Blockchain technology firm Aave Companies rebranded to Avara and announced an acquisition of a Los Angeles-based web3 startup.  

Avara will now be the parent entity over Aave, Lens, the stablecoin GHO, Sonar and other brands, according to a company release. In addition to the name change, Avara also bought Los Feliz Engineering, the web3 software development startup behind the Ethereum crypto wallet Family and the developer library ConnectKit.

Benji Taylor, the founder of Family, will join Avara as the senior vice president of product and design. The entire Los Feliz engineering team will join Avara as well. 

"Our transformation to Avara and the integration of Family into our fold are not mere changes in name or structure," wrote Avara founder Stani Kulechov in a …