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Hayley Barna, Partner at First Round Capital, and Abigail Hunter-Syed, Partner at LDV Capital, discussed Hayley’s experience as an entrepreneur – she co-founded Birchbox, a company known as an indisputable OG of the beauty subscription box phenomenon, and her insights on trends and investment opportunities in visual technologies.
In the lead up to the Summit, Abigail Hunter-Syed, Partner at LDV Capital, interviewed Hayley Barna, Partner at First Round Capital, about her experience investing in visual tech. Before joining First Round, she co-founded and scaled Birchbox, the leading beauty and grooming retailer seed-funded by First Round in 2010.
Our next guest in the Women Leading Visual Tech series is Dr. Rana el Kaliouby, Co-Founder and CEO at Affectiva, the company building Emotion AI – AI that reads human emotions by leveraging computer vision, machine learning, and data science. This technology has numerous applications, from mental health to automotive. LDV Capital’s Abigail Hunter-Syed spoke with Rana about her recently published memoir ‘Girl Decoded’ and so much more.