We will host a panel discussion about Securing Funding in 2020 with Soheil Mirpour, Partner at GFC, Elodie Dupuy, Founder at Full In Partners and Derek Gallagher from Global Shares.
We will follow up with a fireside chat with investor and serial entrepreneur Justin Kan, creator of modern live-streaming with Twitch (sold to Amazon for $1 billion). He was also partner at Y Combinator.
Having been a repeat founder and investor both personally and as a Partner at Y Combinator for many years, Justin is not shy to share his journey and insights into his life philosophy on what makes us happy. For that we are extremely thankful!
Justin previously founded many companies including: Kiko, the first AJAX web calendar; Justin.tv which later became Twitch, a video game streaming platform (acquired for $1 billion by Amazon in 2014) and Socialcam, a mobile video sharing app (acquired for $60mm by Autodesk in 2012); and Exec, an on-demand maid service (acquired by Handybook in 2014).
He’s personally invested in over 100 companies, including Zenefits, Ginkgo Bioworks, Cruise, and Alto Pharmacy. Justin graduated from Yale University with a degree in Physics and Philosophy.
Justin.tv, Twitch, Atrium, Y Combinator
Entrepreneur & Investor
Justin Kan is best known as the creator of modern live-streaming with Twitch (sold to Amazon for $1 billion) and later as a partner at Y Combinator. Having been a repeat founder and investor both personally and as a Partner at Y Combinator for many years, Justin is not shy to share his journey and insights into his life philosophy on what makes us happy. For that we are extremely thankful!
Justin Kan is best known as the creator of modern live-streaming with Twitch (sold to Amazon for $1 billion) and later as a partner at Y Combinator. Having been a repeat founder and investor both personally and as a Partner at Y Combinator for many years, Justin is not shy to share his journey and insights into his life philosophy on what makes us happy. For that we are extremely thankful!
Justin previously founded many companies including: Kiko, the first AJAX web calendar; Justin.tv which later became Twitch, a video game streaming platform (acquired for $1 billion by Amazon in 2014) and Socialcam, a mobile video sharing app (acquired for $60mm by Autodesk in 2012); and Exec, an on-demand maid service (acquired by Handybook in 2014).
He’s personally invested in over 100 companies, including Zenefits, Ginkgo Bioworks, Cruise, and Alto Pharmacy. Justin graduated from Yale University with a degree in Physics and Philosophy.
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Partner
Full In Partners
Founder & MD
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MD, Emerging Companies
Soleil Mirpour is Partner of Global Founders Capital, which has invested in companies like Slack, Revolut and Away. Prior to that he was an investment executive at KKR and before that worked in investment banking at Morgan Stanley.
Elodie is founder and MD at Full In Partners, a $200m growth equity firm that focuses primarily on software, mobile, and online marketplace investments. Elodie has evaluated investments in 35 countries, seen 28 deals close and been involved in boards in 5 countries.
She was at ICONIQ as a Principal on the Private Equity team, where she focused on tech investing. Prior to joining ICONIQ, Elodie spent nine years at Insight Venture Partners on their investment team where she led numerous investments in companies including Conga, Showpad, Bynder, and LetGo, among others. Elodie holds a B.A. in French and Spanish and a B.A. in German and Russian from The Ohio State University.
Derek Gallagher is the Managing Director of Emerging Companies at Global Shares. Global Shares provide software to Startups, VCs and Law firms to help companies track their ownership and their employee option plans.
Prior to Global Shares Derek founded startups, helped other founders raise investment and set up accelerator programs. He has also managed a $1bn banking portfolio and a number of M&A transactions.
Derek has a strong interest in deep technologies such as Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, AI, Cybersecurity and Blockchain.
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