FORM 3
        	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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                      	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	                      	

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

Morrissette Mark	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY)
2/9/2012 
	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Synacor, Inc. [SYNC]	
(Last)        (First)        (Middle)

C/O SYNACOR, INC., 40 LARIVIERE DRIVE SUITE 300	4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

__ X __ Director                            _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)          _____ Other (specify below)	
(Street)

BUFFALO, NY 14202       

(City)              (State)              (Zip)	5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person	

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned	
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)	

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)	
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(MM/DD/YYYY)	3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)	
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares				
Director stock option (right to purchase)  	  (1)	8/15/2021  	Common Stock  	50000   (2)	$3.32   (3)	D  	 	
Series C Preferred Stock  	10/19/2006  	  (4)	Common Stock  	1419559   (2)	  (4)	I   (5)	See Footnote   (5)	

Explanation of Responses:	
(  1) 	The option was immediately exercisable on the date of grant. Shares purchased upon exercise of the option are subject to repurchase by the Issuer until vested. 25% of the shares subject to the option vest upon completion of 12 months of service after December 1, 2011 and the remainder vest in 36 equal monthly installments thereafter, subject to the Reporting Person's continuous service through such dates.	
(  2) 	Reflects a 1 for 2 reverse stock split, effective as of immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Issuer's Registration Statement on Form S-1.	
(  3) 	Reflects the converted exercise price of each option share pursuant to the 1 for 2 reverse stock split, effective as of immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Issuer's Registration Statement on Form S-1.	
(  4) 	The Series C Preferred Stock is convertible into common stock of the Issuer on a 1.5 for one basis and has no expiration date.	
(  5) 	591,483 of the shares are held directly by North Atlantic Venture Fund III, A Limited Partnership ("NAVF") and 828,076 of the shares are owned by North Atlantic SBIC IV, L.P. ("NASBIC"). The general partner of NAVF is North Atlantic Investors III, LLC. The general partner of NASBIC is North Atlantic Investors SBIC IV, LLC. The Reporting Person is one of two managers of North Atlantic Investors III, LLC and North Atlantic Investors SBIC IV, LLC, sharing voting and investment power over the shares held of record by NAVF and NASBIC. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.	

Reporting Owners	
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships	
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other	
Morrissette Mark
C/O SYNACOR, INC.
40 LARIVIERE DRIVE SUITE 300
BUFFALO, NY 14202	X				

Signatures		
/s/ Julia Culkin, attorney-in-fact		2/9/2012	
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know by all these present, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Julia Culkin and William J. Stuart signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1.      execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Synacor, Inc. (the         "Company"), (i) Forms 3, 4 and 5 and any other forms required to be filed in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act       of 1934 and the rules thereunder (a "Section 16 Form") and (ii) a Form ID and any other forms required to be filed or submitted in      accordance with Regulation S-T promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (or any successor provision) in order        to file a Section 16 Form electronically (such forms, together with the Section 16 Forms, the "Forms");

2.      do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such        Forms, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such Forms with the United States Securities and       Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

3.      take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of         benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such   attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and         conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing      whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all   intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby  ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause       to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing       attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of         the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms with respect to  the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed       writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 9th day of February, 2012.

By: /s/  Mark Morrissette

Print Name:   Mark Morrissette