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| Born | July 16, 1983 Seattle, Washington, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Yale University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Investor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Known for | Co-founding Twitch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | justinkan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Justin Kan (born July 16, 1983) is an American internet entrepreneur and investor who co-founded the law-tech company Atrium where he served as CEO.[2][3] He is the co-founder of live video platforms Justin.tv and Twitch, as well as the mobile social video application Socialcam.[4]
He was formerly a partner at Silicon Valley incubator Y Combinator.[5] His attempt to broadcast his entire life at Justin.tv, which he named after himself, popularized the term "lifecasting". Kan also started a Reddit-style electronic music discovery platform, The Drop.[citation needed]
In March 2019, along with Steve Chen he became advisor to Theta, a peer-to-peer video streaming platform that uses blockchain technology.[6]
- ^ "About Justin Kan". YouTube.
- ^ Atrium
- ^ Hutcheon, Stephen (June 15, 2009). "One man and a cam – web – Technology". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
- ^ "Socialcam: A Look At Justin.tv's Upcoming 'Instagram for Video'". TechCrunch. February 18, 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
- ^ "Y Combinator's latest partners are also alums". VentureBeat. June 13, 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
- ^ Young, Joseph (February 16, 2018). "What is Theta Token? And Why is Sony Behind It?". Live Coin Watch. Retrieved January 11, 2021.