Justin Bieber News Update 2013: Singer Invests in 'Shots of Me,' a Social App for His Fans
Justin Bieber is the leading investor in Shots of Me, a new social app aimed at teens from RockLive band, a company with several popular social mobile games under its belt. According to CNN Fortune, Bieber allotted a total of $1.1 million to back the app.
Currently, not much is known about Shots of Me. RockLive Band CEO, John Shaidi only shared that the app will be launched on the Itunes Store later this week for iPhone and Ipad users. Along with the teen sensation, venture capitalist hervin Pishevar, boxer Floyd Mayweather and angel investor Tom McInerney are also the angel investors of the app.
According to CNET News, with 46.5 million Twitter followers, he is easily the most influential icon among teens. His new fragrance, "The Key" is a highly-awaited one, especially with a short film to be released as a promotion of the product. Hollywood Life announced on November 5 that Justin Bieber already released the movie poster for this project, driving wild his fans. What this means for the upcoming social app remains a mystery, but Shots of Me certainly has the opportunity to gain a following because of Bieber's support and money.
This is not the first time that Bieber invested in or supported apps. The singer also previously shown full support for the app Viddy, but Viddy did not become as successful as expected. It was also recently rebranded as Supernova. Bieber also put his money into a mobile recommendation app called Stamped. Again, it did not live up its hype. Eventually, it was sold to Yahoo! for less than $6 million.
Whether or not Shots of Me will suffer the same fate is still too early to tell. Shots of Me can surprise people with new innovative functions that other social networks do not have. Shaidi already claimed that the app will not have a gaming focus, despite Rockband Live's record of releasing popular social media games.
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