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Latham & Watkins Advises Lumi Story AI in Seed Funding
August 1, 2024
Emerging Companies & Growth team represented the Colin Kaepernick-founded AI storytelling platform in its seed funding round.
Lumi Story AI (Lumi), an artificial intelligence platform to help aspiring storytellers share their work founded by civil rights activist and former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, has announced it has raised US$4 million in venture capital funding. The seed round was led by Seven Seven Six, alongside Kapor Capital and Impellent Ventures, and notable angel investors like Mariam Naficy (founder of Minted), David Sze, Chamillionaire, and tech execs from Meta, Anthropic, ContextualAI, Sleeper, Pave, and more.
Latham & Watkins LLP represented Lumi in the transaction with an Emerging Companies & Growth team led by Bay Area partner Brian Patterson, with associates Kojo Hayward* and Lauren Lockett.
*Admitted to practice in Ontario only.