Since 2012, we at LDV Capital have been the only venture fund with a focused thesis on investing in people building businesses powered by visual technology and artificial intelligence (AI). We define visual technology as any technology that captures, analyzes, filters, displays, or distributes visual data across the light and electromagnetic spectrums.

Earlier this year, we shared that we have returned our LDV Capital I & II funds. We continue to see significant upside potential across all our funds, thanks to our brilliant entrepreneurs, experts, dedicated team and supportive LP partners. We are actively investing out of our LDV Capital IV fund. Meet the latest additions to our portfolio – VitVio, Dannce AI, ResiQuant and Fieldstone Bio.

Over the years, we’ve hosted 11 annual LDV Vision Summits, along with numerous Vision events, happy hours and community dinners — all aimed at bringing together the world’s brightest entrepreneurs, investors and entrepreneurs to discuss cutting-edge technologies and help each other succeed. Today, we’re thrilled to share a few photographs and stories from this year’s invite-only Annual General Meeting (AGM) – a special event where our LPs connect in person with our team, portfolio companies and experts.

**Thomas Knox, Co-Founder and CEO at VitVio, a platform that delivers real-time AI visual tracking in hospital operating theaters to improve efficiency.** **We led their $2M pre-seed round**.

Portfolio Companies

If you’re developing the world’s best AI avatars at Synthesia, it only makes sense to have them present on your behalf.

Latest news: The team raised $180M at a $2.1B post-money led by NEA, insiders, Adobe and others. They surpassed $100M in ARR further solidifying their position as the world’s leading AI video platform for the enterprise market.

Check out the fireside chat between Victor Riparbelli, Co-Founder & CEO of Synthesia, and Evan at our 11th LDV Vision Summit.

Emi Gal, Founder & CEO of Ezra, the pioneer in leveraging AI across all three key components of the cancer screening process: imaging, analysis and reporting.

Latest news: Ezra has joined Function Health – the first personalized health platform offering access to over 160 advanced lab tests and one of the fastest-growing startups in the healthcare space. Ezra perfectly aligns with Function’s mission to empower 8 billion people to live 100 healthy years.

Matthew Zeiler, Founder and CEO of Clarifai, a global leader and the pioneer of the full-stack AI platform that helps organizations, teams and developers build, deploy and operationalize AI at scale.

Latest news: Clarifai has joined the Vultr Cloud Alliance to help enterprises build and scale AI workloads with improved flexibility, performance and cost savings.

Clarifai’s AI platform enables organizations to run any model anywhere – with full control and up to 90% cost savings.

Jeremiah Robison, Founder & CEO of CIONIC, the company delivering bionic clothing to empower people of all abilities to move without limits.

Latest news: In 2024, CIONIC Neural Sleeve wearers reached 1 million hours of use. Check out Neural Sleeve customer Paula’s story of wearing her sleeve on the runway. The team is also partnering with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs – 25 VA hospitals now offer the sleeve to their veterans.

Ahmad Gaber, President and COO at Norbert Health, delivering the first-ever AI co-pilot for elder care.

Latest news: The company is deploying the Norbert AI Care Manager on mobile robots – turning utility platforms into clinical grade assistants for care teams. Norbert has launched at Lumina Care.

This deployment helps expand care management programs while reducing staff burden and improving resident health oversight.

Carlos Bhola, Executive Chairman at Voyant Photonics, delivering FMCW LiDAR solutions to customers across the industrial, automotive, defense and other sectors.

Latest news: The company has launched CARBON – the world’s first truly affordable FMCW LiDAR, cutting costs by 10x. Its fingernail-sized silicon photonic chip delivers high-resolution, millimeter-precision detection and segmentation up to 200m at a fraction of the current cost.

Maria Gotsch is President and CEO of the Partnership Fund for New York City, the investment arm of the Partnership for New York City. Under her leadership, the Fund has invested over $150 million to support top entrepreneurs across sectors and launched key initiatives like the FinTech Innovation Lab, New York Digital Health Accelerator, NYCSeed and others focused on tech, health, arts and economic recovery.

Portfolio Companies

Tom Bishop, Co-Founder & CTO of Glass Imaging, delivering next-generation smartphone image quality with GLASS AI.

Latest news: The team has raised $20M in a Series A round led by Insight Partners, with participation from GV (Google Ventures), Future Ventures, and Abstract Ventures. We at LDV Capital led their Seed round and are thrilled to continue partnering with Glass Imaging and our co-investors.

Karin Andrea Stephan, Co-Founder & COO of Earkick, delivering a personal AI-powered mental health companion.

Latest news: Earkick's AI therapist saves lives – revenue is picking up with 60-100% MoM growth.

Dareen Salama, Co-Founder & CEO of Gryps, the RPA platform delivering automation to the construction industry.

