Evan Nisselson, Founder and General Partner at LDV Capital, first met Victor Riparbelli, Co-Founder & CEO at Synthesia, in November 2018 and shared his team’s vision to empower anyone to create video content without cameras or studios. In 2019, LDV Capital led their $3.1M Seed financing.

In January 2025, the company announced their $180 million in a Series D round led by NEA, with participation from WiL, Atlassian Ventures, PSP Growth and existing investors. Adobe Ventures made a strategic investment in April 2025. That same month, the company surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue. Synthesia is now the UK’s most valuable generative AI media company and the worldwide market leader in enterprise AI video. Most recently, the team announced Synthesia 3.0, the next era of video.

At out 11th Annual LDV Vision Summit, Evan and Victor discussed Victor’s journey, Synthesia’s rapid growth and the future potential of AI video, including the rise of video agents – the next big shift toward making videos interactive and personalized, evolving the medium beyond a one-way broadcasting format.