7 Most Successful Celebrity-Backed Startups


4. Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio is an American actor and film producer. He has been nominated for five Academy Awards and ten Golden Globe Awards. Leo is a leading $4 million funder in the photo sharing app and Israeli startup ‘Mobli’.

Mobli is an app that allows the users to share the moments and experience some different experience all through. Mobli offers apps for iPhone, Android, and Blackberry devices and is acquiring 10,000 new users a day.

5. Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell is an American comedian, impersonator, actor, and filmmaker. In April 2007, Ferrell launched "Funny or Die", a streaming video website where short comedy films are uploaded and voted on by users.

Will Ferrell’s production company, Gary Sanchez Productions started famous comedy website FunnyOrDie.com in 2006. FunnyOrDie.com is one of the most established comedy sites on the web with high-profile athletes, musicians and celebrities appearing in nearly all of their skits, and practically every video they post goes viral.

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