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talkshoplive is a technology company.
TalkShopLive operates a live commerce platform, enabling interactive, shoppable livestream experiences for brands, creators, and celebrities. Its proprietary technology facilitates direct sales through live video, offering features like shoppable simulcasting across social media and embedded players. This ensures seamless purchasing within the video stream, enhancing engagement and conversion for sellers.
TalkShopLive was co-founded in 2018 by siblings Bryan Moore and Tina Moore. Bryan Moore, leveraging his background in social media leadership at Twentieth Century Fox, envisioned a new paradigm for commerce. The founders identified an opportunity to bridge content, community, and commerce through an authentic live video shopping environment where direct interaction drives purchasing.
The platform serves diverse sellers, from individual creators to established brands, leveraging live video for direct sales and audience engagement. TalkShopLive empowers these sellers with broadcasting tools, fostering a dynamic marketplace. Its long-term vision is to cultivate an accessible digital main street for shoppable video, evolving how consumers discover and buy.
talkshoplive has raised $16.0M across 3 funding rounds.
talkshoplive has raised $16.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
talkshoplive has raised $16.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
talkshoplive's investors include Progress Partners, Spero Ventures, TuneIn, Gordon Rubenstein, Andreessen Horowitz, Matt Ocko, Flex Capital, Founder Collective, Index Ventures, Miramar Ventures, Primetime Partners, Raine Ventures.
TalkShopLive is a live commerce platform that enables brands, retailers, creators, and celebrities to host interactive, shoppable livestreams, powering sales through video content across multiple channels.[1][2][3][5] It serves sellers like Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Amazon, and talents such as Oprah Winfrey, Dolly Parton, and Sabrina Carpenter, solving the challenge of converting video engagement into seamless purchases via proprietary multi-embed point-of-sale technology that allows buying without interrupting streams.[1][3][4] The platform takes a 10% cut from sales, offers free channels for anyone, and has launched innovations like the Studio app for mobile broadcasting and TSL Shoppettes for short-form shoppable videos on Instagram and Facebook, demonstrating strong growth with over 6,000 sellers and recognition as a Fast Company Most Innovative Company.[1][2][3]
TalkShopLive launched in 2018 as a live commerce solution initially targeted at celebrities, influencers, publishers, and brands to sell products via shoppable livestreams.[1] Co-founded by CEO Bryan Moore, the company quickly gained traction by powering shows for high-profile clients including retail giants Walmart, Target, and Best Buy, as well as celebrities like Drew Barrymore, Dolly Parton, and Jada Pinkett Smith.[1][3] Early milestones included partnerships for simulcasting and shoppable features on social platforms, evolving from basic iOS tools to advanced HD-quality mobile broadcasting with the 2023 Studio app launch, which added real-time sales tracking, multi-guest collaboration, and Shopify integration.[1]
TalkShopLive rides the explosive growth of live commerce and social commerce, trends accelerated by platforms like TikTok and Instagram where video drives 80%+ of engagement and sales in retail media.[1][3] Its timing aligns with post-2022 shifts, including TikTok's live shopping talks and Meta's reels push, positioning it to capitalize on fragmented social feeds by enabling cross-platform shoppability that native tools lack.[1][3] Market forces like e-commerce's video pivot—fueled by short attention spans and influencer marketing—favor its innovations, influencing the ecosystem by empowering 6,000+ sellers, major retailers, and creators to blend entertainment with transactions, thus democratizing video commerce beyond big tech.[1][2][3]
TalkShopLive's trajectory points to expanded short-form and multi-destination shoppability, with TSL Shoppettes and upcoming Meta-beyond distribution unlocking pre- and post-live sales funnels.[3] Trends like AI-driven personalization in video commerce and regulatory easing for social shopping will amplify its edge, potentially scaling partnerships with more platforms and retailers amid rising retail media spend. Its influence may evolve from livestream pioneer to full retail media enabler, solidifying live video as a core sales channel for brands worldwide—much like how it transformed mobile broadcasting for sellers.[1][3]
talkshoplive has raised $16.0M across 3 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $7.0M Other Equity in October 2023.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2023 | $7.0M Other Equity | Progress Partners, Spero Ventures, TuneIn | |
| Jul 1, 2021 | $6.0M Seed | Gordon Rubenstein | Andreessen Horowitz, Matt Ocko, Flex Capital, Founder Collective, Index Ventures, Miramar Ventures, Primetime Partners, Raine Ventures, Saturn Partners, Teamworthy Ventures, Esther Dyson, Andrew Rosen, Austin Rosen, David Levy, Eva Jeanbart-Lorenzotti, Jeff Lotman, Matt Blank, Richard Rosenblatt |
| Feb 1, 2021 | $3.0M Seed | Spero Ventures | Baukunst, Global Innovation Fund, IA Seed Ventures |