Justin Kan is a General Partner at Goat Capital, a San Francisco-based seed fund with over $100M in assets. See portfolio and contact routes.
Justin Kan is a General Partner at Goat Capital, a San Francisco-based seed fund with over $100M in assets, and previously served as a Partner at Y Combinator before co-founding Twitch, which sold to Amazon for $970 million in 2014. His investment thesis targets seed and Series A stages across consumer technology, gaming, web3, developer tools, and the future of work, with a geographic focus on the United States. Goat Capital typically writes checks between $500,000 and $3 million, often acting as a lead investor in early-stage ventures. Notable portfolio companies include Reddit, Cruise Automation, Rippling, and Scale AI, reflecting his bets on network effects and technical infrastructure. Kan distinguishes himself by backing technical founders solving their own problems and supporting entrepreneurs on their second or third attempt, emphasizing that he invests in people rather than just ideas. He publicly shares his approach on Twitter and his blog, advocating that developer tools and data infrastructure often outperform consumer apps as sustainable businesses.
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