Every one of us knows Abhinav Bindra, country’s very first Olympic gold medalist in shooting. He is in the news again for launching a venture fund named Shooting Star LLP, with the motive to invest in recent trend of startups. The fund is recorded to start with an initial investment of 130 crores with an equal partnership with Gaurav Marya’s Franchise India. Marya also informed “The fund will invest in areas like emerging sports academies, sports injury, rehab, tech, equipment and training, health apps, child development, holistic wellness, organic foods and dairy.”
Whilst the star of the deal, Bindra is obviously excited for this first extensive and broad business venture of his. He told the media that, “A startup is very much like an athlete’s life. There’s no guarantee for success. There are only challenges but that’s a life I’ve lived for the past 20 years.” It is said that cricketerYuvraj Singhs, YouWeCan Ventures Technology LLP which is a successful effort and line up for new and promising online entrepreneurships and start ups, motivated Bindra to go on for this out of the line business.
