Ashton Kutcher, Not Just an Actor but Also a Great Venture Capital Investor
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Jul-20-2011
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At the age of 33, Mr. Kutcher has invested a huge amount of money, failed with his first attempt in the tech industry but his deep interest in the internet captured the attention of several Silicon Valley big-time venture capital investors.
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He used to be a model but was rose to fame in Hollywood by playing romantic comedy roles in movies and in sitcom. He starred in “Dude, Where’s My Car?”, “That 70’s Show”, “Just Married”, and “What Happened in Vegas”, and a lot more. He is also the producer and co-creator of the supernatural TV show “Room 401” and the reality TV show “Beauty and the Geek”. But did you know that the comedian actor, Ashton Kutcher, is the most prominent entertainment figure in the high technology venture capital game, and invested more than his money into it?
At the age of 33, Mr. Kutcher has invested a huge amount of money, failed with his first attempt in the tech industry but his deep interest in the internet captured the attention of several Silicon Valley big-time venture capital investors. One of these big-time venture capitalists was the founder of Netscape, Marc Andreessen. He lured Mr. Kutcher to invest in Skype, a software application that allows users to make voice and video calls and chats over the Internet. And just within 18 months, he earned three times his money when the company was sold to Microsoft for $8.5 billion last month.
People will always believe in anything that a celebrity would talk about. But Mr. Kutcher did not make his way to venture capital world with a crushing noise just because he is a celebrity, but his understanding of social media and his talent for marketing brands such as Levi’s, Gatorade, Intel, and Pepsi, is invaluable to a startup. However, good looks and a little charm do not hurt either.
Mr. Kutcher has become a smart early investor in some of the most notable internet startups such as Foursquare, the mobile social network; Path, a photo sharing application; and Flipboard, a news reading application for the iPad. Since then, he has built up a circle of fellow heavyweight investors. He remains discreet with the size of his investments which he has recently been making through a partnership called A-Grade, a partnership between the manager of Madonna, Guy Oseary, and supermarket magnate, Ron Burkle. People in the venture capital world estimated that his investments would range perhaps from $50,000 to $200,000, just like what other early-stage investors would be investing in. Foursquare may now be valued at up to $80 million, and one of its investors who stand up to gain most is Ashton Kutcher, an early angel investor in this company.
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Article Source :
http://www.articleseen.com/Article_Ashton Kutcher, Not Just an Actor but Also a Great Venture Capital Investor_67713.aspx
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Author Resource :
Rose Brazil writes articles for www.grow-connect.com, the great source of venture capital partners and angel investor.
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Keywords :
Venture capital, Venture capitalist, Angel investor,
Category :
Business
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Entrepreneurs
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