●SERENA WILLIAMS 16 UNICORNS BACKED●REESE WITHERSPOON $900M MEDIA EXIT●OPRAH WINFREY $43M WEIGHT WATCHERS●GWYNETH PALTROW $250M GOOP VALUATION●RIHANNA $1B SAVAGE X FENTY●JESSICA ALBA HONEST CO. · NASDAQ IPO●HALLE BERRY BACKS WOMEN'S HEALTH●BEYONCÉ LEMON PERFECT BACKER●JENNIFER LOPEZ HIMS & HERS BACKER●KIM KARDASHIAN SKKY PARTNERS PE FUND●SELENA GOMEZ GOPUFF STRATEGIC PARTNER●PRIYANKA CHOPRA BUMBLE EARLY BACKER●DEEPIKA PADUKONE KA ENTERPRISES INVESTOR●SHAKIRA ISIMA HAIRCARE FOUNDER●NATALIE PORTMAN ANGEL CITY CO-FOUNDER●KERRY WASHINGTON ANGEL INVESTOR●MINDY KALING ANGEL INVESTOR●EVA LONGORIA CASA DEL SOL CO-FOUNDER●CAMERON DIAZ AVALINE CO-FOUNDER●DREW BARRYMORE FLOWER BEAUTY FOUNDER●KATE HUDSON FABLETICS CO-FOUNDER●BLAKE LIVELY BETTY BUZZ FOUNDER●VENUS WILLIAMS ELEVEN FOUNDER●NAOMI OSAKA HANA KUMA CO-FOUNDER●MARIA SHARAPOVA PROLIFIC WELLNESS ANGEL●TYRA BANKS FIERCE CAPITAL FOUNDER●KARLIE KLOSS BEDFORD MEDIA FOUNDER●ISSA RAE TOPICALS & HILLTOP BACKER●KATY PERRY DE SOI CO-FOUNDER●KYLIE JENNER $1.2B KYLIE COSMETICS●BETHENNY FRANKEL SKINNYGIRL FOUNDER●MELINDA FRENCH GATES PIVOTAL VENTURES●CATHIE WOOD ARK INVEST CEO●MELLODY HOBSON ARIEL INVESTMENTS CO-CEO●KIRSTEN GREEN FORERUNNER VENTURES●SALLIE KRAWCHECK ELLEVEST CEO●MARY MEEKER BOND CAPITAL FOUNDER●ARLAN HAMILTON BACKSTAGE CAPITAL●BARBARA CORCORAN SHARK TANK INVESTOR●SHERYL SANDBERG EX-META COO●SARA BLAKELY FOUNDER OF SPANX●KATHY XU CAPITAL TODAY FOUNDER●JENNY LEE GRANITE ASIA PARTNER●SOLINA CHAU HORIZONS VENTURES●KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW BIOCON FOUNDER●FALGUNI NAYAR NYKAA FOUNDER●MARÍA ASUNCIÓN ARAMBURUZABALA TRESALIA CAPITAL●OLIVIA WILDE $500K–$2M CHEQUES●EMMA WATSON 2 DOCUMENTED DEALS●PARIS HILTON 20+ STARTUP BETS●THE FOSTER SISTERS BUMBLE AND MIRROR EARLY●GRACE BEVERLEY £6.2M IN TALA'S FIRST YEAR●AILEEN LEE COINED "UNICORN"●ANN MIURA-KO SEED INVESTOR IN LYFT●EMMA GREDE 8% OF SKIMS●NAMITA THAPAR 100+ COMPANIES BACKED●SERENA WILLIAMS 16 UNICORNS BACKED●REESE WITHERSPOON $900M MEDIA EXIT●OPRAH WINFREY $43M WEIGHT WATCHERS●GWYNETH PALTROW $250M GOOP VALUATION●RIHANNA $1B SAVAGE X FENTY●JESSICA ALBA HONEST CO. · NASDAQ IPO●HALLE BERRY BACKS WOMEN'S HEALTH●BEYONCÉ LEMON PERFECT BACKER●JENNIFER LOPEZ HIMS & HERS BACKER●KIM KARDASHIAN SKKY PARTNERS PE FUND●SELENA GOMEZ GOPUFF STRATEGIC PARTNER●PRIYANKA CHOPRA BUMBLE EARLY BACKER●DEEPIKA PADUKONE KA ENTERPRISES INVESTOR●SHAKIRA ISIMA HAIRCARE FOUNDER●NATALIE PORTMAN ANGEL CITY CO-FOUNDER●KERRY WASHINGTON ANGEL INVESTOR●MINDY KALING ANGEL INVESTOR●EVA