Celebrities Who Are Pouring Cash Into Tech Startups
6. Kim Kardashian
Reality star Kim Kardashian, who is best known for the reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians, is the co-founder of the company ShoeDazzle.
The company makes personalized and handpicked collection of items to its members, items including shoes, handbags, and jewelry.
ShoeDazzle started with $40 million; currently the startup has 3 million users. The users receive a box of shoes, jewelry, or a bag; they can keep it for 30 days and if they don’t like it, they return it to Shoedazzle and get their money back.
7. Will.i.am.
William Adams is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and entrepreneur, also known by his stage name Will. i.am. is a part of the group Black eyed peas. According to Venturebeat, he has made early stage investments in Twitter and also in electric car maker Tesla.
He told in an interview that “I want to do incubation. I want to curate collaborations. I’ll code and bring in a designer, and we’ll create something that doesn’t exist. I want to bring new intellectual property to society and new consumer electronics platforms. Investing is cool, but I’m more of an operator,” reports Venturebeat
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