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Sonakshi is not the first or one of the few Bollywood divas to have jumped onto the entrepreneurial bandwagon. There are a host of other actresses who has embarked on being entrepreneurs and investors of budding start-ups, considering the smart individuals that they are. Beauty with brains, did you just say?
4 B-Town Actresses Who Have Become Entrepreneurs & Investors
1. Katrina Kaif Katrina is one of the leading investors of the much-celebrated beauty e-commerce platform, Nykaa. She has been an investor with this company since October 2020, about a year after having launched her own beauty brand, Kay Beauty, in collaboration with Nykaa.
2. Alia Bhatt Alia is yet another investor of Nykaa from the tinsel town since October 2020. That apart, she has invested in start-ups like StyleCracker, a Mumbai-based fashion tech company and Phool, which specialises in charcoal-free agarbatti. Alia has also invested in other renowned brands like UberEats and MakeMyTrip. If that’s not all, the ace actress owns Ed-A-Mamma, a playwear brand for children.
3. Deepika Padukone Deepika boasts of a diverse portfolio when it comes to investing in start-ups. Bellatrix Aerospace, a space tech company, Supertails.com, a digital pet care platform, BluSmart, an electric vehicles company – she has it all in her kitty. She has also invested in FrontRow, a learning edtech platform.
4. Anushka Sharma Anushka was the co-owner of the movie production house, Clean Slate Filmz, along with her brother. She had dorned the producer’s hat for her maiden film, NH10, under her production banner. Her production house got off to a great kickstart with this movie garnering rave reviews from critics and audiences alike.
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