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| Born | July 16, 1983 | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | Yale University | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Investor | ||||||||||
| Known for | Co-founding Twitch | ||||||||||
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| Subscribers | 166,000[1] | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 簡彥豪 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 简彦豪 | ||||||||||
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| Website | justinkan | ||||||||||
Justin Kan (born July 16, 1983) is an American internet entrepreneur and investor. He is the co-founder of live video platforms Justin.tv and Twitch, as well as the mobile social video application Socialcam.[2] He was also the co-founder and former CEO of law-tech company Atrium before it was shut down in March 2020.[3][4] In 2021, he launched NFT marketplace Fractal, which was renamed to Stash in 2024.[5]
He was a partner at Silicon Valley incubator Y Combinator.[6] He gained widespread attention for his "lifecasting" experiment on Justin.tv, where he attempted to broadcast his entire life. Kan also started a Reddit-style electronic music discovery platform, The Drop.[citation needed]
- ^ "About Justin Kan". YouTube.
- ^ "Socialcam: A Look At Justin.tv's Upcoming 'Instagram for Video'". TechCrunch. February 18, 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
- ^ "Atrium". Archived from the original on June 12, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
- ^ Hutcheon, Stephen (June 15, 2009). "One man and a cam – web – Technology". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
- ^ "Justin Kan's Stash gives game devs a platform for alternative web shops". January 18, 2024.
- ^ "Y Combinator's latest partners are also alums". VentureBeat. June 13, 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2012.