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Fam

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Video calling social network to talk with friends and make new friends

Summer 2017Founded 201711 peopleNew York, NY, USA
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Fam is a group video calling social network to talk with your friends and make new friends. Fam was part of Y-Combinator’s Summer ’17 batch under FriendSpot.

Founders · 2

Mike McIntyre
Mike McIntyreFounder/CEO
Meta

Currently the Co-Founder/CEO of Fam. Fam is a group video calling social network to make new friends with your friends. Fam raised its Series A from Founders Fund, and was part of Y-Combinator's S'17 batch. Other notable investors include DST, Pear, NextView, Abstract VC, Scribble Ventures, among others. I was previously a Product Manager for Instagram/Facebook in Menlo Park, CA. I worked across several teams including Growth, Search/Ranking, and Social Good (Safety Check/Crisis Response).

Eddie Zhang
Eddie ZhangFounder/CTO

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