How to Turn Deep Technological Innovations into Unicorn Businesses that Improve Humanity

How to Turn Deep Technological Innovations into Unicorn Businesses that Improve Humanity

On March 23 at our 8th Annual LDV Vision Summit, Evan Nisselson, General Partner at LDV, will speak with Dr. Martín Varsavsky – an extremely successful serial entrepreneur, professor and investor who has founded 8 companies (3 with unicorn status) in the US and Europe in the last 30 years.

They will chat about his experiences turning technological innovations into billion-dollar companies that have a significant impact on humanity.

In the lead-up to the Summit, Evan had the privilege of asking Dr. Varsavsky a few questions.

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The Interesting Interplay Between Biological Intelligence & Artificial Intelligence

The Interesting Interplay Between Biological Intelligence & Artificial Intelligence

Meet Dr. Mackenzie Mathis – a new guest in our monthly Women Leading Visual Tech series. She is a neuroscientist, a tenure-track professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, working within the Brain Mind Institute and Center for Neuroprosthetics. Dr. Mathis founded the Adaptive Motor Control Lab to investigate the neural basis of adaptive motor behaviors in mice to inform future translational research in neurological diseases.

LDV Capital’s Abigail Hunter-Syed spoke with Dr. Mackenzie Mathis about her work to beat neurodegenerative diseases like Lou Gehrig’s, the awesome computer vision tool she developed DeepLabCut, and so much more!

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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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Computer Vision-Powered Solutions to Create Breakthrough User Experiences

Computer Vision-Powered Solutions to Create Breakthrough User Experiences

Evan Nisselson interviewed Samir Kumar, Managing Director of M12 – Microsoft's Venture Fund. Samir is leading investment activities in emerging tech areas including quantum computing and autonomous vehicles. Before joining M12, Samir worked in Qualcomm’s corporate R&D division, leading early-stage product validation, partnerships, acquisition, and strategy for embedded and on-device deep learning.

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Flashback – 2014 LDV Vision Summit Showcases How Visual Technologies Will Change Our World

Flashback – 2014 LDV Vision Summit Showcases How Visual Technologies Will Change Our World

Here’s a flashback from 2014 – a year when Facebook bought Oculus VR and Ellen Degeneres temporarily crashed Twitter with her selfie with a bunch of celebrities during the Oscars broadcast. Watch Evan Nisselson’s opening word at our very first LDV Vision Summit.

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Esther Dyson on Investing in Insurance, Mapping, Mental Health, and Telehealth

Esther Dyson on Investing in Insurance, Mapping, Mental Health, and Telehealth

This month, in our Women Leading Visual Tech series we are honored to showcase Esther Dyson – an investor, journalist, author, businesswoman, commentator, and philanthropist. Currently, she is a full-time executive founder of Wellville, a ten-year project (ending in 2024) to show the long-term value, in both equity and resilience, of investing in health for all.

LDV Capital’s Abigail Hunter-Syed spoke with Esther about investing in visual technology companies, genetics, AI-powered MRI-based cancer screenings, and much more!

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The Future of Storytelling with Interactive Video

The Future of Storytelling with Interactive Video

Even if you missed our LDV Vision Summit in 2019 you can still watch Rebecca Paoletti, CEO & co-founder of CakeWorks, discussing this topic with Dan Garraway, the co-founder of WireWax, Tal Zubalsky, CPO & co-founder of Eko, and Beth-Ann Eason, the president of Innovid.

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The War Over AI Will Be Won with Visual Data – Where are the Startup Opportunities?

The War Over AI Will Be Won with Visual Data – Where are the Startup Opportunities?

If you missed the virtual event with Evan Nisselson – Founder and General Partner at LDV Capital – at NYU Entrepreneurial Institute last week, we’ve got you covered!
Follow the link below to watch this truly inspiring video session on current visual tech trends, covered from a venture capital investor’s perspective.

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Learning and Living Entrepreneurship While Investing Early In Startups At LDV Capital

Learning and Living Entrepreneurship While Investing Early In Startups At LDV Capital

We had the privilege of welcoming Jorge Colindres, an MBA candidate at Dartmouth onto our team as a Summer Analyst. He spent the summer with us evaluating deals, diving deep into visual tech for our 2019 LDV Insights report, and much more. Jorge shares his experience and shares a few of his takeaways from working with us.

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Computer vision is an immensely fertile area for entrepreneurs and investors

Computer vision is an immensely fertile area for entrepreneurs and investors

Evan Nisselson interviewed Matt Turck, a Partner of FirstMark Capital. He invests across a broad range of early-stage enterprise and consumer startups. Prior to FirstMark, he was a Managing Director at Bloomberg Ventures, the investment and incubation arm of Bloomberg LP, which he helped start. Previously, Matt was the co-founder of TripleHop Technologies, a venture-backed enterprise search software startup that was acquired by Oracle.

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Any Humans Assessing Images Today will be Augmented in the Future

Any Humans Assessing Images Today will be Augmented in the Future

Evan Nisselson, General Partner at LDV Capital, interviewed Zavain Dar, Partner at Lux Capital, about his experience investing in visual tech. Zavain invests in companies that are using machine learning and AI to augment or replace physical-world functions including biology, language, manufacturing, and analysis. He looks for entrepreneurs that can use software and data to hone a philosophical position on where the world is, and how to direct it for the better.

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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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