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Michael Seibel (Y Combinator; Twitch)

Jun 26, 2015, 1:00 – 4:00 AM

Silicon Valley, San Francisco Bay Area

Michael Seibel is a full-time partner at Y Combinator. Previously, he was a co-founder and CEO of Justin.tv and of Socialcam. During 2012, Socialcam participated in Y Combinator, raised angel financing from a group of amazing investors, and sold to Autodesk Inc. for $60m. In 2014 Justin.tv became Twitch Interactive and under the leadership of Emmett Shear and Kevin Lin sold to Amazon for $970m.

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About this event

Michael is currently a full-time partner at Y Combinator.
Previously, he was a co-founder and CEO of Justin.tv from 2007 - 2011 and the co-founder and CEO ofSocialcam in 2012. During 2012, Socialcam participated in Y Combinator, raised angel financing from a group of amazing investors, and sold to Autodesk Inc. for $60m (link). Needless to say - it was a busy year. In 2014 Justin.tv became Twitch Interactive and under the leadership of Emmett Shear and Kevin Lin sold to Amazon for $970m.
Before getting into tech, I spent a year as the finance director for a US Senate campaign and before that I graduated from Yale University with a bachelors degree in political science. Today I spend the large majority of my free time cooking, reading, traveling and going for long drives. I live in San Francisco, CA with my amazing fiancée Sarah - Michael

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Speaker

  • Michael Seibel

    Y Combinator; Twitch

When

When

Friday, June 26, 2015
1:00 AM – 4:00 AM UTC

Where

Where

Pivotal Labs Palo Alto
3495 Deer Creek Rd
Palo Alto, 94304

Agenda

1:00 AMNetworking and Food
2:00 AMFireside Chat
3:00 AMNetworking

Organizers

  • Derek Andersen

    Startup Grind

    Chapter Organizer

  • Startup Grind

    Silicon Valley

    The world’s largest startup community

  • Karlie Valine

    Startup Grind

    CMO

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