Livid

Summary active Updated May 27, 2026

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Location Dover, DE
Founded 2026
Latest Stage Seed
Total Raised $10M

Investors

seed (2026)
seed (2026)

Founders

Geige Vandentop Co-Founder
Dan Briggs Co-Founder

About

Livid is an ad-free video hosting platform for creators and small businesses, founded by StreamYard co-founders Geige Vandentop and Dan Briggs 1. The platform offers transparent pricing at $10/month for a Pro tier with up to 2TB of storage, custom player branding, and analytics 1. Livid also launched L.O.V.E. (Livid One-click Video Exporter), a free migration tool that bulk-exports entire Vimeo video libraries with metadata preservation 1. The founders started Livid after Bending Spoons acquired Vimeo for $1.38 billion in November 2025 and laid off most of Vimeo’s staff 1.

Funding History

Date Round Amount Lead Co-investors
2026-04-08 Seed $10M Geige Vandentop, Dan Briggs (self-funded) 123

What Investors Say

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What Founders Say

“It was brutal to watch Bending Spoons acquire our parent company, fire virtually all the employees, raise prices and upset a lot of users. When they acquired Vimeo, it was clear this was going to happen again.”

— Geige Vandentop, Co-Founder, Livid 2

Sources


  1. Las Vegas Sun / AP, “StreamYard Founders Put $10 Million Behind Livid, the Startup Helping Vimeo Users Escape Before the Next Round of Price Increases,” April 8, 2026. https://lasvegassun.com/news/2026/apr/08/streamyard-founders-put-10-million-behind-livid-th/

  2. Yahoo Finance (BusinessWire), “StreamYard Founders Put $10 Million Behind Livid, the Startup Helping Vimeo Users Escape Before the Next Round of Price Increases,” April 8, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/streamyard-founders-put-10-million-130000526.html

  3. NetInfluencer, “Video Startup Livid Raises $10M From StreamYard Founders, Targets Vimeo Users With New Hosting Platform,” April 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://www.netinfluencer.com/video-startup-livid-raises-10m-usd-from-streamyard-founders-targets-vimeo-users-with-new-hosting-platform/