Sangha Live

What Sangha Live does

Sangha Live operates an online platform for Buddhist meditation practice and Dharma teaching, serving a global community of individual practitioners alongside emerging corporate and academic segments. The platform's core offerings are live scheduled sessions — Daily Meditation (1-hour weekday sits), Sunday Sangha (1.5-hour weekly sessions with interactive Q&A), and Day of Practice (3-hour intensives) — supplemented by a paid catalog of 4–6 week Deep Dharma courses, Short Courses, and a free Dharma Library of more than 1,000 hours of guided meditations and talks. The company also operates Sangha Live Connect, a 24/7 free community platform, and The Dharma Academy at academy.sangha.live for structured learning paths. The product is built on conventional online streaming and on-demand video infrastructure with a self-serve website and ancillary distribution via YouTube, an Apple Podcasts "Daily Meditation with Sangha Live" podcast, and social channels; the platform does not have a native mobile app and is delivered via mobile web.

The business is primarily direct-to-consumer, with revenue generated from one-time course purchases (on-demand courses priced at $125, e.g., "Dharma in Times of Heartbreak"), live course subscriptions (4–6 week interactive courses), and donations/dana for the recurring live sessions. A Financial Support Program offers reduced or waived fees, and discount codes (e.g., SUMMERPRACTICE 25% off) are used to drive course conversion. A secondary B2B and academic channel is in evidence through teacher-led corporate sessions (e.g., for Netflix and the University of Southern California) and university teaching roles (e.g., Roxanne Dault at Université du Québec à Montréal / UQAM). The teacher roster of more than 100 well-known Dharma teachers — including Jack Kornfield, Tara Brach, and Joseph Goldstein — is the primary talent and content moat underlying the offering. The company is private, founded in 2020, US-domiciled, and operates with a 1–10 person team; no funding rounds, revenue, M&A, or parent company information is disclosed in the source material.

Name

Sangha Live

Legal name

Sangha Live

Website

https://sangha.live

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sangha Live is a US-based, private online platform offering live Buddhist meditation sessions, on-demand Dharma courses, a free 1,000+ hour content library, and a 24/7 community platform (Sangha Live Connect) to global individual practitioners, with emerging corporate and academic wellness segments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Meditation & Buddhist Education

akta.pro primary industry

Guided Meditation Instruction (1:1 & Group) (HSADAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Meditation Retreats, Workshops & Immersive Programs (HSADAJAF), Yoga & Meditation Experiences (Studio Classes, Guided Meditation, Mindfulness) (THAJAHAA), Wellness Retreat Centers (Yoga, Meditation & Mindfulness) (THAGAMAB)

Keywords

• Online meditation platform
• Buddhist Dharma teachings
• Live meditation sessions
• Mindfulness courses
• Spiritual community platform

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. On-Demand Courses: Self-paced online courses on Buddhist practices, mindfulness, and Dharma topics. Courses range from 4-6 weeks in duration with pre-recorded video lessons, daily inquiry questions, journaling exercises, and recorded Q&A sessions
2. Live Online Courses: Interactive 4-6 week courses where participants can interact with teachers and coursemates in real-time
3. Donations/Dana: Donation-based model for daily meditation and Sunday Sangha sessions. Users can support teachers and the platform through voluntary contributions
4. Financial Support Program: Reduced fee options and financial assistance available for those who cannot afford full price. No one is turned away based on financial situation

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Sangha Live operates an online platform that streams live Buddhist meditation and Dharma teaching sessions (Daily Meditation, Sunday Sangha, Day of Practice) and delivers 4-6 week live and on-demand courses on mindfulness, compassion, liberation, and loving-kindness. It supplements these with a free 1,000+ hour Dharma Library of recorded sessions and a 24/7 global community platform (Sangha Live Connect) for peer engagement.

