Lee, Brian — BAM Ventures | Los Angeles Business Journal

Lee, Brian — BAM Ventures. Brian Lee

Managing Director

BAM Ventures

THE LATEST: BAM Ventures was one of the earliest outside investors in shopping and coupons platform Honey, which was bought by PayPal for $4 billion in November. This year, Lee launched three new companies, including Art of Sport, a high-performance skin care line for athletes that was founded by the late Kobe Bryant. The other two are on technology&s cutting edge: Seventh Spark, which is working on a mobile application for virtual churchgoing, and Aliza Technologies, which is developing software for the creation and animation of virtual humans.

BACKGROUND: Lee has started and led a number of businesses, including Honest Co. Inc., which he founded with Jessica Alba in 2012 to sell safe and responsible consumer goods. Lee co-founded BAM Ventures with Richard Jun in 2014. His other ventures include ShoeDazzle.com Inc., a fashion subscription service he started in 2008 with Kim Kardashian, and online legal services firm LegalZoom.com Inc., which he co-founded in 2001.

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