Partnering With Brilliant People, Delivering Distributions, Recruiting An Analyst & Hopefully Improving Our World

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Partnering With Brilliant People, Delivering Distributions, Recruiting An Analyst & Hopefully Improving Our World

We are thrilled to share that we have returned our LDV Capital I & II funds. We continue to have significant upside potential across each of our funds thanks to our brilliant entrepreneurs, experts, team and LP partners.

We continue investing out of our LDV Capital IV fund. 

LPs say we are highly differentiated, disciplined, have high-quality sourcing and successfully create value by investing in category leaders at the earliest stages.

We are excited to be recruiting an Analyst to join our team to help us identify, analyze and evaluate investment opportunities. You will be a major contributor to all aspects of our fund from sourcing, market research, due diligence and supporting our portfolio companies.

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LDV Capital Raised Fourth Fund To Continue Investing in People Building Businesses Powered by Visual Technologies and Artificial Intelligence

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We are pleased to announce that we have raised our fourth LDV Capital fund with $31M. We will continue investing in the same unique thesis that has not changed since founding LDV Capital in 2012. The majority of data our brains analyze is visual so the majority of data that AI will analyze will be visual as well. Visual data and visual technologies are critical for the success of artificial intelligence horizontally across all sectors.

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Since 2012 - Timeline of Investing In People Building Businesses Powered by Visual Tech & AI

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Since 2012 - Timeline of Investing In People Building Businesses Powered by Visual Tech & AI

Last year, we celebrated 10 years of investing in people building businesses powered by visual tech & AI, but it’s just the beginning! Visual technology innovations will continue to be the crux of automation for decades and beyond. Computer vision, machine learning and AI will be the key enablers for innovation in healthcare, precision medicine, manufacturing, construction, agriculture, sustainability, and many more industries.

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Why These 11 Brilliant Professors & Researchers Are Focusing on AI

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Why These 11 Brilliant Professors & Researchers Are Focusing on AI

Which sectors over the next 10 years will have the most societal impact from research advancements leveraging visual technologies and artificial intelligence? In the lead-up to our 9th Annual LDV Vision Summit – the premier global gathering in visual tech – hosted virtually on March 28, we addressed this and 4 other burning questions to 11 brilliant professors & researchers.

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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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Generative AI As A Utility Will Empower SaaS Businesses

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Generative AI As A Utility Will Empower SaaS Businesses

We at LDV Capital have been investing in AI for over 10 years to date, and have made 7 investments in teams building businesses leveraging Generative AI since 2018. We believe that this technology has significant commercial value as a utility that will empower SaaS businesses to disrupt legacy enterprises. Check out this article to learn more and see some examples of exponentially growing commercial applications in content creation, biotech and more.

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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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Visual Tech is Critical to the Future of Life Sciences

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Visual Tech is Critical to the Future of Life Sciences

In the lead-up to our 8th Annual LDV Vision Summit, Evan Nisselson had the privilege of chatting with Amy Kruse, General Partner of Prime Movers Lab. On March 23rd, she will take part in our panel discussion on investing trends in businesses powered by visual technologies.

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Gardin Enables Producers to Grow More Nutritional Food While Lowering Production Costs

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Gardin Enables Producers to Grow More Nutritional Food While Lowering Production Costs

“If the purpose of food is to provide us with nutrition, then shouldn't that be what we're measuring?”.

Sumanta Talukdar, founder and CEO of Gardin, gave a keynote speech at our 7th LDV Vision Summit. Tune in to watch the video or read the transcript and learn how the company leverages a combination of multispectral sensing, data fusion, computer vision, and machine learning to improve food production.

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3 Business Sectors Where Visual Tech Helps Us Move Toward The Net-Zero Economy

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3 Business Sectors Where Visual Tech Helps Us Move Toward The Net-Zero Economy

In his keynote at our 7th LDV Vision Summit, Azeem Azhar, the creator of Exponential View and Venture Partner at Kindred Capital, demonstrated the power of visual technologies and how they can help us transition towards net-zero and decarbonization of our economy.

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Visual Technologies Will Enable the Meat Industry to Be More Efficient

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Visual Technologies Will Enable the Meat Industry to Be More Efficient

In our latest LDV Insights Report, we examined the opportunities for visual technologies across animal agriculture and found that there is a tremendous opportunity. From meat processing to feed efficiency, animal quality of life and dairy, there are exciting new applications for computer vision and machine learning. Merritt Jenkins, Summer Associate at LDV in 2020, presents some of our findings.

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