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Our Story

Built by Streamers, for the World

We started LiveGlobal Platform because we believed every enterprise deserved broadcast-grade live streaming — without the broadcast-grade complexity.

From Frustration to Platform

LiveGlobal Platform was born in 2021 out of a simple frustration: enterprise live streaming was broken. Brands were cobbling together fragile stacks of legacy CDNs, outdated encoders, and disconnected analytics tools — spending millions and still suffering buffering, outages, and zero visibility into what was happening.

Our founders — veterans of Netflix, Akamai, and Google — had seen the problem from the inside. They knew that with modern infrastructure, sub-second latency at global scale was not only possible, it should be the baseline expectation. So they built it.

Today, LiveGlobal Platform serves media companies, sports leagues, event organizers, and enterprise broadcasters across 150+ countries. From a 500-person internal town hall to a championship sporting event with 8 million simultaneous viewers, our infrastructure handles it all — reliably, affordably, and at scale.

Our mission is straightforward: democratize world-class live streaming for every enterprise on the planet. We believe live content is one of the most powerful communication tools in existence, and we're here to make it accessible, reliable, and genuinely global.

2021

Founded

SF, CA

Headquarters

120+

Employees

500+

Enterprise Clients

$42M

Series B Raised

150+

Countries

Leadership

Meet the Team

A world-class team of engineers, product leaders, and industry veterans united by a passion for live video.

JR

James R. Mitchell

CTO & Co-Founder

Former Principal Engineer at Netflix Streaming. 15 years in video delivery infrastructure. Author of the open-source CMAF toolchain used by 3,000+ developers.

SL

Sarah L. Dawson

CEO & Co-Founder

Previously VP of Product at Akamai Media Delivery. Stanford MBA. Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in Enterprise Technology in 2022.

KP

Kevin P. Osei

VP of Engineering

Ex-Google Cloud Video Infrastructure. Expert in distributed systems and real-time media processing. Holds 6 patents in adaptive bitrate technology.

MT

Maria T. Vásquez

VP of Product

Former Senior PM at AWS Elemental. Designed live streaming products used by hundreds of broadcast networks. Passionate about developer experience.

What Drives Us

Our Core Values

These are not words on a wall. They are the principles that guide every decision we make — from architecture choices to customer interactions.

Performance First

We obsess over milliseconds. Latency is not an afterthought — it is the primary design constraint for everything we build. If it is not fast, it is not done.

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Global by Default

From day one, we designed for a global audience. Every feature, every edge node, every API endpoint is built to serve viewers from San Francisco to Singapore equally well.

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Radical Transparency

We publish our status page. We share our architecture decisions. We tell customers the truth — about outages, limitations, and roadmap priorities. Trust is built through honesty.

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Engineering Excellence

We hire exceptional engineers and give them the freedom to solve hard problems. We believe the best infrastructure is built by people who are deeply curious about how things work.

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Customer Obsession

Our customers trust us with their most important live events. That responsibility is not lost on us. We are on call, we answer the phone, and we do not rest until your stream is live.

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Open Ecosystem

We believe in open standards — RTMP, HLS, DASH, WebRTC. We contribute to open-source communities and build APIs that integrate with any stack, not lock you into ours.

Our Journey

Milestones & Growth

From a two-person team in a San Francisco co-working space to a global infrastructure platform.

Q1 2021

Company Founded

James Mitchell and Sarah Dawson co-found LiveGlobal Platform in San Francisco. The initial concept: a cloud-native, API-first live streaming infrastructure built on modern edge computing principles.

Q3 2021

Seed Funding — $4.5M

Closed a $4.5M seed round led by Sequoia Capital Scout Fund with participation from individual angels at Netflix, Cloudflare, and Twitch. First 10 employees hired.

Q1 2022

Public Beta Launch

Platform opened to public beta with RTMP ingest, HLS/DASH delivery, and basic analytics. First paying customers onboard within 48 hours. 50+ PoPs live across North America and Europe.

Q4 2022

Series A — $12M

Raised $12M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz. Team grew to 45 engineers. Launched adaptive bitrate engine, real-time analytics dashboard, and enterprise SLA tiers.

Q2 2023

Global Expansion — 150+ PoPs

Expanded CDN coverage to Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Africa. Crossed 150 Points of Presence. Signed first major sports league broadcasting contract covering 3 continental markets.

Q1 2024

Series B — $42M

Closed a $42M Series B to accelerate global infrastructure expansion and product development. Launched WebRTC ingest, multi-CDN failover, and enterprise API v2. Team reaches 120+ employees.

2025 & Beyond

200+ PoPs & AI-Powered Optimization

Expanding to 200+ PoPs worldwide. Launching AI-driven quality optimization, automated incident response, and developer platform with marketplace integrations. Targeting 1,000+ enterprise customers.

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