Kobe Bryant, the former US National Basketball Association league star, launches a US$100 million venture capital fund known as Bryant Stibel at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday.

本周一，前NBA超级巨星科比·布莱恩特在纽约证券交易所启动了一个1亿美元的风险投资基金，名字为布莱恩特·斯蒂贝尔。

Mr Bryant, the former captain of the Los Angeles Lakers, told the Wall Street Journal he felt he has a talent for identifying entrepreneurs.

洛杉矶湖人队前队长科比在接受《华尔街日报》采访时表示，他认为自己在辨别企业家方面很有天赋。

The "Bryant Stibel" fund will invest in tech, media and data companies. Mr Stibel is an entrepreneur and investor¹ who founded several companies including Web.com.

据悉，“布莱恩特·斯蒂贝尔”基金将会给科技、媒体和数据公司投资。斯蒂贝尔先生是一位企业家和投资者，他曾经成立了包括Web.com在内的几个公司。

Mr Bryant, 37, retired² from basketball earlier this year after a 20-year career.

今年上半年，在完成长达20年的职业生涯之后，37岁的科比最终选择了退役。

He has invested with Mr Stibel before, but this fund is the first formal partnership³ between them. The pair are financing the fund themselves.

科比之前也和斯蒂贝尔一起投资过，但是这次这笔风投资金是他们两人第一次正式合作。这笔基金是由两人自己出钱成立的。

Since 2013, they have invested in 15 companies together including sports website The Players Tribune, videogame designer Scopely, and legal-services company LegalZoom.

自从2013年以来，科比和斯蒂贝尔已经一起投资了15家公司，其中包括体育网站“玩家论坛”、电子游戏设计公司Scopely，以及法律服务公司LegalZoom。

Mr Bryant who was known for his strong work ethic⁴ in basketball said, similar skills are needed for sport and growing a business.

曾因在篮球领域良好的职业道德品质而闻名的科比表示，不管是体育运动还是经营一家公司，都需要相似的技能。

"It's the inner belief that a person has that he will endure no matter what the obstacle may be. It's that persistence⁵, the entrepreneur doing what he or she truly believes in and truly loves to do," he said.

科比说道：“这是一个人所拥有的内心信念--无论障碍是什么，他都能够克服。正是因为这种坚持，企业家们才能够做自己相信、自己喜欢的事情。”

The pair said the fund will last a few years and look to target companies where they feel they can add value through their business insight, and not through Mr Bryant's celebrity⁶.

科比和斯蒂贝尔表示，这笔基金将会持续运作几年，并且对那些他们觉得可以用自己的商业眼光来增加价值的公司投资，而不仅仅是依靠科比的名人效应。

Mr Stibel told the Wall Street Journal, "We don't want to be in the business of investing in companies so someone can use Kobe as an endorser⁷. That's not interesting. The point is to add real value".

斯蒂贝尔接受《华尔街日报》采访时表示：“我们不想在别人的公司里干商业投资的工作，因为那样的话科比就会被当做代言人。那样没什么意思。重要的是要增加真正的价值。”