HeyGen
At HeyGen, we help you grow your business through the magic of visual storytelling. Creating professional-quality videos can be daunting, but HeyGen makes it easy for everyone—no camera or specialized skills required.
HeyGen
At HeyGen, we help you grow your business through the magic of visual storytelling. Creating professional-quality videos can be daunting, but HeyGen makes it easy for everyone—no camera or specialized skills required.
TL;DR
Product: AI video generation platform for creating avatar-led videos from text/image/audio with translation/localization support
Founded: Dec 2020
Founders: Joshua Xu (Co‑Founder & CEO); Wayne Liang (Co‑Founder & CPO)
Funding stage: Series A (Benchmark lead)
Headcount (approx.): 320 employees (reported)
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Company Overview
Problem Domain
Video creation at scale, personalization/localization of video content, and reducing production friction for marketing, learning & development, and sales.
Founded
2020
Industry
Online Audio and Video Media
Tech Stack
Funding Track Record
$9M (reported)
Reported seed-era raise (company previously known as Movio); investors at that time included IDG, Sequoia Capital China, and Baidu Ventures.
$60M
Company announced a $60M Series A led by Benchmark and thanked participating investors including Thrive Capital, BOND, and SV Angel; Benchmark partner Victor Lazarte joined the board. Third‑party databases also list additional syndicate participants.
Investor Signal
“Series A led by Benchmark with participation from investors such as Thrive Capital, BOND, SV Angel and additional syndicate participants including Conviction VC and individual investors (e.g., Dylan Field, Neil Mehta, Aviv Nevo); Benchmark added a board member (Victor Lazarte).”