Virat Kohli All Business List | Restaurant | One8

Virat Kohli, the former captain of Indian National Cricket Team, with 40 wins out of 68 tests record and one of the most handsome hunk of India, has multiple business investments all around the world.

This one of the most successful test captains has another record of Highest run scorer in T20 Internationals as well as IPL, and T20 World Cup history. This outstanding cricketer has one of the very famous Bollywood actresses, Anushka Sharma, as his better-half.

Virat Kohli is the sharpest player and a superbly smart businessman. Along with his cricket passion and profession, he handles multiple businesses and partnerships worldwide. He is the owner of many brands like WROGN and has invested in various new startups.

Which startups has Virat Kohli invested in?

Chisel Fitness

Virat kohli is very much into proper diets and is considered as the fittest athlete of the sports world. This 35 year old cricketer looks like a teenager just because of his health consciousness, and he inspires most of the young people to stay fit.

Virat Kohli has launched a Bengaluru-Based Fitness centers and Chain of gyms by the name ‘Chisel’ in May 2015, with an initial investment of 90 Crores. 

Goa FC

Virat Kohli’s first investment was in this business. He was only in his middle twenties when he invested in this business. Virat, other than cricket, is a big fan of Football and this can be seen in this investment as he has stepped in this related and uncharted field of football leagues.

He became a co-owner of the Indian Super League franchise, and this franchise has made 33 Crores(Approx.) in between 2018-2019 as per a Men’s fashion magazine.

Sport Convo

Sport Convo is Virat’s second business deal after Goa FC, which is london-based tech start-up. This deal's ownership is shared by Virat with Welshman Gareth Bale and Real Madrid Forward.

It is a platform for various sports lovers to share their opinion and talk about the choices of the games they admire. Sports admirers meet and discuss their likes in Sports.

Digit

Digit, founded by Vijay Kumar, Kamlesh Goyal and Philip Varghese is a Pune-Based insurance start-up company backed by Fairfax Group in Canada. The owner of this group is Prem Watsa, an Indo-Canadian and its headquarters are in Toronto.

Digit’s first funding round opened in January 2020 which infused $ 84 Million in the Startup. The second funding came a month later, in which, Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma (a real-life couple) invested almost 2.5 Crores of funds. Kohli holds shares worth 1.73 Crores and Sharma holds shares worth 43 Lakhs.

This couple has 0.25% shares of Digit and Cornerstone Sports LLP(Which represents Kohli)has invested 1 Crore in it. This similar company has invested in the funding round with more than INR 30 Crore.

Rage Coffee

In March, 2022, Virat Kohli invested in Rage Coffee. Kohli has been announced as the Brand Ambassador of this Delhi-based coffee brand as per his deal with them. The amount he has invested in this venture is still not disclosed.

According to an official statement from the company, as Kohli led the funding round for it, Rage Coffee is prepared to "expand production, develop creative new products, and add leading management skills."

Nueva

Nueva, a South-American Restaurant in New Delhi is undertaken by Virat Kohli. This choice of Virat made him enter the competitive hospitality industry in May, 2018. Kohli is noticed at times visiting this place with his better-half Anushka and his RCB team mates at the venue.

Blue Tribe

It is a startup that aims to manufacture plant-based meat products and offer dainties like Chicken Nuggets, Sausages, Frozen minced chicken & Momos.

Another improving investment in an expanding startup is added in the name Blue Tribe in the list of Virat’s businesses. 

Galactus Funware Technology Pvt. Ltd.

Virat has a 10-Year contract with this firm, and he was allotted a mandatory convertible debentures worth INR 34 lakhs(Approx.). After the completion of 10 years he would hold a 0.051 stake in the company with 1:1 conversion ratio. This shows his smartness as a long-term businessman.

Wrogn

A clothing and accessories brand, Wrogn, in which Virat owns a stake. It primarily offers a platform for Graphic Shirts, T-Shirts lightweight Denim Jackets and Cuffed CHinos and Jeans. Wrogn has become the brand sponsor of Royal Challengers Bangalore.

One8 x Puma

Virat’s Jersey number is 18, and his One8 brand’s name is based on that. Its most noteworthy collaboration is with Puma, which is a Sportswear brand having an entire section of clothing, footwear and accessories devoted to One8. 

One8 Commune

The One8 Comune is the master franchise of One8’s Restaurant Chain, another venture of Virat’s investment in Hospitality sectors along with Nueva. Virat has shared a little impression of his new venture to his YouTube fan base with a video where he was seen giving a tour to Manish Paul, an amazing host and actor of the Entertainment industry.

One8 Commune Restaurant is located in Mumbai’s Juhu area, this was previously owned by the late outstanding singer and actor of the bollywood industry Kishore Kumar by the name ‘Gouri Kunj’. 

Final Remarks

Virat Kohli, other than being an amazing Cricket Player, has invested funds in many startups and a wide range of sectors like, tour & travels, health, hospitality and insurance. This proves that he is a smart person to keep a backup to earning, by investing in various different categories after his retirement from Cricket world.