List of Shark Tank India Judges: For the economic development and growth of India, entrepreneurship needs a boost. Keeping this in view, the Indian adaption of the American business reality show, Shark Tank India, has been launched. Shark Tank India is hosted by Ranvijay Singh in Hindi. The show has been produced by Studio NEXT, presented by upGrad, and is co-powered by Flipkart.
Shark Tank's first Indian edition was aired on 20 December 2021 on Sony Entertainment Television. The viewers can watch the Shark Tank India show from Monday to Friday at 9:00 p.m. and the repeat telecast at 11:30 p.m. from Monday to Friday.
The Shark Tank India episodes and Shark Tank India promos can also be watched online on the video streaming platform, MX Player.
The Pitchers (contestants) on Shark Tank India present their business model to the Sharks (investors). Check the list of Shark Tank India Judges, along with their profiles, net worth, and investments below.
List of Shark Tank India Judges
The Shark Tank India judges will mentor and invest in the business ideas of the budding entrepreneurs. The investors or the Sharks of Shark Tank India includes Ashneer Grover- Founder and Managing Director of BharatPe, Vineeta Singh- CEO and Co-Founder of SUGAR Cosmetics, Peyush Bansal- Founder and CEO of Lenskart.com, Namita Thapar- Executive Director of Emcure Pharmaceuticals, Anupam Mittal- Founder and CEO of Shaadi.com, Ghazal Alagh- Co-Founder of Mamaearth and Aman Gupta- Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer and boAt.
Check the profiles of the Shark Tank India Judges below.
1- Ashneer Grover: An IIT Delhi and IIM Ahmedabad alumnus, Ashneer Grover is the MD and Co-Founder of BharatPe, a payments app that allows UPI and card payments from any app for free. Ashneer Grover has invested in many Indian companies including OTO Capital, The Whole Truth, IndiaGold, and Front Row. His net worth is around $95 million.
Shark Tank India Investments: BluePine Industries, booz scooters, Tagz Foods, Skippi Pops, Raising Superstars, Beyond Snack, Motion Breeze, Bamboo India, Find Your Kicks India, Aas Vidyalaya, Otua, WeSTOCK, IN A CAN, Get A Whey, Hair Originals, and EventBeep.
Read more about Ashneer Grover here: Ashneer Grover Biography: Birth, Age, Family, Qualification, Net Worth, and More
2- Anupam Mittal: The Founder & CEO of People Group-- Shaadi.com, Makaan.com, Mauj Mobile, and People Pictures-- is among India’s most active angel investors. Anupam has invested in ElectricPe, CashBook, and Lysto. He is an alumnus of Boston College. His net worth is around $25 million.
Shark Tank India Investments: Heart up my Sleeves, COSIQ, Revamp Moto, Skippi Pops, Vivalyf Innovations- Easy Life, Meatyour, Cocofit, Bamboo India, Let's Try, Find Your Kicks India, IN A CAN, The Quirky Nari, Hair Originals, and LOKA.
Read more about Anupam Mittal here: Anupam Mittal Biography: Birth, Age, Family, Education, Career, Net Worth, Shark Tank India, and More
3- Aman Gupta: Co-Founder & CMO of boAt is an MBA graduate from Kellogg School of Management. He along with other investors invested $340,000 in the WickedGud Pre Seed round. His net worth is $ 95 million.
Shark Tank India Investments: BluePine Industries, Peeschute, Bummer, Revamp Moto, Skippi Pops, Raising Superstars, Beyond Snack, Altor, Nuutjob, Meatyour, EventBeep, ARRCOAT Surface Textures, Farda, LOKA, Hammer Lifestyle, Beyond Water, Cocofit, Let's Try, Find Your Kicks India, WeSTOCK, IN A CAN, Get A Whey, Namhya Foods, and The Renal Project.
Read more about Aman Gupta here: Aman Gupta Biography: Birth, Age, Family, Education, Career, Net Worth, Shark Tank India, and More
4- Vineeta Singh: Vineeta Singh is a TEDx Speaker and alumna of IIT Madras and IIM Ahmedabad. She is the CEO & Co-Founder of SUGAR Cosmetics which is India’s fastest growing beauty brand. The company has clocked in over 100 crores revenue in its 5th fiscal year, with a distribution network of 2500+ branded retail outlets in over 130 cities across India. Her net worth is around $8 million.
Shark Tank India Investments: BluePine Industries, booz scooters, Heart up my Sleeves, NOCD, COSIQ, Skippi Pops, and Ariro.
