About
Matthias Niessner co-founded Synthesia in 2017. He is professor of visual computing at the Technical University of Munich and a leading researcher on neural rendering and facial reenactment, including the Face2Face work that made real-time video synthesis practical.
Co-Founder at Synthesia
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Synthesia's investors · 20
AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checksAir Street CapitalSt. Peter Port · $500K – $10M checksAtlassian Ventures$1M – $5M checksConnetic VenturesCovington · $250K – $500K checksFirstMark CapitalNew York · $500K – $8M checksFoothill VenturesLos Altos · $100K – $10M checksGelt VC$25K checksGV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checks · since 2025Jazzya InvestmentsAlcobendasKleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checksKyber Knight CapitalSan FranciscoLDV CapitalNew York · $500K – $1.5M checksManta Ray VenturesLondonMMC VenturesLondon · $635K – $13M checksNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checksNVenturesSanta ClaraRadical InvestmentsSeedcampLondon · $378K – $1.1M checksSeven Stars VenturesSan FranciscoSID Venture PartnersKyiv · $200K checks
Co-founders at Synthesia
VR
Victor RiparbelliCo-Founder & CEO
ST
Steffen TjerrildCo-Founder & COO/CFO
LA
Lourdes AgapitoCo-Founder
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