Michael Seibel
Michael Seibel | |
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| Seibel at Moscone Center in San Francisco during TechCrunch Disrupt in 2019 Seibel in 2019 | |
| Born | October 7, 1982 New York City, U.S. |
| Education | Yale University (BA) |
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Michael Seibel (born October 7, 1982) is a partner at Y Combinator and was a co-founder of the startups Justin.tv/Twitch and Socialcam.[1] Since joining Y Combinator in 2013, he has provided guidance to a variety of startups while actively advocating for increased diversity among entrepreneurial founders.[2]Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name
Education & Entrepreneurial Ventures
Originally from Brooklyn, Seibel later relocated to East Brunswick, New Jersey, where he completed his studies at East Brunswick High School in 2000.Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name He pursued political science at Yale University, where he met fellow entrepreneur Justin Kan. After earning his degree in 2005, Seibel served as finance director for Kweisi Mfume’s 2006 U.S. Senate campaign. Subsequently, he moved to Silicon Valley to co-found Justin.tv, acting as its CEO from 2007 until 2011. Following that, he became CEO of Socialcam,[3] a social video-sharing platform founded in 2011 that was acquired by Autodesk for $60 million within a year and a half. In 2014, Justin.tv underwent rebranding to become Twitch InteractiveCite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name and was later purchased by Amazon for $970 million that same year.Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name
Mentorship, Y Combinator Leadership, Investments, and Board Roles
In 2008, Seibel provided mentorship to the founders of Airbnb, encouraging their application to Y Combinator. He joined Y Combinator as a part-time partner in 2013 and became the accelerator’s first African-American partner in October 2014. In 2016, he was appointed CEO of Y Combinator. On March 15, 2024, Seibel announced his decision to step down from the CEO position after an eight-year tenure and return to his original role as partner.
His investment portfolio includes stakes in companies such as Cruise, Brex, Figma, Rippling, Reddit, Clipboard Health, and Promise.
On June 10, 2020, Seibel was appointed to the board of Reddit, succeeding Alexis Ohanian who resigned following the murder of George Floyd. Ohanian had advocated for the seat to be filled by a Black individual; Seibel thus became Reddit’s first Black board member.
Later that year, on December 15, 2020, Seibel joined the board of directors at Dropbox.
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