Justin Kan

1. Co-founder2022

   An e-commerce API that adds checkout to any app or website. Rye raised a $14 million seed round led by a16z crypto in October 2022.16A16z Leads $14M Funding Round for New E-Commerce Platform From Twitch Co-FounderCoinDesk

1. Founder2021

   A gaming NFT platform on Solana that opened to the public at the end of 2021 and raised a $35 million seed round led by Paradigm and Multicoin Capital in April 2022.15Twitch co-founder's NFT startup nets $35 million in seed fundingThe Block

1. Partner2020

   Started with Robin Chan as a hybrid of an incubator and a seed fund, aiming to raise $40 million and writing checks of roughly $500,000 to $3 million.14With Goat Capital, Justin Kan and Robin Chan want to keep founding alongside the right teamsTechCrunch

1. Co-founder and CEO2017 – 2020

   Software for startup fundraising, hiring and deals, with its own lawyers. It raised about $75 million, then shut down its startup operations in March 2020, laying off just over 100 people.13Atrium shuts down (March 2020)TechCrunch

1. Founder2017

   A self-funded incubator (short for "zero to funding") that he left Y Combinator to start, planning two to three new businesses a year.10Justin Kan launches his own startup incubator program called Zero-FTechCrunch

1. Creator2015

   A community-ranked streaming site for electronic dance music built on SoundCloud links.9Justin Kan's The Drop, a streaming site for electronic music (January 2015)TechCrunch

1. Founder and CEO2012 – 2014

   An on-demand service for booking house cleaning (YC W12), founded with Daniel Kan and Amir Ghazvinian.4ExecY Combinator

1. PartnerUntil 2017

   Left his partner role in March 2017 to start Zero-F.10Justin Kan launches his own startup incubator program called Zero-FTechCrunch

2. Part-time partner2011

   One of four alumni named part-time partners in June 2011, advising startups about a fifth of his time.7Welcome Sam, Garry, Emmett and JustinY Combinator

1. Co-founder2011

   The live video platform for gamers launched in June 2011; Amazon agreed to buy it in August 2014.8Amazon.com to Acquire TwitchAmazon

1. Co-founderUntil 2012

   A mobile video-sharing app that Autodesk bought in 2012 for about $60 million.18Justin KanComputer History Museum

1. Co-founder2007

   Began in 2007 as a single channel streaming his life around the clock, with Emmett Shear among the founders.6Meet Emmett Shear, the new interim CEO of OpenAI, who sold his first startup on eBayBusiness Insider

1. Co-founder2005 – 2006

   A web calendar built with Emmett Shear in Y Combinator's first batch, Summer 2005.3KikoY Combinator

Physics and philosophy18Justin KanComputer History Museum