MS Dhoni, Shraddha Kapoor Invest In EV Startups, Tendulkar In Spinny

MS Dhoni and Shraddha Kapoor are among the celebrities on Tracxn's list of notable investors in Indian startups who have participated in funding rounds involving electric-vehicle companies. Sachin Tendulkar, meanwhile, has participated in five disclosed funding rounds of used-car platform Spinny.

Tracxn’s data, covering disclosed funding rounds involving 10 celebrity investors between January 2021 and 2026 YTD, shows Dhoni with one EV investment and Kapoor with two. Tendulkar has six disclosed startup investment rounds in total, five of them in Spinny, an auto e-commerce and content company.

MS Dhoni’s Investment In EV Startup Motorai

Dhoni participated in an Angel funding round for EV company E Motorad on April 15, 2024. The round had a disclosed value of $154,000. The amount represents the total funding raised in the round and not Dhoni’s individual contribution, according to the report.

The E Motorad investment was one of Dhoni’s six disclosed startup funding rounds during the period. His other investments listed by Tracxn were in solar energy, drones, fitness and wellness, food tech and OTT video companies.

Shraddha Kapoor’s Two EV Investments In Chargeup

Shraddha Kapoor participated in two disclosed funding rounds of EV company Chargeup. The first was a $3 million Seed round on September 3, 2021, followed by a $7 million Seed round on February 7, 2022.

The two Chargeup transactions account for two of Kapoor’s five disclosed startup investment rounds in the period. Her other listed investments were in fashion technology, nutraceuticals and K-12 education technology.

Sachin Tendulkar Invested In Spinny Across Five Rounds

Tendulkar participated in five disclosed Spinny funding rounds between 2021 and 2025. These included a $250 million Series E round in November 2021, followed by Angel rounds in September 2022, September 2023 and November 2024, and a $581,000 Series F round in September 2025.

Tracxn classifies Spinny under Auto E-Commerce & Content, and it is the only unicorn among the 34 startups covered in the list. Tendulkar’s sixth disclosed investment was an $8 million Series A round in apparel company XYXX in June 2021.

The Tracxn list ranks celebrities by the number of disclosed funding rounds they participated in, rather than by the amount of capital personally invested. Funding amounts shown are the total disclosed value of each round.