPixel
Can AI chatbots ever replace human therapists?
October 4, 2023 | Time
ImVitro is among the top 10 reproductive tech startups
Jul 5, 2023 | Business Insider
Improving water use efficiency in pepper cultivation
April 30, 2024 | Horti Daily
Watch it and weep (or smile): Synthesia’s AI video avatars now feature emotions
April 25, 2024 | TechCrunch
LDV portfolio company Synthesia is featured on Forbes’ AI 50 list
April 11, 2024 | Forbes
Can AI therapists do better than the real thing?
March 2, 2024 | The Guardian
Meet the Bryan Johnson-approved AI full-body MRI startup that just raised $21M
February 10, 2024 | Forbes
Synthesia launches LLM-powered assistant to turn any text file or link into AI video
January 31, 2024 | VentureBeat
Gardin is using generative AI and synthetic data to drive plant growth — here's how
December 19, 2023 | Insider
AI platforms like Memorable are reshaping ad landscapes with innovative tools
November 17, 2023 | Forbes
The best inventions of 2023: Cionic neural sleeve
October 24, 2023 | Time
Leveraging AI to empower IVF centres from embryo management to lab monitoring
September 27, 2023 | The Guardian
Synthesia CEO on unicorn status and AI regulation
June 14, 2023 | Bloomberg
Platform that turns text into A.I.-generated avatars boosts valuation to $1B
June 13, 2023 | CNBC
AI technology catches cancer before symptoms with Ezra, a full-body MRI scanner
June 1, 2023 | FOX NEWS
Exclusive: BurnerPage applies generative AI to marketing tech
May 8, 2023 | Axios
LDV Capital News
The 13 top VC firms dedicated to investing in AI that founders should know
February 6, 2023 | Business Insider
Training real AI with fake data. Synthetic data keeps getting closer to reality
October 12, 2019 | AXIOS
LDV has raised a $10 million fund to invest in startups developing visual technology
February 1, 2018 | WSJ
Teaching robots to see — and understand. Machine vision is a crucial missing link
October 26, 2019 | AXIOS
In less than five years, 45 billion cameras will be watching us
August 9, 2017 | Fast Company
Select articles
How visual data is propelling a new wave of climate tech
March 6, 2022 | VentureBeat
Healthcare by 2028 will be doctor-directed, patient-owned and powered by visual tech
February 5, 2019 | TechCrunch
Deep tech, no-code tools will help future artists make better visual content
November 15, 2021 | VentureBeat
The war over artificial intelligence will be won with visual data
May 17, 2017 | TechCrunch
Visual technologies on the frontline to flatten the curve
April 14, 2020 | Thrive Global
It’s coming! The Internet of Eyes will allow objects to see
May 13, 2016 | The Next Web