Sourav Ganguly Invests In Startup

Ending all speculations after sending a cryptic tweet, BCCI President Sourav Ganguly joined hands with Noida-based edtech startup Classplus to promote thousands of educators and content creators.

Ganguly also spoke about his controversial face-off with coach Greg Chappell and why he called it quits

Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly has made his first startup investment in video aggregator Flickstree.The company has raised Rs. 3 crore from Venture Catalyst, Aditya Group (Kolkata) and Moksh sports apart from Ganguly. Ganguly will be promoting the company apart from being a key stakeholder. "To invest in startups is something new. Movies and cricket are popular across the country creating maximum controversy and entertainment for the audience and hopefully few years down the line we will see success in this venture, " he said.Several of Ganguly's former team mates have made investments in startups and also are promoting them. Sachin Tendulkar has backed IoT startup smartron, Yuvraj Singh has his fund YouWeCan Ventures Technology, through which he has invested in a half a dozen startups including wellness platform Vyomo, online education startup Edukart and marketplace for helicopters and airplanes JetsetGo. Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli have investments in ...