Product overview

Sangha Live is a meditation and Buddhist teaching platform offering a comprehensive suite of live and on-demand learning experiences. The core offerings include Daily Meditation (weekday 1-hour sessions), Sunday Sangha (weekly 1.5-hour interactive sessions), and Day of Practice (3-hour intensives). The platform provides on-demand courses through Deep Dharma with over 34 courses covering topics such as mindfulness, compassion, liberation, loving-kindness, and various Buddhist traditions. Additional offerings include a Dharma Library with over 1,000 hours of free guided meditations and Dharma talks, the Sangha Live Connect community platform, Short Courses for focused learning, and The Dharma Academy for structured educational paths. All offerings are taught by world-renowned meditation and mindfulness teachers, with many services operating on a dana/donation basis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Daily Meditation 1-hour live meditation sessions held Monday through Friday designed to help individual practitioners develop a consistent, healthy meditation routine. Dana/donation-based.
• Sunday Sangha 1.5-hour live sessions held every Sunday featuring interactive Q&A and rich Dharma teachings, with each week led by a different teacher under a unique theme. Dana/donation-based.
• Day of Practice 3-hour live programs for deepening meditation practice that include sustained sitting periods, rich Dharma teachings, and interactive Q&A, with each event led by a different teacher under a unique theme.
• Deep Dharma Courses Online Buddhist meditation courses available as 4-6 week live cohorts with real-time teacher and coursemates interaction, and as on-demand courses completed independently. Topics span mindfulness, compassion, liberation, loving-kindness, and various Buddhist practices.
• Dharma Library Free on-demand library of more than 1,000 hours of guided meditations and Dharma talks with world-renowned teachers, including recordings of past Daily Meditation, Sunday Sangha, and other sessions.
• Sangha Live Connect Free global community platform where members can share, engage, and reflect on Dharma, meditation, and mindfulness between scheduled sits and sessions, available 24/7.
• Short Courses Briefer online courses focused on specific meditation or Dharma topics for practitioners seeking focused, time-limited learning experiences.
• The Dharma Academy Online academy offering structured learning paths and deeper educational resources for Buddhist practice and meditation training.

Quantifiable outcome

• Daily structured meditation support with 1-hour sessions Monday-Friday
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Insight Timer: Insight Timer is one of the largest free meditation apps, offering live sessions, on-demand courses, and a global community of teachers across Buddhist, secular, and other traditions. It directly competes with Sangha Live for the same online meditation practitioner and teacher marketplace.
• Waking Up: Waking Up is a meditation and philosophy app from Sam Harris that offers daily sessions, courses, and a conversational tone similar to Sangha Live's teacher-led approach. It competes for the intellectually curious practitioner interested in contemplative philosophy, not just stress reduction.
• Plum Village: Plum Village is the official meditation app from Thich Nhat Hanh's tradition offering live and on-demand sittings, retreats, and a global community. It directly competes in the explicitly Buddhist, community-oriented online meditation space that Sangha Live occupies.
• Dharmaseed: Dharmaseed is a long-running online archive of Buddhist Dharma talks from Insight Meditation teachers, offering free audio content from many of the same Western Buddhist teachers featured on Sangha Live. It is comparable as a free, teacher-led Buddhist content platform.
• Ten Percent Happier: Ten Percent Happier is a meditation app featuring prominent teachers (e.g., Dan Harris, Joseph Goldstein) and structured courses. It competes for the same practitioner seeking credible, teacher-led meditation content, with significant overlap in the Western Buddhist teacher roster.

Broad incumbents

• Calm: Calm is a leading consumer meditation, sleep, and wellness app with a broad content portfolio. As a large incumbent with deep marketing budgets, it competes for share of the overall meditation and wellness consumer wallet that Sangha Live also targets.
• Mindbody: Mindbody is a large wellness and fitness software platform that powers studios, retreats, and wellness businesses. It is comparable to Sangha Live as a broader wellness infrastructure player serving practitioners seeking in-person and online meditation and yoga experiences.
• Headspace: Headspace is a large, venture-backed consumer mindfulness and meditation platform offering courses, sleep, and focus content. While more secular and mass-market than Sangha Live, it competes for the same overall meditation practitioner spend and mindshare.

Others

• Tricycle: Tricycle is a major Buddhist media publication and education organization offering articles, courses, and online learning. It is adjacent to Sangha Live as a content and community resource for Western Buddhist practitioners, with overlapping teacher networks.
• Lions Roar: Lions Roar is a leading global Buddhist magazine and online publisher covering meditation, teachings, and Buddhist culture. It is thematically comparable to Sangha Live as a Western Buddhism media and content brand serving a similar audience.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCp4HZqoHkTXALLD354TVciA
• Facebookfacebook.com/sanghalive.online
• Instagraminstagram.com/sangha.live
• Xx.com/sangha_live
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sangha-live

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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