Emmett Shear

Overview

Gender: male
Investor Type: Angel
Investor Stage: Seed

Emmett Shear is founder and CEO of Twitch (www.twitch.tv), the world’s leading video platform and community for gamers. Mr. Shear is also co-founder of Justin.tv and a part-time partner at venture capital firm Y Combinator, where he advises fledgling startups on product and strategy. Mr. Shear graduated from Yale University in 2005 and in 2012 was included in Forbes Magazine on their 30 under 30 list. Twitch launched in 2011, and in 2014 The Wall Street Journal cited the brand as having the 4th largest peak internet traffic in the U.S.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments

5

Emmett Shear has made 5 investments. Their most recent investment was on Apr 30, 2018, when Substack raised $2M.

Date	Company Name	Round	Money Raised	Industry
Apr 30, 2018	Biobot Analytics	Seed	$2.50M	Analytics	Detail
Apr 30, 2018	Substack	Seed	$2M	Content Creators	Detail
Oct 4, 2017	Torch	Seed	$2.40M	Corporate Training	Detail
Aug 12, 2015	Scentbird	Seed	$1M	Beauty	Detail
Mar 14, 2014	Cruise	Seed	$4.30M	Artificial Intelligence	Detail