# About LDV Capital

Investing with the same thesis since founding in 2012 - [LDV Capital](/content/site-root.html) is a thesis-driven early-stage venture fund investing in people building businesses powered by [visual technology](/content/blog/what-is-visual-tech/index.html) and artificial intelligence. A majority of the data our brains analyze is visual. Therefore, the majority of the data AI will analyze will also be visual, spanning the light and electromagnetic spectrums across all sectors.

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

We invest pre-inc, pre-seed and seed-stage teams across North America and Europe [since 2012](/content/blog/2025/partnering-with-brilliant-people-delivering-distributions-recruiting-an-analyst-amp-hopefully-improving-our-world/index.html).

With our extensive inner circle of computer vision and artificial intelligence experts, serial entrepreneurs, technical advisors, growth hackers, marketers and more, we leverage our network to help our founders navigate the challenges of building businesses powered by visual technologies and AI.

## Managing Team

### Evan Nisselson
General Partner

### Ross Cooke
Analyst

### Don Loeb
Corporate Development, Advisor

### Ash Cleary
Principal

### Alexandra MacDonald
Events Coordinator

### Max Blacker
Analyst

### James Chan
CFO

## Experts in Residence

### Dr. Serge Belongie  
DIKU Professor, Computer Vision  
Director Pioneer Centre for AI

### Dr. Luc Vincent  
Nexar, Chief R&D Officer. Formerly VP of Engineering & Product, Meta

### Dr. Andrew Rabinovich  
Upwork, Head of AI/ML. Formerly Headroom, CEO, Head of AI, Magic Leap

### Dr. Jan Erik Solem  
Staer Robotics, CEO & Co-Founder. Former: Meta, Eng. Dir., Map Building. _Sold_ _Mapillary -> Meta; Polar Rose -> Apple_

### Dr. Gaile Gordon  
Computer Vision Expert  
_Sold TYZX -> Intel_

## Expert Network

### Mike Krieger  
Anthropic, CPO  
Instagram, CTO & Co-founder

### Dr. Matthew Rosen  
MGH/Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging. Director, Low Field MRI and Hyperpolarized Media Laboratory

### Dr. Michal Lipson  
Columbia University NeuroTechnology Center, Eugene Higgins Professor  
MacArthur Fellow

### Dr. Matthias Niessner  
Technical University Munich, Professor.  
Synthesia, Co-founder  
SpAltial AI, CEO & Co-Founder

### Rob Spectre  
Brooklyn Hacker  
Former Twilio VP, Developer Network

### Andy Parsons  
Adobe  
Global Head of Content Authenticity  
New York, NY

### Dr. Alexandre Winter  
Norbert Health  
Co-founder & CEO  
Sold Placemeter -> Netgear

### Dr. Lourdes Agapito  
U. College London, Professor 3D Vision. Synthesia, Co-founder.

### Dr. Dan Sodickson  
Function Health, Chief Medical Scientist. Former NYU School of Medicine, Chief of Innovation, Dept. of Radiology

### Jeff Nadler  
Former Chief Information Officer,  
Teladoc Health. Former CTO, ActiveHealth Management

### Luis Sanz Arilla  
Carto  
CEO  
Sold Olapic -> Monotype

### Dr. Anastasia Yendiki  
Harvard Medical School,  
Massachusetts General Hospital  
Associate Professor Radiology

### Matt Uyttendaele  
Meta’s FAIR Chemistry Team  
Former Director, Fundamental AI Research. Prior, MSFT, AT&T Bell Labs

### Dr. Samson Timoner  
Zoox, Perception  
Organizer, Boston Imaging & Vision/Imaging Cafe

### Steve Chen  
YouTube  
Co-founder

### Dr. Ira Kemelmacher-Shlizerman  
Google, Principle Scientist, Director  
Paul Allen School, Science & Eng., Professor. Sold Dreambit -> Facebook

### Dr. David Rabuka  
BioTech Expert. Serial Entrepreneur. Founded Redwood Bioscience, Acquired by Catalent Pharma Solutions

### Dr. Laura Smoliar  
CEO of Quantum Denmark  
BioTech Expert;  
Sold Mobius Photonics -> IPG Photonics

### Dr. Fernando De La Torre  
Carnegie Mellon University, Research Associate Professor. Prior, Meta, Research Scientist. Sold FacioMetrics -> Meta

### Rebecca Paoletti  
CakeWorks  
CEO & Co-founder

### Renaud Visage  
Eventbrite  
Co-founder

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