To Be Successful in Business, You Have to Be Contrarian and Right

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To Be Successful in Business, You Have to Be Contrarian and Right

Evan Nisselson first met Roelof Botha, Managing Partner and Steward of Sequoia Capital, while fundraising for his startup in 2005. Roelof said, “I think back to that meeting we had, and you had a vision for the future and the impact of visual, just imagery on consumer experiences was completely spot on.”

At our 10th Annual LDV Vision Summit, Roelof joined Evan for a fireside chat to discuss trends and early-stage investment opportunities in businesses leveraging visual technologies and AI. They spoke about Roelof’s insights from the ups and downs of the PayPal days, marshmallow tests, personality traits and much more!

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LDV Capital's Annual General Meeting 2024: The Visual Tech & AI Experts Building The Future

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LDV Capital's Annual General Meeting 2024: The Visual Tech & AI Experts Building The Future

Our Annual General Meetings (AGM) are exclusive, invite-only events for LDV Capital LPs, portfolio companies, LDV experts and special guests. We are thrilled to share a glimpse of our most recent AGM in New York City, giving you a unique opportunity to see what usually happens behind closed doors.

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LDV Community is Helping Each Other Succeed: September 2023 Happy Hour Photos

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LDV Community is Helping Each Other Succeed: September 2023 Happy Hour Photos

Since starting LDV Capital in 2012, we've been actively cultivating our thriving tech community through a range of events, including Annual Vision Summits, Happy Hour gatherings, monthly dinners, and more. Our LDV community now boasts over 2000 members, and we're excited to offer a sneak peek into our exclusive events with a selection of featured photographs.

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LDV Community Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed For 11 Years

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LDV Community Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed For 11 Years

Thrilled to present a selection of photos capturing moments from our recent invite-only "Happy Hour" event, held in New York City. This event brought together outstanding technology innovators, serial entrepreneurs, deep tech researchers, and investors from within the vibrant New York tech ecosystem.

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LDV Capital's Annual General Meeting 2023: The Visual Tech & AI Experts Building The Future

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LDV Capital's Annual General Meeting 2023: The Visual Tech & AI Experts Building The Future

Our Annual General Meetings are invite-only exclusive gatherings that bring together our investors, experts, special guests and portfolio companies. For the first time, we have made the decision to share a few photographs from our most recent Annual General Meeting hosted in New York City to give you a glimpse into what it is like to be a part of our LDV Capital Inner Circle.

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LDV Community is Helping Each Other Succeed: April 2023 Happy Hour Photos

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LDV Community is Helping Each Other Succeed: April 2023 Happy Hour Photos

Fantastic technology innovators, serial entrepreneurs, deep tech researchers and investors across the New York tech ecosystem gathered to discuss the latest trends in visual technologies. Check out photographs from our most recent LDV Happy Hour event.

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Why 7 Top-Tier Venture Capitalists Are Investing in Visual Technology-Powered AI Businesses

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Why 7 Top-Tier Venture Capitalists Are Investing in Visual Technology-Powered AI Businesses

Which business sectors will be the most disrupted by visual technologies and AI in the next 10 years? In the lead-up to our 9th Annual LDV Vision Summit – the premier global gathering in visual tech – hosted virtually on March 28, investors from Seedcamp, Northzone, Insight Partners, DCVC, VAS Ventures, Air Street Capital, and we at LDV Capital share insights.

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Visual Data is the Crux of AI & Automation for the Future of All Industries

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Visual Data is the Crux of AI & Automation for the Future of All Industries

Automation is revolutionizing legacy industries from healthcare and precision medicine to manufacturing and construction, to agriculture and sustainability. The adoption of visual technology innovations will continue to remain the crux of automation for the next decade and beyond.

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LDV Community is Helping Each Other Succeed: February 2023 Happy Hour Photos

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LDV Community is Helping Each Other Succeed: February 2023 Happy Hour Photos

Check out photographs from our most recent LDV Happy Hour event! We hosted 75 fantastic technology innovators, serial entrepreneurs, deep tech researchers and investors across the New York tech ecosystem (with one of our guests flying in from Boston)!

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LDV Community is Helping Each Other Succeed: November 2022 Happy Hour Photos

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LDV Community is Helping Each Other Succeed: November 2022 Happy Hour Photos

We host our LDV Community Dinners & Happy Hours to bring together our tight-knit LDV community – the world’s brightest technology innovators, serial entrepreneurs, deep tech researchers and investors – to discuss cutting-edge visual tech. Check out a few photographs from our fourth and final 2022 “Happy Hour” event hosted in New York City.

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

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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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LDV Community Meets Again in Person to Help Each Other Succeed: September NYC Edition

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LDV Community Meets Again in Person to Help Each Other Succeed: September NYC Edition

We host our LDV Community Dinners & Happy Hours to bring together our community. At these events, you can meet the world’s brightest technology innovators, serial entrepreneurs and deep tech technologists, researchers and investors to discuss what's happening today, and what, most importantly, will happen tomorrow.

After two years of virtual meetings, we are thrilled to start hosting invite-only LDV Community events in person again! Check out a few photographs from our latest “Happy Hour” in NYC.

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Rick Heitzmann's Futurist Perspectives on Businesses Powered by Computer Vision

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Rick Heitzmann's Futurist Perspectives on Businesses Powered by Computer Vision

At our 7th annual LDV Vision Summit, we had the pleasure to host a fireside chat between Rick Heitzmann, Founder & Partner at FirstMark Capital, and Evan Nisselson, LDV Capital’s Founder and General Partner. They discussed early-stage investing, megatrends, proactive healthcare, actionable data, and the future of AI-powered decision-making.

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LDV Capital Raises $24M Third Fund To Continue Investing in Early-Stage Businesses Powered by Visual Technologies

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LDV Capital Raises $24M Third Fund To Continue Investing in Early-Stage Businesses Powered by Visual Technologies

We are excited to announce the close of our third fund for investing in early-stage businesses powered by visual technologies.

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

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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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Ezra Delivers Full-body MRI Cancer Screening that Saves Lives

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Ezra Delivers Full-body MRI Cancer Screening that Saves Lives

Emi Gal, co-founder & CEO of Ezra, our portfolio company, showcases the tech his company is utilizing to detect prostate cancer and how he believes computer vision will revolutionize MRI-based cancer screening.

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Thank You for Making Our 6th Annual LDV Vision Summit a Great Success!

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Thank You for Making Our 6th Annual LDV Vision Summit a Great Success!

Our sixth annual LDV Vision Summit was fantastic, a giant thank you to everyone who came and participated in making it another spectacular gathering. We are honored that you fly in from around the world each year to share insights, inspire, do deals, recruit, raise capital, and help each other succeed!

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2019 LDV Vision Summit Visual Technology Trends

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2019 LDV Vision Summit Visual Technology Trends

At LDV Vision Summit, we highlight experts working on cutting edge technologies and trends across every sector of business and society. We do not repeat speakers and we are honored that many attendees join every year.

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Ezra is Revolutionizing Cancer Detection with Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence

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Ezra is Revolutionizing Cancer Detection with Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence

In this article, Emi Gal talks about how Ezra is changing the game for cancer detection through visual technology. Read on to learn about his scientific research-driven approach, the long-term possibilities for Ezra.

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