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Indian celebrities are often known for their restaurant deals or sports teams. Seldom do we get to know of investments made by them in new companies. Finally, some of these celebrities have taken interest in the burgeoning startup sector of the country.
Here's a list of a few leading Indian celebrities from Bollywood who have backed these innovative startups:
1. Shilpa Shetty Kundra and real-estate
Shilpa Shetty, along with her husband, entered a real-estate business called Group Home Buyers. It helps customers find the best deals on residential listings at a discounted rate. Though surprising, looks like her Shetty clan
2. Amitabh Bachchan and cloud services
Just like his selection of films, he surprised us with this one. After Justdial, legendary Mr. Amitabh Bachchan invested in a Singapore based startup called Ziddu which is a cloud service provider. It offers free file hosting for documents, pictures, video, and audio.
3. Saumya Tandon invests in Jungnoo
Remember Roop from Jab We Met? Saumya Tandon, who played Kareena Kapoor's sister in the film made investment in the auto-rickshaw aggregator Jugnoo. She stars in popular television series, Bhabhiji Ghar Par Hain.
4. Boman Irani investing in World's 1 st Sports Social fan engagement platform
Rooter connects sports fans and engages them during live sporting events. Boman Irani turned angel investor and invested in this world's first social fan engagement platform. The biggest USP and the key differentiator of the platform is the unique live match prediction game that engages fans during a live match and also connects them with fans in their vicinity through Live match Prediction game, pre-match quizzes and Live match chat forums.
5. Chetan Bhagat finds a 'photo-sharing app' interesting
Keeping in sync with his popular image, Chetan Bahgat's investment in a photo-sharing app has shown us his diversity every now and then. Recently he invested in Pulse, which is a new age photo sharing mobile app that has a combo of articles and user-generated content.