Today, Bollywood celebrities are not just brand ambassadors but are also active investors in startups. Apart from movies, these actors are raking in the moolah with smart investments.
Deepika Padukone
Company Name: Drums Food International Pvt. Ltd.
About Company: The company owns and operates a chain of ice cream parlors that offer various ice cream flavors, shakes, and floats
Founder: Rohan Mirchandani, Uday Thakker, Ganesh Krishnamoorthy, and Rahul Jain
CEO: Mr. Rohan Raju Mirchandani
Headquarter: Mumbai
Launched Year: 2015
Amount Invested: Undisclosed
Website Link: Drums Food International
Arjun Kapoor
Company Name: Foodcloud.in
About Company: Order Food Online with FoodCloud. Only HomeMade Food by Chefs, Mothers, Cooking experts. Free Home Delivery in Delhi NCR, Kolkata.
Founder: Vedant Kanoi along with co-founder Sanjhi Rajgarhia
CEO: Vedant Kanoi
Headquarter: Delhi
Founded Year: 2014
Amount Invested: Undisclosed
Website Link: www.foodcloud.in
Suniel Shetty
Company Name: SQUATS
About Company: Health and Wellness
Founder: Jitendra Chouksey
CEO: Jitendra Chouksey
Headquarter: Pune
Founded Year: 2016
Amount Invested: Undisclosed
Website Link: www.squats.in
Malaika Arora
Company Name: SARVA
About Company: Health, Wellness and Fitness - Yoga studios
Founder: Sarvesh Shashi
Headquarter: Mumbai
Founded Year: 2016
Amount Invested: $6-8 million
Website Link: www.sarva.com
Priyanka Chopra
Company Name: Bumble
About Company: Bumble is a location-based social and dating application that facilitates communication between interested users. In heterosexual matches, only female users can make the first contact with matched male users, while in same-sex matches either person can send a message first.
Founder: Whitney Wolfe Herd
Headquarter: Mumbai
Founded Year: 2011
Designation: Brand Ambassador & Adviser to the female-centric app
Amount Invested: Undisclosed
Website Link: www.bumble.com
John Abraham
Company Name: Guardian Healthcare Services Pvt. Ltd.
About Company: Guardian Healthcare is a chain of health, wellness, and beauty stores.
Founder: Jose De la Rosa
CEO: Jose De la Rosa
Headquarter: Mumbai
Launched Year: 2016
Amount Invested: Undisclosed
Website Link: www.guardianhealthcare.com
Shilpa Shetty Kundra
Company Name: Honasa Consumer Pvt. Ltd
About Company: Babycare Products Stores.
Founder: Varun and Ghazal Alagh
CEO: Varun
Headquarter: Gurugram
Launched Year: 2016
Amount Invested:10-15 crore
Share Percentage: 50%
Website Link: www.mamaearth.in
Rannvijay Singh Singha
Company Name: What’s Up Life & IStyleYou
About Company: Online lifestyle media platform.
Founder: Gaurav H Luthra
CEO: Gaurav H Luthra
Headquarter: Gurugram
Launched Year: 2014
Amount Invested: Undisclosed
Role: Brand Ambassador and In Nov 2018, Rannvijay picked up 10 percent stake in sports management company IT Magia Solutions for Rs 1 crore.
Website Link: www.whatsuplife.in
Jacqueline Fernandez
Company Name: Rakyan Beverages Pvt. Ltd.
About Company: Raw Pressery makes fresh cold pressed juices and almond milks, delivered straight to your doorstep.
Headquarter: Mumbai
Launched Year: 2013
Amount Invested: 3.5 Crore
Website Link: www.rawpressery.com
Aamir Khan
Company Name: Furlenco
About Company: Home & Furniture, Online retailing
Founder & CEO: Ajith Mohan Karimpana
Headquarter: Bangalore, India
Launched Year: 2012
Amount Invested: $300K
Website Link: www.furlenco.com
Alia Bhatt
Company Name: StyleCracker Pvt. Ltd.
About Company: The StyleCracker box is a box full of fashion curated by celebrity stylists
Founder & CEO: Dhimaan Shah
Headquarter: Mumbai
Launched Year: 2005
Amount Invested: Undisclosed
Website Link: www.stylecracker.com
Karishma Kapoor
Company Name: babyoye Pvt. Ltd.
About Company: Kids Clothing and Accessories Portal
Founder & CEO: Sanjay Nadkarni
Headquarter: Mumbai
Launched Year: 2013
Amount Invested: Undisclosed
Website Link: www.babyoye.com Now: www.firstcry.com
Salman Khan
Company Name: Yatra Online Pvt Ltd
About Company: Online Travel Agency and a Travel Search Engine
Founder & CEO: Dhruv Shringi
Headquarter: Gurgaon, India
Launched Year: 2006
Amount Invested: Undisclosed
Website Link: www.yatra.com
Amitabh Bachchan
Company Name: Ziddu
About Company: Guardian Healthcare is a chain of health, wellness, and beauty stores.
CEO: Meenavalli Venkat
Headquarter: Singapore
Launched Year: 2016
Amount Invested: $250,000 (17570125.00 Inr)
Website Link: www.ziddu.com
Madhuri Dixit
Company Name: GOQii Pvt. Ltd.
About Company: Fitness Tracker - GOQii is your. Smart Preventive Health Plan. GOQii connects, tracks and takes care of your entire family's health through a smart preventive eco-system
Founder & CEO: Vishal Gondal
Headquarter: Mumbai
Launched Year: 2014
Amount Invested: Undisclosed
Website Link: www.gogii.com
Hrithik Roshan
Company Name: Cure.fit Pvt. Ltd.
About Company: Workouts fun, daily food healthy & tasty, mental fitness easy with yoga & meditation, and medical & lifestyle care hassle-free
Founder & CEO: Mukesh Bansal
Headquarter: Mumbai
Launched Year: 2016
Amount Invested: Undisclosed
Website Link: www.cure.fit
Previously, director, actor, and singer Farhan Akhtar invested in a film-discovery app, Flickbay; and Gangs of Wasseypur star Manoj Bajpayee had backed Muvizz, an OTT and video-on-demand startup.