Adi Sideman

Adi Sideman is a pioneer in participatory media and an entrepreneur with decades of experience in creating apps and forming companies in the user-generated video arena. Sideman is CEO of Revel.xyz, a Web3 personal media collecting and trading platform, forming communities around shared assets and people.

Sideman's career has been marked by innovative and ground-breaking endeavors in the digital space. Sideman founded the interactive media technology firm Oddcast, with the popular app "Elf Yourself" among its creations.

Sideman founded YouNow in 2011 to provide a live social platform for people to connect, interact, and express themselves. YouNow grew to be a global social network with more than 40 Million users and over 120 million user sessions per month. YouNow was a finalist for TechCrunch’s Fastest Rising Startup of 2015 Awards.

Sideman has successfully developed more than 30 online games, including the "Matrix Game" for Warner Brothers. Sideman also co-founded KSolo, the first online karaoke service, and TargetSpot, an audio ad network. Sideman completed his graduate degree at the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at NYU.

Sideman has been at the forefront of digital advertising, having produced the first-ever animated ads on AOL.

Sideman is a member of the Real-Time Academy of Short Form Arts & Sciences and was named one of 2015’s top 100 most influential and inspiring people in NYC tech by Business Insider. He holds an MPS degree from the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and an undergraduate degree from NYU Film School.