Livestorm

Livestorm
DeveloperLivestorm, SAS
ReleaseFebruary 2016; 10 years ago (2016-02)
Written inRuby, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, Vue.js, GraphQL, Go
Operating systemWeb-based
Available in25 languages
List of languages
English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean, Russian, Danish, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Italian, Vietnamese, Arabic, Austrian German, Swiss, Finnish, Greek, Lithuanian, Japanese, Croatian, Slovenian, Czech
TypeWeb conferencing, Video conferencing
LicenseProprietary
Websitelivestorm.co

Livestorm is a software company that provides a browser based online web conferencing software for webinars and virtual meetings.

History

Livestorm was founded in Paris, France in 2016 by Gilles Bertaux, Robin Lambert, Tom Forlini and Vincent Garreau. The company originated as a HETIC school's final-year project. Then called Rumble, the project was later renamed as Livestorm.

In 2019, Livestorm raised a 4.6 million euros series A from public investment bank BPI France, Aglaé Ventures and Raise Ventures.

In February 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in more companies working remotely, which positively impacted Livestorm's growth. The product usage grew by 30 and its revenue was multiplied by 7.

In November 2020, Livestorm raised a $30 million series B.

In 2021, Livestorm was named among the fastest growing European companies by the Financial Times.

In May 2026, Livestorm made its first acquisition, buying Paris-based AI video startup Qlip AI for an undisclosed sum. Qlip co-founder Pamela Carvallo joined as head of AI, and the company folded the technology into a new video-repurposing tool, Livestorm AI Studio, that turns webinar recordings into short clips.

Technology

Livestorm's core is focused on leveraging WebRTC and WebSocket for real time, low-latency interactions. The video stream quality and format automatically adapts to each viewers' web browser. The stream serves a WebRTC stream for compatible browsers including Google Chrome, Firefox and Opera, with a fall back on HLS on Internet Explorer and Safari.

The frontend runs on the Vue.js framework.

Products

Livestorm provides a video conferencing software for webinars and virtual meetings, with tools for registration pages, email cadences and analytics. A public API service was launched in 2021.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Livestorm: "Le télétravail dilue la pression sur le recrutement"". Le Figaro. 5 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Livestorm: 10 Best Webinar Software To Build Up Your Exposure". Foundr. 17 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Livestorm, logiciel de vidéoconférence BtoB, lève 4.6 millions d'euros". BFM Business.
  4. ↑ ""I'd encourage founders to adopt a global mindset from the start": Interview with Livestorm's co-founder and CEO, Gilles Bertaux". EU Startups. 4 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Livestorm raises $30M for its browser-based meeting and webinar platform". Techcrunch. 12 November 2020.
  6. ↑ Kelly, Maxine (2 March 2021). "FT 1000: the fifth annual list of Europe's fastest-growing companies". Financial Times.
  7. ↑ "Livestorm fête ses 10 ans avec une première acquisition" [Livestorm celebrates its 10 years with a first acquisition]. Maddyness (in French). 29 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "Livestorm réalise sa première acquisition, dix ans après sa création" [Livestorm makes its first acquisition, ten years after its founding]. Les Échos (in French). 28 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Livestorm fait un clip de sa première acquisition". CFNEWS (in French). 30 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "AI tools news: June 2026 roundup". Tool Directory. June 2026.
  11. ↑ "Real-time video streaming: Who Needs It and Why?". Tokbox.
  12. ↑ Guillaume Chau (28 February 2018). Apollo, GraphQL and Vue the ultimate stack.
  13. ↑ "Livestorm Launches Public API for its Video Communications Platform". Programmable Web.