talkshoplive, a Los Angeles, CA-based livestream commerce company, closed a $6m seed extension funding round.
The round, which brought total funding raised to date to $10.5m, was led by Raine Ventures with participation from angel investors from the entertainment and retail industries including:
- Matt Blank, Former Chairman & CEO of Showtime, and Director of Madison Square Garden Entertainment, Cumulus Media, and CuriosityStream
- David Levy, Chairman of Genius Sports and former President of Turner
- Eva Jeanbart-Lorenzotti, Founder of Vivre, V by Eva, and retail visionary
- Jeff Lotman, CEO of Fred Segal & Global Icons
- Andrew Rosen, Founder of Theory
- Austin Rosen, Founder Electric Feel Entertainment, Electric Feel Ventures
- Richard Rosenblatt, Founder of Whip Media, Demand Media, Intermix, and iMall
Spero Ventures led the first seed investment round.
The company intends to use the funds to expand adoption of its proprietary shoppable and embeddable player, expand its network worldwide, and scale product management and technical teams.
Led by Bryan Moore, co-founder and CEO, talkshoplive is a live streaming, social selling online network. Sellers showcase their products via live shows, displaying product details and chat in real-time, with customers who can purchase with one-click on the buy button. Shoppable video content created on the platform can be shared and embedded on multiple sites and social platforms, eliminating all click-through and creating multiple points of purchase.
Stars and brands who have launched their own talkshoplive® channels include Oprah Winfrey, Best Buy, Fred Segal, Paul McCartney, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Dolly Parton, Alicia Keys, Conde Nast, Michelle Williams, Leslie Jordan, Patti LaBelle, Julie Andrews, Meghan Trainor, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Tim Tebow, Kristin Cavallari, Tim McGraw, Jenna Dewan, Kathy Ireland Worldwide and more.
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08/07/2021