StreamYard Veterans Pump $10M Into New Video Streaming Startup Livid | citybiz

Geige Vandentop and Dan Briggs Summary StreamYard co-founders Geige Vandentop and Dan Briggs have invested $10 million in Delaware-based Livid, an ad-free video hosting platform for creators and small businesses. Led by former StreamYard executives, Livid offers transparent pricing, generous storage and a migration tool for Vimeo libraries, positioning itself as a creator-friendly alternative focused on simplicity, portability and fair pricing. StreamYard co-founders Geige Vandentop and Dan Briggs have invested $10 million in Livid, an ad-free video-hosting tool for individuals and small businesses. The duo of Vandentop and Briggs built Wilmington, Del.-based StreamYard, a live-streaming platform, from scratch before selling it to Hopin, a virtual events platform now known as RingCentral, in 2021. StreamYard was later acquired by Bending Spoons in 2024. Vandentop and Briggs, alumnus of Canada’s University of Victoria, started StreamYard in 2018, inspired by live streaming’s rapid growth in the gaming community that enabled people to turn hobbies into careers. The two bootstrapped StreamYard and grew revenue to nearly $10 million in early 2020 with a simple streaming solution that enabled the creation of professional-quality content. Livid was launched in 2026 with former StreamYard executives at the helm, as a response to help the community from being
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