Since 2012, we at LDV Capital have been the one enterprise fund with a centered thesis on investing in individuals constructing companies powered by visible know-how and synthetic intelligence.
A majority of the information our brains analyze is visible. Due to this fact, the vast majority of the information AI will analyze may even be visible, spanning the sunshine and electromagnetic spectrums throughout all sectors.
We proceed to see important upside potential throughout all our funds, due to our good entrepreneurs, specialists, devoted crew and supportive LP companions. We’re actively investing out of our LDV Capital IV fund.
In 2012, buddies and strangers advised me that our LDV Capital thesis-driven enterprise fund centered on investing in individuals constructing companies powered by visible tech and synthetic intelligence was cute, area of interest and science fiction. That wasn’t the one facet they felt was loopy! In reality, many thought we had been 10x loopy!
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Thesis: Visible Tech & AI.
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Deep tech.
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Solo GP.
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Investing pre-inc, pre-revenue & pre-product.
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LDV Platform launched in 2012 as a result of we knew the ability of community results which I leveraged as an entrepreneur.
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Extremely concentrated portfolio.
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Become involved with out getting in the way in which.
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We do intensive analysis and diligence earlier than each funding.
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Supply time period sheets earlier than corporations are included, ~23% of the time.
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Geography = 60-70% North America & 30-40% Europe.
Over 14 years later, LDV Capital continues to comply with the above methods as a result of they’re working. A few of them are actually commonplace amongst many profitable enterprise capital companies. LDV Capital will proceed to push the envelope of what’s cutting-edge to ship worth to our companions.
Over time, we’ve hosted 12 annual LDV Imaginative and prescient Summits, together with quite a few imaginative and prescient occasions, completely satisfied hours and neighborhood dinners, all geared toward bringing collectively the world’s brightest entrepreneurs, traders and technologists to debate cutting-edge applied sciences and assist one another succeed. 90% of our investments originate from these LDV platform occasions and our neighborhood.
In the present day, we’re thrilled to share just a few images and tales from this yr’s invite-only Annual Normal Assembly (AGM), a particular occasion the place our LPs, portfolio corporations, specialists and particular friends assist one another succeed.
