Justin Kan
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. He is also the cofounder and former CEO of law-tech company Atrium. In 2024, he announced the launch of Stash, an e-commerce and payment platform tailored for video game developers.
| Born | July 16, 1983 Seattle, Washington | ||||||||||
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | Yale University | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Investor | ||||||||||
| Known for | Co-founding Twitch | ||||||||||
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| Subscribers | 159,000 | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 簡彥豪 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 简彦豪 | ||||||||||
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Last updated: June 18, 2021 | |||||||||||
| Website | justinkan | ||||||||||
He was formerly a partner at Silicon Valley incubator Y Combinator. 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.
In March 2019, along with YouTube co-founder Steve Chen he became advisor to Theta, a peer-to-peer video streaming platform that uses blockchain technology.