6. Lady Gaga

Backplane was founded back in early 2011 to create community sites for big influencers, starting with LittleMonsters.com fan network for Backplane adviser and investor Lady Gaga.

With 1 million users on Little Monsters, Backplane stepped out in February 2013 with an expansion to power sites for Guns N’ Roses, Conde Nast and more. Facebook’s Groups feature rose to 500 million users, but organizers had little flexibility to customize or monetize their memberships.

7. Justin Bieber

The Canadian singer, songwriter and actor, best known for his songs ‘Baby’ and ‘Never Say Never’ has also tried a hand in the business.

Justin Bieber backed a self-portrait photo sharing iOS app, ‘Shots of Me’. Bieber contributed $1.1 million in the 2^nd round of funding. This is his first publicly announced personal investment without the help of his manager Scooter Braun, who himself has invested in a few startups.

This app helps you to take selfies and share them to the app’s Instagram-style internal social network or to Twitter.

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