Bollywood Investing In Startups

Bollywood has always been our inspiration in different ways for different people. So, here is something for you that very few people know. In addition to this, India owns the third- largest startup ecosystem in the world. Importantly, startups need support from celebrities to ordinary people. Moreover, many famous celebrities from bollywood have turned into startup investors. Here is the list of Bollywood actors who are Investing In Startups and helping them to grow fast.

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Freshly, Kareena Kapoor Khan announces, that she is supporting a Ahmedabad-based small business, ‘myBageecha.’

Akshay Kumar

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar sticks with his health and wellness interests. In fact, he invested in Mumbai-based wearable tech startup, GOQii. Founded in 2014 by Vishal Gondal. However, GOQii is official and partner of Fit India. GOQii is a special combination of Health Coaching with a Smart Fitness Tracker. And powered by an Integrated Mobile APP. Before Akshay Kumar starts investing in the startup, in 2014, Madhuri Dixit Nene along with her husband invested in GOQii

 

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Former Miss World, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan turned as an investor in an investment with her mother, Vrinda KR. Furthermore, they both invested INR 50 Lakh each in Bengaluru-based environmental intelligence startup Ambee. Importantly, Akshay Joshi , Jaideep Singh and Madhusudan Anand founded Ambee in 2017. Ambee provides data about poor local air quality. Additionally, which is available to developers, consumers, health researchers and media companies.

 

Deepika Padukone

Deepika Padukone, a bollywood superstar being a proud investor of Bellatrix Aerospace, a Bangalore based 2015 Startup. Moreover, which won National Startup Award on 30th Nov. 2020. In fact, she congratulates the startup on her Instagram handle. Not only this, but Deepika made her debut in startup investment in 2019. By making an investment in Drums Food International. Moreover, the parent company of flavoured greek yoghurt brand Epigamia.

 

Suniel Shetty

Suniel Shetty made a secret investment in a healthcare and fitness startup. SQUATS in May. Additionally, the Pune-based company is addressing the challenges in the fitness industry and has over 5 lakh members.

 

Shilpa Shetty Kundra

The yoga expert of the B-town made an investment worth $1.6 cr in a baby care products startup. Interestingly, Mammaearth, which is backed by Honsa Consumer Pvt. Ltd., has more than 500 stores around the country. And, the brand’s product lineup is also available on various e-commerce platforms. The site is also well-known for its affordable price and good discounts on its products.

 

Hrithik Roshan

Curefit’s business model includes working out comfortably at different places with flexible plans. Furthermore, Hrithik Roshan invested around $878,200 into this company. Became the brand ambassador as well. However, this company was founded by Flipkart executives Mukesh Bansal and Ankit Nagori in 2016. Hence, four categories namely gyms, yoga, food and primary care.

 

Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra is also a part of the investment sector as she has backed US start-up, Bumble.  Interestingly, which came to India in 2018. This company is not just funded by her, but she is also the brand ambassador. Founded in 2011 in the US by Whitney Wolfe Herd. And, the app has more than 22 million users. Besides this, Chopra said that she is honored to join the two companies. Further, that are striving to expand gender diversity in the tech space. And make a social impact for the greater good of society. Hence, after her investment, Bumble launched its operations in India.

 

Kajal Agarwal

Film actress Kajal Aggarwal has turned investor in Mumbai-based online gaming platform. That is Okie Gaming by Jitin Masand. Besides this, Aggarwal has picked up 15% stake in the company. Also will be joining Okie Gaming as a board member. The company will use the funds to increase the number of games on the platform. As it aims to record Rs 50 crore revenue by the end of the year.

 

Ayushmann Khurana

With an investment in Gurugram-based male grooming startup The Man Company (TMC). In fact, Ayushmann Khurrana, who is well-known for his different characters on the screen. He started his enterprising journey in 2019. Importantly, founded in 2015 by Bhisham Bhateja, Hitesh Dhingra, Rohit Chawla and Parvesh Bareja. However, TMC has gained popularity. Because it offers a complete head-to-toe range of men’s grooming products. Hence, it includes bath and body management, shaving and perfumes. This is the reason TMC and Ayushmann is in this list of Bollywood investing in startups.

 

Rana Daggubati

Bollywood actor Rana Daggubati, famous for playing the role of villain in multilingual epic Bahubali series. Also, made buzz in the startup ecosystem by launching an accelerator platform Urban-i. Moreover, launched in partnership with Anthill Ventures. Interestingly, Urban-i is a market access programme focused on increasing the business growth of consumer brand startups in India. However, Rana Daggubati, said that the platform will help startups in finding the right marketing approach for the selected startups.

 

Addition ; Here are also some more actors from bollywood, investing in startups –

1. Rannvijay Singh: The ‘Action Replay’ actor and reality TV star invested Rs 75 lakh in Liftiee. The startup is a car and bike pooling app.
2. Saumya Tandon: The ‘Jab We Met’ actress invested in Jugnoo, an app similar to Ola and Uber. Further, it is exclusively to find auto rides.
3. Boman Irani: The ‘3 idiots’ actor invested in Rooter. Specifically, a social media platform that brings sports fans together whenever a sporting event is on.
4. Farhan Akhtar: Director, actor, and singer Akhtar invested in Flickbay, a film-discovery app.
5. Karisma Kapoor: The ‘Dil Toh Pagal Hai’ actress invested in BabyOye. Importantly, an e-tailer for baby products owned by Nest Childcare Services Pvt Ltd. She owns 26 percent stake in the business.

 

Again, startups in India are great pillars of research. Now, celebrities too want a piece of this action. Indeed, big names in Bollywood are not only witnessing the products created by startups. But also are investing in them. Actor Kunal Kapoor have also started companies. So, here are Bollywood stars who investing in startups. This article gives you the information about which bollywood star is playing a great role as an investor.