Latest news: The team rolled out major product updates – including a new user experience, advanced Document AI, natural language search and a Question Answering Agent – resulting in 2 competition wins with NYC agencies and the NYC Partnership Fund, new customers and nearly doubling revenue.

Jonathan Denby, Founder & CEO of ROADIO, the world’s most advanced camera system for two-wheeled vehicles

Latest news: The company has partnered with ExShop to launch Roadio in Taiwan – the world’s 12th largest motorcycle market.

Sumanta Talukdar, Founder & CEO of Gardin, delivering the world’s first remote platform for real-time plant health insights.

Latest news: The company has raised a $4.5M Seed 2 round led by Navus Ventures, with participation from new investor Oxford Innovation Finance, as well as us at LDV Capital, MMC Ventures, Seedcamp, Alchimia Investments and angel investors.
Join Gardin at GreenTech Amsterdam 2025.

Chen Zhang, Co-Founder & CEO of Aquifer Motion, an AI-powered storytelling platform for brands in film, TV and entertainment.

Latest news: The team launched the Aquifer Quick Create, allowing users to animate brand characters’ expressions and movements.

Yan Liu, Co-Founder and CEO of TVision Insights, the leader in eyes on screen attention measurement.

Latest news: The team has achieved ISO 27001 Certification validating compliance with information security safeguards.

Carter Maslan, Founder & CEO of Camio, the real-time video search and alerting platform that works with all cameras.

Latest news: The Camio team was honored to receive the 2025 AI Innovation Award from the Edge AI and Vision Alliance.

It is never too early to reach out via mutual connections or here if you are building a business that leverages visual technologies and artificial intelligence.

Mark Kalow, Director at Spiked (NuVessl Frozen Desserts Inc.), Director at OWL Integrations and Director at HMX AI (formerly SmartCloud, Inc).

**Rebekah Griesenauer, Head of Data at DANNCE AI – an AI-powered platform for behavioral quantification in precision neurology.**

**(L-R) Peter speaks with Don Loeb, Advisor on Corporate Development at LDV Capital and CEO of Headlands West.**

“Visual tech will fuel the world to be more sustainable. From leveraging spectroscopy & nanomaterials to enhance food & agricultural production, to renewable energy forecasting & grid management and predictive digital twins of the supply chain, we are excited to partner with people delivering this imperative future.” – Ash Cleary, Associate at LDV Capital

Check out our article on how visual tech and AI are fueling the transition to a circular economy.

**Ash Cleary, Associate at LDV Capital, is passionate about** **biotech and life sciences**, **materials science, quantum computing and the** **circular economy. This year, his keynote was titled “Beyond Human Vision: Unlocking the Invisible with Visual Tech.”**

Special Keynotes

Dr. Fernando De La Torre, Research Professor at Carnegie Mellon and Director of the Human Sensing Lab and LDV Expert. From diagnosing Parkinson’s and depression to powering AR at Meta, Fernando’s work is redefining how machines understand human behavior. He’s the mind behind key face-tracking tech in the Meta Quest Pro. His keynote was titled: “CMU Professor & Computer Vision Expert Fernando De La Torre Turns Accidental Entrepreneur”.

Check out Fernando's insights on the sectors poised to have the greatest societal impact over the next 10 years from AI research.

Dr. Kristin Dana, Professor at Rutgers, Co-Founder of Steg AI, and Director of the Computer Vision and Robotics Lab. She’s breaking new ground in AI and robotics with applications from precision agriculture to socially aware machines – and leads the $3M NSF-funded SOCRATES project, shaping the future of socially cognizant robotics. Her keynote was titled: “Human-Robot Interaction & Agtech Scouting That Leverages AI in Agriculture.”

Dr. Dana is featured in our list of 120+ women leading advances in visual tech and AI.

More portfolio companies

Hani Eskandari, CEO of Sonus Microsystems, the company delivering the next-gen ultrasound for remote diagnostic imaging.

Latest news: The team partnered with Providence Health Care Ventures to accelerate clinical validation of autonomous ultrasound. This collaboration brings their technology into real-world care.

Thomas Knox, Co-Founder and CEO of VitVio, an AI-powered platform transforming operating room efficiency & performance.

Latest news: The team announced a partnership with The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, along with a $2M funding round led by us at LDV Capital, with participation from Bek Ventures, Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company and strategic angels.

Omar Issa, Co-Founder and CEO at ResiQuant, an AI-powered property intelligence for the insurance industry.

Latest news: Golden Bear Insurance, a top provider across 37 states, has adopted ResiQuant’s platform. We led ResiQuant’s $4M seed round, joined by Foothill Ventures, Pear VC, Alumni Ventures and angels.

Patrick Stone, Co-Founder and CEO of Fieldstone Bio, who are developing microbial sensors to unlock environmental insights.

Latest news: In 2024, the company was recognized as one of the winners of DARPA’s AI BTO challenge, securing a development contract working with DARPA. We at LDV Capital participated in their $5M seed round led by Ubiquity Ventures and with participation from E14 Fund.

