# LDV Blog

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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In the lead-up to our 9th Annual LDV Vision Summit – the premier global gathering in visual tech (hosted virtually on March 28), we interviewed some of our past & future speakers. Meet Luc Vincent of **Meta**, Steffen Tjerrild of **Synthesia**, Kristen Fortney of **BioAge**, Clément Farabet, Camilo Fosco of **Memorable**, Alexandra Boussommier of **ImVitro**, Michael Geer of **Humanity**, Henrik Haugbølle of **Uizard**, Mariano Battan of **Mural**, Alexandre Winter of **Norbert Health**, Andrew Rabinovich of **Headroom**, Karin Andrea Stephan of **Earkick**, Adam Paulisick of **maad labs**, and Rebecca Paoletti of **CakeWorks**.

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We are very excited to announce the close of our second fund for investing in people building visual technology businesses at the pre-seed or seed stage. You can read more about it on the Wall Street Journal.

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This panel was a part of LDV Capital’s 2nd Annual LDV Vision Summit (May 19 & 20, 2015).

What computer vision and scaling challenges are involved in visually mapping our world in real-time? Will visual mapping improve the world we live in?

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