YouWeb II:
SOCIAL
As the decade of innovation continued, new and returning founders rolled into the second cohort. The focus on gaming and social messaging continued, as did a new spotlight on-demand education and training products, smartwatches, tablets and big data. And not to miss out on IoT, a connected beverage technology device was also launched.
JASON CITRON
Founder & CEO of Discord
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Jason returned to YouWeb in 2011/2012 to start Hammer & Chisel, which focused on a multi-player tabled game with a built in voice chat.
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In 2015, the company pivoted to a voice chat platform for gamers and rebranded as Discord. It is now one of the largest social chat apps in the world with over 400M users. Jason is currently the CEO at Discord. Peter Relan worked with him through 2020 to raise over $300 million to scale up the company.
SAMIP BHASAVAR & GAURAV CHAWLA
Co-Founders of Camellia Labs
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Samip and Gaurav built Camellia Labs in 2015, a connected kitchen company.
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They Co-founded Chime, the world’s first chai maker that fuses the traditional, hand-crafted process of making chai with product design and technology. Together they built this consumer hardware company from zero to one.
JAKON WILKENSON
(former) CEO of Awear
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Founded Awear in 2013, a company which developed apps for smartwatches, in order to solve the communication problem in the smartwatch market.
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Currently a co-founder and CTO at Cooldown, which makes every multiplayer game as enjoyable and engaging as possible by matching you with the perfect teammates.
HUNG TRAN
Founder and President at Got It!
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Founded GotIt! in 2011 as the world's first Knowledge-as-a-Service (KaaS) platform by connecting people inquiring about a specific topic with a professional/expert in that field.
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Hung focused on the education market as the Founder and President of GotIt! PhotoStudy, the first on-demand homework help and high dose tutoring product for students.
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Helped spin out Got It AI an autonomous Contact Center AI company.
UDAY SANDHAR
(former) Founder and CEO of OneFold
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Founded Onefold in 2011, an innovative new approach to visualizing cohort and funnel data using touch screens on a tablet.
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Onefold's plug and play DHQL platform for automated data extraction, transformation, querying and reporting allows users to obtain the deep analytical insights without the need to hire expensive data analysts.
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Currently works as a Director of Product and Engineering at Amazon
KATYA STESIN
(former) Founder of FitAny
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Founded Fit-any in 2012, a virtual shoe fitting device that finds the perfect 3D fit for your next pair of shoes by utilizing a sensor based shoe that accurately measures the foot.
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Katya is now a Venture Partner at 808 Ventures, an early-stage investor.