Shark Tank India : Everything you need to know – Business Gossip

Shark Tank is an American television series related to business. It premiered in 2009. It is an American franchise of the Japanese show Dragons Den. In the show, entrepreneurs pitch their business presentations to investors who are known as Sharks in this show. These sharks decide whether to invest in the business or not. The Sharks often find mistakes or weaknesses in an entrepreneur’s business model or presentation. The sharks are paid as the cast for the show. But the money they are investing in the businesses is their own. The entrepreneur chooses the deal of the shark and makes a handshake to confirm the deal. If all the sharks are opt-out then the entrepreneur has to leave empty-handed. The show presents the drama of the pitch made by entrepreneurs and the interaction between the sharks and entrepreneurs.

Shark Tank Logo

The Shark Tank Logo is very simple and hazardous at the same time. In the logo, Shark Tank is written in Bold where the K of the Tank is bitten by the shark. Around the name, there are some sharks and it’s all shown in the sea.

The Shark Tank Cast

There are 13 seasons of the Shark Tank. The Shark Tank Cast represents the investors which means the Shark Tank sharks or the Shark Tank Judges of the show. All seasons included there are 33 sharks in the show out of which Robert Herjavec and Kevin O’Leary are the longstanding sharks on the show.

Shark Tank India

Shark Tank India is a business Television reality show that airs on Sony Television. Shark Tank India is a Franchise of Shark Tank America. The show is based on investing. In the show, entrepreneurs show their business presentations and ideas to the potential investors called sharks. These sharks decide whether to invest in their business or not. The show received more than 62000 entrepreneurs out of which 198 were selected to represent their ideas to the sharks. The host of the show is Ranvijay Singha who is well known for the show MTV Roadies.

The Shark Tank Cast | India

Shark Tank India

The cast of the Shark Tank represents the Sharks of the show who are investors. Seven casts are in the show which are –

Ashneer Grover – Founder and Managing Director of Bharat Pe.

Aman Gupta – Chief Marketing Officer and CEO of Boat.

Anupam Mittal – CEO and founder of Shadi.com and People Group.

Ghazal Alagh – Cheif Innovation Officer and Cofounder of Mamaearth.

Namita Thapar – Executive Director of Emcure Pharmaceuticals.

Peyush Bansal – CEO and Cofounder of Lenskart.

Vineeta Singh – CEO and Cofounder of Sugar Cosmetics.

Shark Tank Host | India

The host of Shark Tank India is Ranvijay Singha. He is an Indian television actor who is well known for his appearance in MTV Roadies where he won the show. Earlier he was the gang leader and now he hosts the show. He made his Bollywood debut in 2009 in the movie named Toss. He also acted in London Dreams, Action Replay and many more. He has also hosted MTV Splitsvilla since season 8.

How to register on Shark Tank India?

For registering on Shark Tank India you have to download the Sony Liv app because as you know it is premiered on Sony liv. Or you can also go on the Sony LIV website which is sonyliv.com.

1. If you are a new user you need to register on the app or the website and If you already have an account simply log in.
2. Inside the app or the website click on the Shark Tank banner.
3. Complete the registration form step by step. The form contains several pages make sure you read and fill the fields correctly.
4. Lastly, you have to upload a document of your business presentation.

Investments done by the Sharks

The number of investments done by the sharks is 117.

• Ashneer Grover invested Rs 5.383 Cr.
• Namita Thapar invested Rs 6.383 Cr.
• Anupam Mittal invested Rs 5.338 Cr.
• Vineeta invested Rs 3.042 Cr.
• Aman Gupta invested Rs 9.358 Cr.
• Peyush Bansal invested Rs 8.297 Cr.
• Ghazal Alagh invested Rs 1.2 Cr.

Frozen Momos

BluePine Industries

The idea Frozen Momos is by the brand Bluepine Industries. This industry provides authentic cuisines from family to family with the highest quality, natural and preservatives free. These momos are traditions of the Himalayas. The life of these frozen momos is more than 4 months. This Idea is of Aditi Madan as known as Momo Mami. She wants to have the soul-nourishing taste of the Himalayas. Her aim was to give the real taste of the Himalayas region. This taste couldn’t be found in the streets of Delhi. She asked for Rs 50 lakh with 5% of equity. She got Rs. 75 lakh with 16% of equity. The sharks invested in this are Ashneer, Aman and Vineeta.

In A Can – Can Cocktail

Can Cocktail

Can cocktail is a quick drink of mixture of flavours. It is a ready cocktail that don’t need time to make just open and enjoy the drink. The idea of In A Can came during the lockdown by Sameer Mirajkar and Viraj Sawant. They both have studied in Hotel Management. They have studied in London for their higher education. During lockdown they thought of can cocktails which are not popular in India. They wanted to make India’s first ready to serve cocktail. They tried different flavours and gave them to restaurants and cafe’s to taste and pass. They have five flavours of cocktail Gin & Tonic, Vodka Mule, Whiskey Collins, Tum Latte and Liit. The life of these cans is 9 months. They want to make “In A Can” a global brand. For their expansion and market awareness they asked for Rs 50 lakh with 2% of equity. All the sharks were interested in the idea so they all wanted to invest and they decided to give Rs 1 Crore with 10% of equity. Every shark invested Rs 20 crores with 2% of equity.

Hammer Lifestyle

Hammer Lifestyle

It is India’s first Athleisure brand for electronic gadgets. It is a D2C (Direct to Consumer) which doesn’t allow middlemen. They sell their products directly. It is a small startup with 14 SKUs (Stock Keeping Unit) out of which the top 3 SKUs are Hammer Bash which is Headphones, Hammer Watch and Wireless Charger. The company was started in 2019. The founder of Hammer Lifestyle is Rohit Nandwani. He pitched his idea including the electric toothbrush which is only used by a few per cent of people in India. He asked for Rs 30 lakh with % equity. Only 3 of the sharks were interested in investing in Hammer. Ashneer and Anupam gave an offer of Rs 1 crore with 25% equity whereas Aman the founder of Boat offered to sell his company in 1 crore with 75% of equity. He wanted the company Hammer to grow with him with the idea of electric toothbrushes. At last Rohit accepted the offer of Aman but with 40% of equity.