LiveBid
AcquiredLiveBid is an e-commerce company in Seattle, United States, founded in 1996. It has raised $1.5M across 1 round.
- Headquarters
- Seattle
- Founded
- 1996
- Business Model
- Marketplace
- Total Funding
- $1.5M
- Rounds
- 1
- Acquired by
- AmazonApr 1999 · $50.0M
Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. What counts toward funding.
Indexed holds 1 funding round and 3 investors for this company. The full record is or through the API.
About
LiveBid.com was an online live auction platform founded in 1996 in Seattle, allowing auctioneers and auction houses to run real-time internet auctions over the web. Amazon acquired the company in 1999 for a reported $50 million in stock to expand its nascent Amazon Auctions business and compete with eBay, but the auction unit struggled and LiveBid was shut down by the early 2000s.
Summary
It has raised $1.5M in total across 1 round. Investors include Amazon, Madrona Venture and Alliance of Angels.
Funding & Exit History
Apr 1999
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