Childhood friends Paul Anton and Lyth Saeed continued to play basketball together while going to college in different states by using Snapchat. It looks like a TV screen behind the hoop and lets players remotely form teams and compete in challenges. "It's more than just the basketball hoop," Saeed, who serves as the company's COO, told Insider. Anton said Atar supported the technology right away and gave Huupe its first $1 million check. Check out 5 key slides from Huupe's most recent pitch deck, which has been updated since their $8 million seed round:

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Persons: Paul Anton, Lyth Saeed, Anton, Saeed, Shaquille O'Neal, Dyson Daniels, Thaddeus Young, Huupe, Jake Paul's, Audie Atar, Conor McGregor, Jozy Altidore, Atar, Young, That's Organizations: Huupe, Marvan Ventures, TRI Investments, Studios, Paradigm Sports Management, US Men's National, Ventures Locations: Miami