# Victor Riparbelli at Synthesia

> Victor Riparbelli, CEO & Co-Founder at Synthesia. 1 investment on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/victor-riparbelli (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

GB · Angel

# Victor Riparbelli

CEO & Co-Founder at Synthesia

Latest rounds

- **Viktor** Series A · $75M May 2026

Backs *Robotics* *IT Services* *Collaboration Tools* *AI*

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 1 last May 2026
- **Filings:** - with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 6 +4 mentions

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 1 round name them
- **On filings** No filing names them
- **Linked to a firm** No firm on record
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from the investor lists this database was built from, so read them as of their date.

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## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 1
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $75M
- **Active:** 2026

2026

- [Viktor](https://millionrounds.com/company/viktor) *Series A* **$75M** *PL* May 2026 Joined · +10 investors

By stage

- Series A **1**

What they backed

Robotics **1** IT Services **1** Collaboration Tools **1** AI **1**

Alongside

- [Accel *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel)
- [Bek Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bek-ventures)
- [Cal Henderson *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cal-henderson)
- [Guillermo Rauch *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/guillermo-rauch)
- [Inovo VC *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inovo-vc)
- [Kaya VC *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kaya-capital)
- [Mati Staniszewski *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mati-staniszewski)
- [Nat Friedman *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nat-friedman)

Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) · 26 Jan 2026 · 2h 58m Clawd Maxxing, ChatGPT Ads Breakdown, China's Top General Accused of Treason | George Kurtz, Joseph Lubin, Kurt Terrani, Christian Keil, Lan Xuezhao, Victor Riparbelli With [Joseph Lubin](https://millionrounds.com/person/joseph-lubin)[Lan Xuezhao](https://millionrounds.com/person/lan-xuezhao)[Victor Riparbelli](https://millionrounds.com/person/victor-riparbelli) Mentions [George Kurtz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/george-kurtz) About this episode Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com (00:30) - Clawdbot: AI Enters the Napster Era (31:55) - Timeline Reactions (45:35) - George Kurtz, co-founder and CEO of CrowdStrike, is a prominent figure in cybersecurity and an accomplished endurance racer. In the conversation, he discusses… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Grit](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/grit) · 20 Oct 2025 · 1h 8m 95% Faster Video Production with Synthesia | Victor Riparbelli With [Victor Riparbelli](https://millionrounds.com/person/victor-riparbelli) Mentions [Josh Coyne](https://millionrounds.com/person/josh-coyne) About this episode What’s product-market fit like when you give people the power to do what they never thought was possible? On this rerun of Grit from April 2024, Victor Riparbelli, co-founder and CEO of Synthesia, shares how his platform gave billions a new way to create video without cameras, and explores a… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Scaling Europe](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/scaling-europe) · 14 Oct 2025 · 25 min Victor Riparbelli - Co-Founder & CEO at Synthesia.io With [Victor Riparbelli](https://millionrounds.com/person/victor-riparbelli) About this episode Victor Riparbelli is the co-founder and CEO of Synthesia, the world’s leading enterprise AI video platform. The company is doing over $100m ARR and is valued at $2bn+. I spoke to Victor about the launch of Synthesia 3.0, their insane retention of 142%, how the company is performing and whether… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) · 1 Oct 2025 · 3h 17m The World Reacts to Sora 2, Slop vs. Farming Debate | Reece Chowdhry, Jim Gao, Fan-Yun Sun, Carl Pei, Shehzan Maredia, Victor Riparbelli, William Fedus, Jayanth Madheswaran With [Carl Pei](https://millionrounds.com/person/carl-pei)[Jayanth Madheswaran](https://millionrounds.com/person/jayanth-madheswaran)[Reece Chowdhry](https://millionrounds.com/person/reece-chowdhry)[Victor Riparbelli](https://millionrounds.com/person/victor-riparbelli) Mentions [Concept Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/concept-ventures)[Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments)[Ben Thompson](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-thompson) About this episode (05:21) - Slop vs. Farm Debate (11:40) - Ben Thompson's Sora 2 Analysis (35:37) - The Timeline Reacts to Sora 2 (01:34:31) - The Stablecoin Duopoly is Ending (01:42:14) - Reece Chowdhry, Founding Partner of Concept Ventures, recently announced the launch of their latest $88 million… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 15 Jan 2025 · 1h 12m 20VC: Why Scaling Laws Will Not Continue | OpenAI vs Anthropic vs X.ai: Who Wins and Why | How Far Will Model Providers Go Into the Application Layer | The End State for Models: Many Specialised or Few Generalised with Victor Riparbelli @ Synthesia With [Victor Riparbelli](https://millionrounds.com/person/victor-riparbelli) Mentions [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) About this episode Victor Riparbelli is the CEO and Co-founder of Synthesia, the world's leading AI video communications platform for enterprises. To date, Victor has raised over $250M from Accel, GV, NEA, and more. More than 1,000,000 users and 55,000 businesses, including 60% of the Fortune 100, use it to… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [UKTN: The Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/uktn) · 12 Aug 2024 · 30 min Why the UK must not make the EU's AI ‘mistakes’ – Victor Riparbelli, CEO, Synthesia With [Victor Riparbelli](https://millionrounds.com/person/victor-riparbelli) Mentions [Steffen Tjerrild](https://millionrounds.com/person/steffen-tjerrild) About this episode Victor Riparbelli, co-founder and CEO of Synthesia, discusses the various appeals of AI-generated video content, the importance of startups implementing strict AI safety controls, and how the UK doesn't have to follow what he sees as the EU's mistakes in AI regulation. Riparbelli founded… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Victor Riparbelli in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) · 2 Apr 2026 · 30 min How 3 CEOs Use AI to Run $10B in Companies | This Week in AI Mentions [Nick Harris](https://millionrounds.com/person/nick-harris)[Victor Riparbelli](https://millionrounds.com/person/victor-riparbelli) About this episode This Week in AI, JCal sits down with three CEOs building the infrastructure, intelligence, and interfaces for the next era of AI: Jeremy Fraenkel (CEO, Fundamental), Victor Riparbelli (CEO, Synthesia), and Nick Harris (CEO, Lightmatter). We break down what's actually happening beneath the AI hype:… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Startup Europe](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/sifted) · 18 Sept 2025 · 18 min Can anything stop Synthesia? Mentions [Victor Riparbelli](https://millionrounds.com/person/victor-riparbelli) About this episode Ever fancied hearing Brad Pitt speak flawless Mandarin? That’s the kind of trick Synthesia’s hyper-realistic video avatars can pull off. The London-based unicorn, which uses generative AI to make videos for corporate training and internal comms, has been a big hit among enterprise users, its… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [Grit](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/grit) · 29 Apr 2024 · 59 min #188 CEO & Co-Founder Synthesia, Victor Riparbelli w/ Josh Coyne: Gorilla in the Room With [Josh Coyne](https://millionrounds.com/person/josh-coyne) Mentions [Seedcamp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seedcamp)[Annie Case](https://millionrounds.com/person/annie-case)[Ilya Fushman](https://millionrounds.com/person/ilya-fushman)[Victor Riparbelli](https://millionrounds.com/person/victor-riparbelli) About this episode Guests: Victor Riparbelli, CEO and co-founder of Synthesia; and Josh Coyne, partner at Kleiner Perkins When Victor Riparbelli wants to learn something, he’ll start with a YouTube video or a podcast: “I maybe buy the book on Amazon as like the fifth step,” the Synthesia CEO says. His company is… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Generative Now](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/generative-now) · 21 Dec 2023 · 28 min Looking Back on 2023 Mentions [Scott Belsky](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scott-belsky)[Connor Zwick](https://millionrounds.com/person/connor-zwick)[Gaurav Misra](https://millionrounds.com/person/gaurav-misra)[Hilary Mason](https://millionrounds.com/person/hilary-mason)[Max Child](https://millionrounds.com/person/max-child)[Victor Riparbelli](https://millionrounds.com/person/victor-riparbelli) About this episode In this last episode of 2023, Lightspeed Partner and host Michael Mignano takes a look back at the first ten episodes of Generative Now to share a few favorite moments. Episode Chapters (00:00) Introduction (00:41) Connor Zwick on sneaking into early Berkeley courses on AI (04:08) Max Child on… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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