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About

People first.

Founded in 2017 by researchers and entrepreneurs from Stanford, Cambridge, UCL and TUM.

Founders

  • Victor RiparbelliCo-founder, CEO
  • Steffen TjerrildCo-founder, COO
  • Prof. Matthias NiessnerCo-founder
  • Prof. Lourdes AgapitoCo-founder

Headquarters

Synthesia Ltd
20 Triton Street, Regent's Place
3rd Floor
London NW1 3BF

New offices in Austin and Berlin, expanded Paris and Zurich, announced April 2026. New York is in the Flatiron district.

  • London
  • New York
  • Austin
  • Berlin
  • Paris
  • Zurich

Funding

Six rounds. $4B valuation.

Series E, $200M at a $4B valuation, led by GV with Evantic, Hedosophia, NVentures, Accel, Kleiner Perkins, NEA, PSP Growth, Air Street, FirstMark and MMC.

  1. 2019

    Seed

    $3.1M

  2. 2021

    Series A

    $12.5M

  3. 2021

    Series B

    $50M

  4. 2023

    Series C

    $90M at $1B

  5. 2025

    Series D

    $180M at $2.1B

  6. 2026

    Series E

    $200M at $4B

Series E reported January 2026; it includes an employee share sale.

Direction

From avatar videos to interactive agents.

The roadmap is moving from finished videos toward Sessions and upskilling: teaching employees how to use AI, with the same consent and safety rules throughout.