Rob Baldoni, Co-Founder and CEO at DANNCE AI, AI-powered behavioral quantification for precision neurology.

Latest news: We led their $2.6M pre-seed round along with co-investors Glasswing Ventures, The Leo Lion Company, Duke Capital Partners, and Merck Digital Sciences Studio.

Let us know if you are either thinking of building or have already started building a startup leveraging visual technologies and AI.

**Evan Nisselson, Founder and General Partner at LDV Capital, as always, is the first to arrive – well before everyone else – especially on special days like our Annual General Meeting.**

Amir Tasbihi, Co-Founder and CTO at Gryps.

Herbert Bay, Co-Founder and CTO at Earkick.

**Linda and Peter focused on learning the latest and greatest from LDV presentations.**

**(L-R) Rebecca Paoletti, Co-Founder and CEO of CakeWorks and LDV expert, with Ash.**

Ryo, Mike and Go take a moment to catch up between presentations.

LDV VIP Dinner

To conclude the day, we gathered for a VIP dinner and invited a few special guests and members of our LDV Community to join us.

**Kat Kolambet-Lopez, Head of Content & Marketing at LDV Capital. Cheers to many more successes throughout our portfolio!**

Robert Levitan, **a serial entrepreneur who has launched six companies, has had four successful exits and has raised more than $150 million in venture capital financing.**

**Hani Eskandari, CEO of Sonus Microsystems, delivering** **the next generation of ultrasound technology** **– enabling remote diagnostic imaging without the need to visit a clinic or hospital.**

(L-R) Andy Parsons, Sr. Director of Content Authenticity at Adobe and LDV Expert, shakes hands with Brian Cohen, Chairman of Six Point Ventures, Founding Partner of New York Venture Partners and Chairman of NY Angels.

**(L-R)** Fraser, Scott and Rebecca. Rebecca **previously worked at Yahoo, Time Warner Cable, Maven Networks and** **with Evan in the 1990s at Excite@Home. Scott is a Founder @New Lab, Filmmaker, Social Entrepreneur.**

(L-R) David Cohen, Seth Haberman, CEO of Sense Education, with Evan. Seth previously built and sold three companies, including Visible World, acquired by Comcast in 2015, where he later served as SVP before joining Sense.

In the middle: Andres Glusman, Co-Founder and CEO at DoWhatWorks, former Product/Growth leader at Meetup and lean startup pioneer. To his left is Mitch Goss, CEO North America of TRISON and others from our LDV Community.

**(L-R) Harish Agarwal and Rafael. Harish previously co-founded Chartable and sold it to Spotify.**

**(L–R) Kelly Hoey, author of** ***Build Your Dream Network: Forging Powerful Relationships in a Hyper-Connected World*, with Rob Spectre, Brooklyn hacker and LDV Expert who previously grew Twilio from 13K to 1.7 million developers and founded a machine learning startup for law enforcement.**

“It takes a community to get a new idea off the ground - but not just any community. Finding and being invited into a well-connected community is critical to increasing odds of your success,” wrote Kelly about our LDV Community Dinners in Inc. Magazine in 2015.

(L-R) Medha Vedaprakash, a tech executive with 20 years of experience in strategic partnerships, product strategy, and GTM at Meta, Google, and Amazon, along with VC and PE investing experience, and Peter Rennert, Co-Founder & CTO at VitVio.

**L-R: Patrick, Piere and Steve getting to know each other during Happy Hour.**

**Our analyst** **Max Blacker** **seemed to be hiding from the photographer – but we managed to spot him in this photo!**

**Evan and Andy found their long-lost doppelgängers – turns out, it's just each other!**

(L-R) Adam Maher and Summer Bedard, Senior Staff AI Designer at Meta. Adam is CEO and Founder at Ursa Space Systems. Summer was a Staff AI Designer at Google, where she led prototyping and design for Vision + Video products on Google Cloud AI and launched AutoML.

**Jeff Steward, Co-Founder & Managing Director at GPO Fund, and Dawn Barber, Co-Founder of NY Tech Meetup, chatting in the foreground.**

**Dave Zohrob, most recently Product Director at Spotify. He co-founded Chartable with Harish and sold it to Spotify.**

**(L-R) Thomas Knox and Brandon Fields, Co-Founder & CSO at Fieldstone Bio, a synthetic biology expert with 15 years of experience in molecular biology.**

Our Annual General Meeting was a true highlight – full of thoughtful conversations, valuable insights and genuine connection. On behalf of Evan, Ash, Kat, Max, Alex and Don, thank you to everyone who joined us and made it such a success. We’re honored to bring together brilliant minds from the LDV Community across both U.S. coasts, Canada, the UK and EU to discuss portfolio updates, explore technology trends and help each other succeed.

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