John S. Kim

John is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sendbird (YC W16), the no.1 chat API for mobile apps and websites. They help businesses build direct messaging and group chat quickly on their applications. Their customers range from e-commerce, live-video streaming, business collaboration, and consumer apps including NBA, Yahoo!, Reddit, Delivery Hero, ServiceNow, Paytm, and DHL. They have raised $120M+ USD to-date, backed by ICONIQ Capital, Tiger Global Management, Shasta Ventures, August Capital, FundersClub, and Y Combinator.

His first startup Paprika Lab (social gaming) was acquired by GREE, and he was Korea's all-time no.1 pro gamer in Unreal Tournament.