# Vidu Shanmugarajah, General Partner

> Vidu Shanmugarajah, General Partner. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

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London, GB · Partner

# Vidu Shanmugarajah

General Partner at [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv)

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Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** - none observed
- **Filings:** - with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 1 episodes

What this record rests on

- **Named in rounds** No round names them yet
- **On filings** No filing names them
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Google Ventures
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

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## The firm

[**Google Ventures** Corporate VC · US **75** cheques in 12 months **884** all time **33** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv)

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- [**Daniel Burka** Co-Founder *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/daniel-burka)
- [**David Krane** CEO & Managing Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/david-krane-2)
- [**Graham Spencer** Managing Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/graham-spencer)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [Scaling Europe](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/scaling-europe) · 30 Jan 2026 · 20 min Vidu Shanmugarajah, GP at Google Ventures, on backing Synthesia from Series B to a $200m Series E With [Vidu Shanmugarajah](https://millionrounds.com/person/vidu-shanmugarajah) Mentions [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments)[Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) About this episode Synthesia has announced a $200m Series E at a $4bn valuation led by Google Ventures. Vidu Shanmugarajah has backed the company since before ChatGPT and the AI boom. I spoke with him about the team’s early foresight, how they navigated both opportunity and challenge as AI took off, and what built… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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