A new entrant is positioning itself as an alternative in the video hosting market following recent changes at Vimeo. 

Livid, an ad-free video hosting platform for creators and small businesses, has raised $10 million from Geige Vandentop and Dan Briggs, the co-founders of live-streaming platform StreamYard.

The investment reflects the duo’s continued involvement in the video infrastructure space after StreamYard’s ownership changes. Vandentop and Briggs built StreamYard into a platform with more than 100,000 paying customers and over $30 million in annual recurring revenue before selling it to Hopin for $250 million in 2021. In April 2024, Italian tech conglomerate Bending Spoons acquired StreamYard as part of its purchase of Hopin’s assets and, according to Vandentop and Briggs, laid off the company’s entire team.

Since then, Bending Spoons has expanded its presence in the video and creator tools market. In the latter half of 2025, the company acquired Vimeo for $1.38 billion. Subsequent layoffs affected multiple teams, including the video division, according to social media posts from employees. A spokesperson for Bending Spoons confirmed the reductions to Business Insider but did not disclose their scope. The cuts followed an earlier workforce reduction of roughly 10% in September 2025.

The Italian company has taken similar steps across other acquisitions. According to Business Insider, Bending Spoons reduced staff at WeTransfer by approximately 75% and eliminated the entire team at the video app Filmic in December 2023.

Amid Vimeo’s restructuring, Livid introduces L.O.V.E. (Livid One-click Video Exporter), a tool that lets users export entire Vimeo libraries, including folders and metadata, without migrating to Livid. For users who choose to switch, the tool preserves folder structures and sharing permissions.

The exporter functions as both a standalone utility and a potential entry point into Livid’s broader platform. The company’s Pro plan includes up to 2TB of storage, custom player branding, ad-free playback, versioning, bulk customization, and analytics.

“Our mission is to be the friendliest video hosting company in the world,” said Nic Taylor, a founding member of Livid.