6 real-life tech startups funded by 'Silicon Valley' actors by Marie Turcan on Mar 15, 2018, 11:45 AM 
- At least three actors in the HBO TV series "Silicon Valley" have invested in six or more real-life tech startups.
- The actress Amanda Crew actively promotes of some of them.
In their day jobs, the actors in HBO's "Silicon Valley" pretend to be involved in the world of tech startups. But some of them have real-life involvement in tech investments too.
Actor Kumail Nanjiani recently said he was "very worried" about the ethics of some entrepreneurs last November. "Often we'll see tech that is scary. I don't mean weapons etc. I mean altering video, tech that violates privacy, stuff w obv ethical issues," he tweeted. Some of his colleagues have jumped over to the other side of the fence. Amanda Crew, Martin Starr and Thomas Middleditch have, together, invested in half a dozen startups, the Hollywood Reporter reported on March 7. "I think Silicon Valley, the environment is actually very similar to Hollywood," Amanda Crew said in an interview with Business News Network (BNN) in September 2017. There are "a lot of really interesting personalities, and then a lot of people where they are nothing one day, and then next day they are the biggest thing, and then two days later they're nothing again." She described how the HBO series, known for its cynical take on the real Silicon Valley, helped her better understand the tech world. "It only kind of came to me in season three that I was like, you have access to companies, you could invest if you wanted to." Scroll on for 6 startups in which the actors of "Silicon Valley" have invested. SEE ALSO: Apple's finances show it is going nowhere in video until it acquires Netflix (or something like it) Wright Electric - electric planes  "I’ve always been a big flight nerd, and I’ve got my pilot’s license," Thomas Middleditch said in an interview with Dinner Party Download on April 21, 2017. Wright Electric launched in 2016 in the hope of creating planes that make short trips only on battery power.
Beyond Meat - replacing meat with vegetable protein  Beyond Meat wants to be "the future of proteins." The US start-up founded in 2013 creates meat-like substitutes from vegetable protein, which are sold in Whole Foods supermarkets. Bill Gates and two co-founders of Twitter, Evan Williams and Biz Stone, have also invested, as reported by Business Insider in 2015. Middleditch invested in December.
Randian— in-video e-commerce  Amanda Crew invested in Randian in January 2017. It is an American startup co-founded by Randall Scerbo and Ian Truitner. The platform lets users view video content with an e-commerce interface. Users can click on items they see and receive product specs for an item of clothing, for instance. Then they can add the product to a shopping cart, all without leaving the video interface.
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