Celebrities Who Invested In Startups

In recent times, many celebrities have developed a big interest in the entrepreneurial world. Many celebrities play it safe and invest their money on big successful companies like Microsoft and Amazon. However, there are few who put their faith and money on emerging companies. Here is a list of 4 such celebrities who  invested in startups.

Celebrities who have invested in startups

1) Snoop Dogg

Famous American rapper Snoop Dogg is also a venture capitalist who actively invests in startups. An avid marijuana user, Snoop Dogg became a capital venturist in 2015 when he invested in a California based weed startup company called Eaze. The startup claims to deliver medical marijuana to anyone’s doorstep under 10 minutes of placing the order. He has since founded and invested in many such startups including a website called MerryJane that focuses on news about marijuana.

2) Will Smith

This famous American actor and rapper has invested in a startup called BioBeats. The startup aims to beat mental  illness with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI.) The startup  uses wearable watches  identify a pattern of mental health illness among office employees. The actor  also recently announced  he would invest $ 10,000 on a startup that successfully pitched their business idea onstage to him at the TechCrunch Disrupt Event.

3) Amitabh Bachchan

The veteran actor  invested in many startups, most notably in JustDial an Indian company in which he owns a 10% stake and made a gain of 4600 percent. Amitabh Bachchan along with his son Abhishek Bachchan have also invested in a Singapore based startup called Ziddu. The father son duo invested a total of $ 250,000 in the Company.  Ziddu is a blockchain research startup which provides cloud storage to others.

4) Priyanka Chopra

Actress and Philanthropist Priyanka Chopra  has also turned into an investor. Priyanka invested in a US based dating app called Bumble. Launched in 2014 by Tinder cofounder Whitney Wolfe Herd, Bumble is a dating app that aims to make women feel safer while using  the app. Priyanka will also act as an advisor for the app as the Company is planning to expand to India. 

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