Bollywood celebrities have time and again gone ahead to invest in varied businesses. They get to sharpen their business acumen through this.
Let’s have a look at 5 such celebrities whose investments in startups were absolutely brilliant.
1. Deepika Padukone
She is not just the topmost when it comes to being an actress; she even leads from the front when investing in startups, as she has so many of them. Firstly, she did an investment in Drums Food International, the parent company of flavoured Greek yoghurt brand Epigamia. Secondly, she invested in Bengaluru-based space tech startup Bellatrix Aerospace. Thirdly, her investment office, KA Enterprises led an angel round of investment in electric vehicle mobility startup BluSmart. Lastly, she invested in a seed round in the learning and community platform FrontRow.
2. Jacqueline Fernandez
The beauty queen is known for her love for fitness. Keeping in line with that, she invested in Mumbai-based start-up Rakyan Beverages, which sells juices under the brand Raw Pressery. It is the first company in India to acquire a unique HPP (high-pressure processing) technology, which increases shelf-life and maintains nutrition in natural products. It’s one of the highest-selling nutritional juices in today’s times.
3. Pragya Kapoor
Besides being a talented film producer, she is also an environmentalist. She invested in Brown Living with a vision to make everyone aware of the sustainable and plastic-free online marketplace. She envisions creating a bridge between the consumer and small businesses. She has been vocal about a plastic-free world, and for that, she picked up the perfect partner in Brown Living founder, Chaitisi Ahuja.
