When did the venture capital firm where Emmett Shear is a part-time partner start?
Emmett Shear Emmett Shear (born 1983) is an Internet entrepreneur and investor. He is the co-founder of live video platforms Justin.tv and TwitchTV. He's also a part-time partner at venture capital firm Y Combinator. Shear is also co-founder of Kiko Software, the first AJAX-based online calendar. Shear graduated from Yale University in 2005 with a degree in computer science.
JMI Equity JMI Equity is an American growth equity firm focused on investing in leading software, internet, business services and healthcare IT companies. JMI provides capital for growth, recapitalizations, acquisitions and buyouts. Founded in 1992, JMI has invested in more than 115 companies throughout North America and Canada and has raised over $3.1 billion of committed capital. JMI VIII closed in August 2014 with $1 billion of committed capital. JMI VII closed in November 2010 with $875 million of committed capital. JMI VI closed in July 2007 with $600 million of committed capital. Representative investment holdings include, ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW), Intergraph, DoubleClick, Kronos, Eloqua (NASDAQ: ELOQ) and Undertone Networks.