From AI Upstart to Grown-up: A Fireside Chat with Synthesia

​What does it take to go from AI startup to grown-up?

​You're invited to a fireside chat with Victor Riparbelli, Co-Founder and CEO of Synthesia, moderated by Upstarts Media Founder and Editor Alex Konrad.

​The conversation will explore how the London-headquartered, cloud-based AI video generation platform rapidly scaled to become a major player in AI video tech.

​Recently valued at $4 billion, Synthesia ended last year well above $100M in ARR and counts among its customers tech titans Nvidia, Microsoft, and SAP.

​The evening will gather startup leaders, industry partners and investors in the London startup ecosystem for a cocktail party featuring the fireside chat, networking, drinks, snacks and special guests.

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​About Upstarts Media

​Upstarts Media is a new tech brand focused on the startup ecosystem founded by Alex Konrad.

​About Vanta

​Vanta’s Trust Management Platform helps 14k+ companies - like Atlassian, Snowflake, Duolingo and Synthesia - start and scale their security programs and build trust with buyers.

​Vanta saves security teams time and improves program visibility by automating 35+ compliance frameworks, such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001, and GRC workflows, like risk management. 

​About Taylor Wessing

​Taylor Wessing's Venture Capital team is recognised as one of the strongest in Europe.

​We advise clients across all stages of their life cycle from 'cradle to liquidity'. We see all sides of the investment dialogue enabling us to understand and focus on the commercial drivers and drive efficiency in managing transactions.

​We act for many of the most high-profile investors - from prominent early stage funds and the biggest international venture capital firms to corporate investors and sovereign wealth funds – as well as many of the most successful early and growth stage investee companies across the world. We've advised on many headline-grabbing investments in the last decade, and many clients have been clients of the firm since their inception, valuing our strategic, tactical and technical advice.

​About Dawn Capital

​Dawn is Europe’s leading specialist B2B software investor, with assets under management of over $2bn. Dawn partners with founders building the next generation of global software leaders, primarily backing companies from Series A and B, and continuing to fund the top-performing through growth rounds to exit. Its roster of investments includes Mimecast (formerly NASDAQ-listed, taken private by Permira in a $5.8bn transaction), iZettle (sold to PayPal for $2.2bn cash), Tink (purchased by Visa for $2.0bn), LeanIX (acquired by SAP), as well as current market leaders, Collibra, Dataiku, Quantexa, Soldo, and Copper, amongst others.