Delane Parnell founded PlayVS in 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Its investors include New Enterprise Associates, Samsung NEXT, Adidas, and the VC arm of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Science, CrossCut Ventures, Coatue Management and Cross Culture Ventures, as well as Dollar Shave ClubDollar Shave Club founder Michael Dubin, Pindrop Security co-founder Paul Judge and Anthony Saleh, the manager for rappers Future, and Nas.
Optera Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing engineered cell treatments for tumors and blood-related cancers that is headquartered in San DiegoSan Diego, California and was founded in 2018 as a joint venture between MD Anderson Cancer Center and Berkeley Lights.