5- Namita Thapar: Namita Thapar is an Executive Director of a global pharma company headquartered in Pune-- Emcure Pharma. The company has a turnover of more than 4,000 crores. She is also the Founder and CEO of Incredible Ventures Ltd. and is on board of Finolex Cables and the Fuqua School of Business. Her net worth is 600 crores.
Shark Tank India Investments: Bummer, Skippi Pops, Menstrupedia, Altor, Nuutjob, Farda, Auli Lifestyle, Cocofit, Beyond Water, Find Your Kicks India, Aas Vidyalaya, WeSTOCK, IN A CAN, Get A Whey, The Quirky Nari, and The Renal Project.
6- Ghazal Alagh: Co-Founder & CIO of Mamaearth invested in Uvi Health in the pre-seed round. Her own startup received funding from Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and Sequoia Capital India. Her net worth is $20 million.
Shark Tank India Investments: No investments.
7- Peyush Bansal: The Founder & CEO of Lenskart.com which is the leading e-commerce portal for eyewear in India and has revolutionised the eyewear industry in the country with its omnichannel approach. The man behind Lenskart has recently invested in Feedo. His net worth is around $80 million.
Shark Tank India Investments: Vivalyf Innovations- Easy Life, Ariro, Nuutjob, Meatyour, EventBeep, PNT, Find Your Kicks India, Aas Vidyalaya, RoadBounce, WeSTOCK, The State Plate, IN A CAN, Sid 07 Designs, Hair Originals, and LOKA.
Below is the list of Seven Sharks of Shark Tank India
S. No. | Investor Name | Company and Position |
1 | MD and Co-Founder of BharatPe | |
2 | Founder & CEO of People Group | |
3 | Co-Founder & CMO of boAt | |
4 | Vineeta Singh | CEO & Co-Founder of SUGAR Cosmetics |
5 | Namita Thapar | Executive Director at Emcure Pharma |
6 | Ghazal Alagh | Co-Founder & CIO of Mamaearth |
7 | Peyush Bansal | Founder & CEO of Lenskart.com |
Shark Tank India Entrepreneurs – Offers
Shark Tank India provides budding entrepreneurs pan India with an opportunity to showcase their business models, impress the sharks and seal the deal on their investment right then and there.
A total of 62,000 aspirants pan India registered for the Shark Tank India show, of which only 198 businesses were selected to pitch their ideas to the “sharks” of Shark Tank India. Check the deals sealed by the Sharks of Shark Tank India below.
Episode | Brand & Founder(s) Name | Idea | Deal | Deal With |
1 | BluePine Industries (Aditi Madan) | Frozen Momos | Rs. 75 lakhs for 16% Equity | Ashneer Grover, Vineeta Singh, and Aman Gupta |
booz scooters (Rutvij Dasadia) | Renting e-bike for mobility in private spaces | Rs. 40 lakhs for 50% Equity | Ashneer Grover, and Vineeta Singh | |
Heart up my Sleeves (Riya Khattar) | Detachable Sleeve | Rs. 25 lakhs for 30% Equity | Anupam Mittal, and Vinneta Singh | |
2 | Tagz Foods (Anish, and Sagar) | Healthy Potato Chips | Rs. 70 lakhs for 2.75% Equity | Ashneer Grover |
Head To Heart (Singh Family) | Brain Development Course | No Deal | ||
Agro tourism (Pandurang Taware) | Tourism | No Deal | ||
3 | Qzense Labs (Rubal, and Srishti) | Food Freshness Detector | No Deal | |
Peeschute (Siddhant Tawarawala) | Disposable Urine Bag | Rs. 75 lakhs for 6% Equity | Aman Gupta | |
NOCD (Siddharth, and Vinay) | Energy Drink | Rs. 20 lakhs for 15% Equity and Rs. 30 lakhs Debt | Vineeta Singh | |
4 | COSIQ (Kanika Talwar) | Skincare Cosmetics | Rs. 50 lakhs for 25% Equity | Anupam Mittal, and Vineeta Singh |
JhaJi Achaar (Kalpana Jha) | Pickle | No Deal | ||
