YouWeCan

YouWeCan is a foundation established by Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh with his mother Shabnam Singh meant to fight Cancer by spreading awareness about the fatal disease. Yuvraj Singh himself was diagnosed with Cancer and defeated the disease after a long treatment in the United States of America.[1] In September 2012 YouWeCan' app initially for the Windows Phone was launched by Microsoft. When a user buys the app, he contributes one part of the price ₹565 (US$7.90) as a donation to the foundation.YWC recently collaborated with Dr Rohan Khandelwal (breast surgeon) to spread awareness about Breast cancer.[2] In September 2012, a Television show Zindagi Abhi Baaki Hai, inspired by Yuvraj's story of fighting cancer has been announced which will be made in a collaboration between Colors and YouWeCan.[3]

In April 2015 Yuvraj Singh announced the intention to invest INR 40-50 crores in online startups, expanding the YouWeCan proposition by setting up YouWeCan Ventures in order to do so.[4] Initial investments have been made in Vyomo,[5] Moovo,[6] Healthians,[7] EduKart,[8] JetSetGo[9] and most recently Cartisan.[10]

References
  1. "Yuvraj Singh's 'YouWeCan' to fight Cancer in India". Cricket Country. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  2. "Join Yuvi's fight against Cancer with the 'YouWeCan' App on Windows Phone". msn.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  3. "Yuvi's story now on telly". Deccan Herald. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  4. "Yuvraj Singh starts new innings as businessman with YouWeCan Ventures". The Economic Times. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  5. "Yuvraj Singh's YouWeCan Ventures invests undisclosed amount in Vyomo". The Economic Times of India. 20 April 2015.
  6. "Logistics platform Moovo raises funding from Yuvraj Singh's YouWeCan Ventures and others". The Economic Times of India. 17 June 2015.
  7. "Healthians.com raises funding from Yuvraj Singh's YouWeCan Ventures". The Economic Times of India. 23 June 2015.
  8. "YouWeCan Ventures and United Finsec lead Rs 6.4 cr investment round in education services marketplace EduKart". The Economic Times of India. 23 June 2015.
  9. "Taking to the skies: YouWeCan Ventures invests in JetSetGo". The Economic Times of India. 23 June 2015.
  10. "Cartisan gets funds worth around Rs 3 crore to ride into new markets". The Economic Times of India. 31 July 2015.

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