How it started
2010 — 2019
Brandlive was founded in 2010 by Ben McKinley and Fritz Brumder as a product of Cascade Web Development, as a way to incorporate live video into online shopping. The idea for Brandlive came to Brumder when he was using Skype to see a friend's new retail store in New York City, and made a purchase as a result of the demonstration via live video. In 2012, Brandlive was established as its own separate entity.
In May 2013, the company received $1.6 million in Series A funding from Oregon Angel Fund, Angel Oregon, Portland Seed Fund, among others.
In 2016, Stephen Marsh's Archivist Capital led Brandlive's $3.2 million funding round.
Brandlive closed 2017 with revenue of $1.9M, and 2018 with $3.1M, and was featured as one of the top ten fastest growing Portland, OR companies.
In July 2018, CEO Fritz Brumder moved into the role of COO, and Jeff Allen was announced as the new CEO.
From Wikipedia’s article on Brandlive, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3