CEO. After analyzing the usage of the platform, Kolbert-Hyle invested in a new direction of product development: to reinvent large, internal corporate allhands and townhall meetings. When quarantine set in towards the end of March 2020, customers started reaching out to Brandlive because they were having trouble playing premium video content through popular web meeting platforms. Many started asking for help producing elevated video meetings that looked more like TV for gatherings that were historically held in person. In response, Brandlive launched Greenroom in May 2020. Starting in May 2020, Brandlive did 230 events for Biden Campaign for President team, securing more than $30 million in donations. The largest fundraising event featured President Barack Obama and raised over in $11 million with more than 470,000 views. Brandlive also did celebrity reunion fundraisers including the casts of The Princess Bride, Parks and Rec, The West Wing, and more. In February 2021, the Showrooms platform was mentioned in a Vogue Business article about digital wholesale technology. In March 2021, Fast Company named Brandlive as 2021's #1 Most Innovative Company in the Live Events category. Fast Company also named Brandlive on their “50 Most Innovative Companies of the Year” at #44 out of 400 global companies. Also in March 2021, Forbes ran an article about the Allhands Platform, reporting, “Features like interactive quizzes, surveys and upvoting allow employees to interact in real time. And for those who aren’t able to tune in live, Allhands provides replays and highlight reels” As of May 2021, Brandlive had 200 employees. References External links Software companies based in Oregon Companies based in Portland, Oregon 2010 establishments in Oregon As a service Software companies of the United States Software companies established in 2010 American companies established in 2010