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Lil Yachty Invests In Jewish Dating App With "Ridiculously High Standards"

Lox Club, a Jewish-centered dating app billing itself as an app for people with “ridiculously high standards,” has two new investors that are, perhaps, surprising. According to Variety, rapper Lil Yachty and former Dr. Phil breakout star Bhad Bhabie (real name: Danielle Bregoli) have teamed up with Scoop Investments to invest in the app. Scoop Investments is an investment fund run by Adam Kluger, who represents both Lil Yachty and Bhad Bhabie. Founded in late 2020 by Austin Kevitch, Alec Lorraine, and Will Neild, The Lox Club app says that though it’s centered around Jewish people, it’s not exclusively for Jewish people’s use. “Lox Club values authentic, well-rounded people with ambitious dreams and careers, who can make you both think and laugh, regardless of their Instagram following,” the company said in its announcement, according to Variety. “Lox Club is like a deli; it’s culturally Jewish, but you don’t have to be Jewish to enjoy it. The community is curated via an application...

Former NBA Star Baron Davis Joins Celeb Investor Group to Back LA-Based Cannabis Soda Company

A star-studded group of celebrity investors has come together to back Cann — a Los Angeles-based purveyor of cannabis-infused social tonics — according to the company’s latest announcement . Among those many celebrity investors is two-time NBA All-Star and entrepreneur, Baron Davis — who is also a well-known businessman and founder of several companies including Sports and Lifestyle in Culture , The Black Santa Company , BIG and No Label . As one of Cann’s latest investors, Davis joins the brand’s collective mission to “revolutionize the way consumers socialize by offering better-for-you alternatives to alcohol and other vice products,” according to a press release . “Cann sits at the intersection of two powerful trends we’ve been monitoring at goop for some time: the ‘sober curious’ and ‘cannabis curious’ movements,” Gwyneth Paltrow — actress and founder & CEO of goop — shared in a press statement . “There’s no reason why alcohol should be so much easier to purchase than Cann, and...

Njera Perkins

Oct 29, 2020