LONGORIA CASA DEL SOL CO-FOUNDER●CAMERON DIAZ AVALINE CO-FOUNDER●DREW BARRYMORE FLOWER BEAUTY FOUNDER●KATE HUDSON FABLETICS CO-FOUNDER●BLAKE LIVELY BETTY BUZZ FOUNDER●VENUS WILLIAMS ELEVEN FOUNDER●NAOMI OSAKA HANA KUMA CO-FOUNDER●MARIA SHARAPOVA PROLIFIC WELLNESS ANGEL●TYRA BANKS FIERCE CAPITAL FOUNDER●KARLIE KLOSS BEDFORD MEDIA FOUNDER●ISSA RAE TOPICALS & HILLTOP BACKER●KATY PERRY DE SOI CO-FOUNDER●KYLIE JENNER $1.2B KYLIE COSMETICS●BETHENNY FRANKEL SKINNYGIRL FOUNDER●MELINDA FRENCH GATES PIVOTAL VENTURES●CATHIE WOOD ARK INVEST CEO●MELLODY HOBSON ARIEL INVESTMENTS CO-CEO●KIRSTEN GREEN FORERUNNER VENTURES●SALLIE KRAWCHECK ELLEVEST CEO●MARY MEEKER BOND CAPITAL FOUNDER●ARLAN HAMILTON BACKSTAGE CAPITAL●BARBARA CORCORAN SHARK TANK INVESTOR●SHERYL SANDBERG EX-META COO●SARA BLAKELY FOUNDER OF SPANX●KATHY XU CAPITAL TODAY FOUNDER●JENNY LEE GRANITE ASIA PARTNER●SOLINA CHAU HORIZONS VENTURES●KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW BIOCON FOUNDER●FALGUNI NAYAR NYKAA FOUNDER●MARÍA ASUNCIÓN ARAMBURUZABALA TRESALIA CAPITAL●OLIVIA WILDE $500K–$2M CHEQUES●EMMA WATSON 2 DOCUMENTED DEALS●PARIS HILTON 20+ STARTUP BETS●THE FOSTER SISTERS BUMBLE AND MIRROR EARLY●GRACE BEVERLEY £6.2M IN TALA'S FIRST YEAR●AILEEN LEE COINED "UNICORN"●ANN MIURA-KO SEED INVESTOR IN LYFT●EMMA GREDE 8% OF SKIMS●NAMITA THAPAR 100+ COMPANIES BACKED

Who backs it

Andela

Global marketplace that vets and places remote software engineers, originally built around African tech talent.

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The backers

Who invested in Andela

Serena Williams

One of the most active celebrity investors of her generation.

When: Series D (January 2019) and the SoftBank-led Series E (2021)
Why: Fits the fund's aim to expand access and opportunity by connecting overlooked global talent to work; she invested alongside Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and Generation Investment Management.
Status: Unicorn — $1.5B valuation at the 2021 Series E

Rest of World, 2021 ↗Forbes, 2024 ↗Full Serena Williams profile →

What the record doesn't say

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Frequently asked questions

Which celebrities have invested in Andela?

Serena Williams is the profiled backer of Andela on this site. Each entry links to the reporting it comes from. Other investors — funds, founders and angels who are not public figures — are not covered here.

How much did they invest in Andela?

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