LiveStories provides an end-to-end platform that ingests, cleans, normalizes, analyzes, and publishes civic data to help public-sector customers query and visualize information. The product targets governments, education institutions, and nonprofits, enabling comparative analysis across jurisdictions. The company reports roughly 2,000 indicators across 50,000 locations and serves about 100 customers, including the City of New Orleans, the City of Melbourne, the California Health Care Foundation, and San Diego County. Pricing typically starts around $7,500 per year for a five-user license. CEO and founder Adnan Mahmud positions the platform as filling a gap between raw data warehouses and standalone BI tools by offering both depth and visualization in one place. LiveStories plans to take the business international and continue building out its platform. LiveStories is an online data platform that enables novices and experts to explore data, share and collaborate around data within an organization, and present data to external audiences. The company serves government agencies and nonprofits worldwide, including the City of New Orleans, the City of Melbourne, the California Health Care Foundation, and San Diego County. Founded in December 2013 by Adnan Mahmud, LiveStories is based in Seattle, WA and is a Techstars graduate. In September 2016 the company raised $3M in seed funding led by True Ventures with participation from Founders’ Co-op, Social Leverage, Urban.us, the Knight Foundation and several angel investors. The company intends to use the new funds to hire across all departments. LiveStories provides software that lets non-technical users in government and non-profit organizations analyze, visualize and share data through collaborative storytelling and polished charts. The product emphasizes teamwork and narrative around data rather than solely visualization. Customers include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the government of Nigeria. The company offers subscription pricing from a free tier up to $129 per month and says it has closed several six‑figure deals. LiveStories employs eight people, is based in Seattle, and is a Techstars Seattle 2014 graduate. The company previously received a $75,000 grant from the Gates Foundation to support a major grantee.

Total raised

$14M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Jul 2017