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Justin Kan

Founder of Stash

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Justin Kan is a co-founder of Twitch, a popular live streaming platform, and currently works on projects like Stash and Rye under Goat Capital. He has a strong track record in entrepreneurship, having founded multiple successful startups and made strategic investments in various sectors such as entertainment, e-commerce, and AI. Kan's career highlights include founding Justin.tv (which later became Twitch) and serving as the CEO of Exec, showcasing his expertise in building and scaling innovative tech companies. His current role as a General Partner at Goat Capital allows him to leverage his experience in venture capital and angel investing to support emerging startups in diverse industries.

Work Experience 

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Stash

  • Co-Founder

    2024 - Current

    Direct-to-consumer platform for games

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Rye

  • Co-Founder

    2021

Rye builds developer tools and APIs to build eCommerce experiences

Raised $14,125,000.00 from Norrsken Accelerator.

rye.com
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Fractal.is

  • Co-Founder

    2021

Fractal is an in-game asset and virtual world marketplace where users may find, purchase, and sell gaming NFTs.

Raised $35,000,000.00 from Polygon Ventures, Crossover VC, Multicoin Capital, To Kenz Capital, Play Ventures, Animoca Brands, Paradigm, Quiet Capital, Coinbase Ventures and Buck Stash.

fractal.is
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Goat Capital

  • General Partner

    2020

Goat Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies.

goat.vc
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Atrium

  • CEO

    2017 - 2020

    Reinventing legal

Atrium builds products and services to help automate legal workflows, innovate new processes, and help firms identify new clients.

Raised $75,500,000.00 from Sound Ventures, Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Quiet Capital and Socii Capital.

atrium.co
YC

Y Combinator

  • Partner

    2014 - 2017

    Investing in the best startups around

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Justin.tv / Twitch

  • Founder

    2006 - 2014

    Built the world's largest live video site

Twitch is a social video platform where gamers can broadcast, watch, and talk about video games.

Raised $35,000,000.00 from Thrive Capital, Nelstone Ventures, Take-Two Interactive Software, WestSummit Capital, Alsop Louie Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners.

twitch.tv
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Exec

  • CEO and Founder

    2012 - 2014

    Online to offline errand running service. Sold to Handy in 2014.

Kiko Software Inc

  • Co-founder

    2005 - 2006

    Built the world's first modern web calendar.

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Russell Investment Group

  • Intern

    2004 - 2004

    Made a lot of spreadsheets. A lot.

Russell Investment Group a global leader in multi-manager investment services, provides investment products

russellinvestments.com

Education 

Investments 

Thrive Protocol

Seed

Total funding: $6M

Proof of Play

Seed

Total funding: $33M

Anchor

Seed

Total funding: $32M

Whop

Series A

Total funding: $18M

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