20 VC 016: Y Combinator, Twitch.TV and Socialcam with Mike Seibel

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch · Mar 2, 2015 · 22m

Mike Seibel has enjoyed the most incredible career in the technology industry on both the Founder and the VC side of the table. He was Co-Founder and CEO of Justin.TV which was part of the Y Combinator Winter Class of 2007, and was later acquired as Twitch.TV by Amazon for $970 million. In that time Mike also created a spin off from Justin.TV, SocialCam, where he was Co-Founder and CEO, culminating in their acquisition in 2012 for $60 million by Autodesk.

Items mentioned in Todays' Show:

Twitch.TV

SocialCam

Y Combinator

Dropbox

What you will learn in this episode?

How Mike got into the…