We thrive on collaborating with deep technical teams who leverage computer vision, machine learning and artificial intelligence to analyze visual data.

Founded: April 2012
Invest: $500K - $1.2M at pre-seed or seed

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Vision Events

LDV Vision Summit
Albert Wenger, Managing Partner at Union Square Ventures
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Annual events gather top technologists, entrepreneurs, and investors to discuss cutting-edge visual tech & businesses.
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Community

Monthly dinners gather entrepreneurs and investors for inspiration, to have fun and to help each other succeed. 2000+ members with equal gender balance.
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Insight Reports

Evan Nisselson
General Partner of LDV Capital
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Exclusive analysis of how visual technology is impacting sectors including Food, Agriculture, Healthcare, Logistics, Manufacturing, Content, Metaverse
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Women Leading Visual Tech

Showcasing leading women whose work in visual tech is reshaping business & society.
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120+ women in visual tech and AI »

Pong

Invite-only platform built by and for our LDV Community to help each other solve problems and improve our world.
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Team & Expert Network

We are thrilled to be working with a wide range of domain experts.
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Testimonials

"Evan feels like a part of the team, much more so than any other investor I have worked with. He is always available for valuable sparring, and his own entrepreneurial experience gives him a unique ability to not only understand the business challenges very well but also emphasize our personal journey.” — Victor Riparbelli, Synthesia, Co-Founder & CEO

“Evan has the talent of transforming to be the most helpful investor across various stages of our business. He knows what we need and when we need it. I find his advice very helpful and timely. He has the perfect combination of seeing ahead into the future, advising us on the best course of action while also allowing space for us to grow and learn as first-time founders. Entrepreneurship is a lonely journey, but with the LDV team, we value their strong support and community.” — Dareen Salama, Gryps, Co-Founder & CEO

“LDV Capital was our first investor in Mapillary. They were a tremendous value-add to our Mapillary team from our first prototype to our acquisition by Facebook. Their visual technology focus, strong conviction, exceptionally strong network and hands-on collaboration make them great investors and I highly recommend them to fellow entrepreneurs.” — Jan Erik Solem, Meta, Engineering Director, Maps, and an LDV Expert in Residence

Portfolio Showcase

Clarifai

Clarifai is helping data scientists, developers, researchers and enterprises master the entire artificial intelligence lifecycle.

Article: Delivering The Power Of Artificial Intelligence Into Everyone’s Hands
Vision Summit 2015: Matthew’s keynote
Co-Investors: NEA, Menlo Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Lux Capital, Google Ventures, Nvidia, Qualcomm Ventures.

CIONIC

CIONIC is superpowering the human body. They are building a platform for human augmentation that powers people to transcend physical limitations.

Article: CIONIC Earns FDA Clearance
Vision Summit 2019: Jeremiah’s keynote
Co-Investors: Epic Ventures, BlueRun Ventures, Caffeinated Capital, Angels.

Synthesia

**Co-Founders: Victor Riparbelli, CEO; Steffen Tjerrild, COO; Lourdes Agapito; Matthias Niessner**

Synthesia creates professional AI-powered videos from text in 120+ languages.

Article: Congratulations to Synthesia On Their $90M Series C Led by Accel at a $1B Valuation
Vision Summit 2023: Steffen’s keynote
WLVT Interview: Lourdes Agapito
Co-Investors: Accel, NVIDIA, Kleiner Perkins, GV, FirstMark, MMC Ventures, Seedcamp, VAS Ventures, Mark Cuban, Angels.

Gardin

Gardin is empowering food producers with optical remote sensing, machine vision and analytics to allow producers to measure plant physiology and proactively adjust parameters in order to optimize operations.

Article: ‘Optical Phenotyping’ Tech to Improve Food Production
Vision Summit 2022: Sumanta’s keynote
Co-Investors: Molten Ventures, Seedcamp, MMC Ventures, Angels.

Earkick

**Co-Founders: Karin Andrea Stephan/COO & Herbert Bay/CEO**

Earkick is the first data-driven mental health tracker via multimodal analysis of biosignals.

Article: Partnering with Earkick Founders to Deliver the World’s First Real-Time Mental Health Tracker
Vision Summit 2022: Herbert’s keynote
WLVT Interview: Karin Andrea Stephan
Co-Investors: West Tech Ventures, Angels.

Aquifer Motion

**Co-Founders: Chen Zhang/CEO & Matt Udvari/CTO**

Aquifer is a platform for teams and creators to make stunning animated videos and live streams with their brand's IP in minutes. No experience is required.

Article: LDV Leads Aquifer’s $2M Seed To Make Animation as Easy as Point-and-Shoot
WLVT Interview: Chen Zhang
Co-Investors: Boost VC, Geekdom Fund, Wedbush Ventures, Techstars, Angels.

Ezra

**Co-Founders: Emi Gal, CEO & Diego Cantor, CTO**

Ezra enables early cancer detection for everyone by using artificial intelligence and the most advanced medical imaging technology available.

Articles: Cancer Detection with CV & AI
Vision Summit 2019: Emi’s keynote
Co-Investors: FirstMark, Accomplice, Founders Future, Credo, Seedcamp, Angels.