Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Bright Takes On Live, Celebrity Driven Video Chat

A new, Los Angeles-based video chat platform--backed by talent-mogul-and-tech-investor Guy Oseary, and with such celebrity partners as Madonna, Shawn Mendes, D'Amelio Sisters, Judd Apatow and others--says it has launched a new service to let people learn from their favorite creators, icons and experts. The startup--founded by Guy Oseary and Michael Powers--is entering into a space which is seeing a huge interest from investors, ever since the rise of streaming audio-meets-celebrity app Clubhouse. Bright said it is backed by venture investment dollars from Sound Ventures, the venture firm run by both Oseary and Ashton Kutcher, and also includes RIT Capital, Globo, Norwest and Slow Ventures, among others. Bright said that it is offering up sessions with Madonna, Ashton Kutcher, Naomi Campbell, Shawn Mendes, Amy Schumer, D-Nice, D'Amelio Sisters, Laura Dern, Judd Apatow, Deepak Chopra, Diplo, Kenny Smith, Kane Brown, Drew and Jonathan Scott (Property Brothers), Lindsey Vonn, Rachel Zoe, Diego Boneta, Tal Fishman, Ryan Prunty, Demi Skipper, Charlotte Mckinney, Jason Bolden, Yris Palmer, Cat & Nat, Ronnie2K, Chef Ludo Lefebvre, and Jonathan Mannion, among others. Powers said, in a statement, that Bright's goal "is to create the biggest classroom for leveling up your life by combining the best of live conversations with incredible talent and entertaining learning experiences."