9大好萊塢明星跨界玩科技
艾什頓?庫奇 ????《好漢兩個半》(Two and a Half Men)男演員艾什頓?庫奇并不是第一個對科技感興趣的明星,但他有可能是多年來進軍硅谷業界最成功的明星之一。迄今為止,他已經通過一個名為A Grade的風險投資基金為超過25家初創企業提供了資金,其中包括旅行房屋租賃社區Airbnb、地理定位社交網站Foursquare、社交雜志應用Flipboard和私密社交網絡Path。尤其是在2009年,風險投資家馬克?安德森曾請求庫奇投資網絡電話Skype公司,大約兩年后,Skype以85億美元價格出售給了微軟公司(Microsoft)。 |
Ashton Kutcher ??? Though the Two and a Half Men actor isn't the first celebrity to express interest in tech, Kutcher may well be one of the most successful celebrities to hit Silicon Valley in years. To wit, he's invested in more than 25 startups like Airbnb, Foursquare, Flipboard, and Path, by way of a venture capital fund called A Grade. Most notably, Kutcher was asked by venture capitalist Marc Andreessen to invest in Skype back in 2009, nearly two years before the service was sold to Microsoft for $8.5 billion. |