Bummer (Sulay Lavsi) | Underwear | Rs. 75 lakhs for 7.5% Equity | Namita Thapar, and Aman Gupta | |
5 | Revamp Moto (Jayesh Sahebrao Tope, Pritesh Prakash Mahajan, and Pushkaraj Narenddra Salunke) | E-Bike | Rs. 1 crore for 1.5% Equity | Anupam Mittal, and Aman Gupta |
Hungry Heads (Rahul Daga, Arpit Kabra, and Yash) | Restaurant serving 80 types of Maggi | No Deal | ||
Shrawani Engineers (Baldev Jumnani, and Jayshree Jumnani) | Belly Button Shaper | No Deal | ||
6 | Skippi Pops (Ravi Kabra, and Anuja Kabra) | Ice-Pops | Rs. 1 crore for 15% Equity | Ashneer Grover, Namita Thapar, Vineeta Singh, Aman Gupta, and Anupam Mittal |
Menstrupedia (Aditi Gupta, and Tuhin Paul) | Menstrual Awareness Comic | Rs. 50 lakhs for 20% Equity | Namita Thapar | |
Hecoll (Deepti Nathala) | Pollution Resistant Fabric | No Deal | ||
7 | Raising Superstars (Raghav Himatsingka, and Shraddha Himatsingka) | Child Development App | Rs. 1 crore for 4% Equity | Ashneer Grover, and Aman Gupta |
Torch-it (Raghav Himatsingka, and Shraddha Himatsingka) | Gadgets for visually impaired people | No Deal | ||
La Kheer Deli (Shivang Sood, Sonia Sood, and Shivika Sood) | Kheer in a variety of flavors | No Deal | ||
8 | Beyond Snack (Manash Madhu) | Kerala Banana Chips | Rs. 50 lakhs for 2.5% Equity | Ashneer Grover, and Aman Gupta |
Vivalyf Innovations- Easy Life (Duvvuru Varshita, and Vimal Kumar) | Prickless Diabetes Testing Machine | Rs. 56 lakhs for 33.33% Equity | Anupam Mittal, and Peyush Bansal | |
Motion Breeze (Kartikeya, Anantraj, and Shivrajsinh) | Smart Electric Motorcycle | Rs. 30 lakhs for 6% Equity | Ashneer Grover | |
9 | Altor (Shakil, Shamik Guha, Sayan Tapadar, and Anirban Datta Gupta) | Smart Helmets | Rs. 50 lakhs for 7% Equity | Namita Thapar, and Aman Gupta |
Ariro (Vasanth Tamilselvan, and Nisha Ramasamy) | Wooden Toys | Rs. 50 lakhs for 10% Equity | Aman Gupta, and Peyush Bansal | |
Kabira Hamdard (Manoj Murarka) | Healthy Oils | No Deal | ||
10 | Nuutjob (Ananya Maloo, and Anushree Maloo) | Male Intimate Hygiene | Rs. 25 lakhs for 20% Equity | Namita Thapar, Aman Gupta, and Peyush Bansal |
Meatyour (Saisharan Gandhi, and Arnav Gandhi) | Eggs | Rs. 30 lakhs for 20% Equity | Anupam Mittal, Aman Gupta, and Peyush Bansal | |
EventBeep (Rakhi Pal, Saurabh Mangrulkar, Venkatesh Prasad, Shubham Dange, and Harshith M) | Student Community App | Rs. 30 lakhs for 3% Equity | Ashneer Grover, Aman Gupta, and Peyush Bansal | |
11 | Gopal's 56 (Founded by Late Dinesh Chand Goyal; Chairperson- Gaurav Goyal) | Fiber Ice Cream | No Deal | |
ARRCOAT Surface Textures (Mohammad Ekbal, Saransh Anand, and Kranti Anand) | Wall Building | Rs. 50 lakhs for 15% Equity and Rs. 20 lakhs Debt | Anupam Mittal | |
Farda (Chahat Pahuja, and Sanskar Mishra) | Tailored Products | Rs. 30 lakhs for 20% Equity | Namita Thapar, and Aman Gupta | |
12 | Auli Lifestyle (Aishwarya Biswas) | Ayurvedic Products | Rs. 75 lakhs for 15% Equity | Namita Thapar |
SweeDesi (Suman Choudhary, and Vinod Kulhari) | Indian Sweets | No Deal | ||
LOKA (Krishnan Sunderarajan) | Metaverse App | Rs. 40 lakhs for 24% Equity | Anupam Mittal, Aman Gupta, and Peyush Bansal | |
13 | Annie (Aman, Dilip, Sanskriti, and Saif) | Braille Literary Device | Rs. 1.05 crore at 3% Equity | |
Carrageen (Surabhi Shah, and Chetan Shah) | Eco-friendly Boxes | 50 lakhs for 20% Equity | ||
The Yarn Bazaar (Pratik Gadia) | Yarn-Trading App | Rs. 1crore for 10% Equity | ||
14 | The Renal Project (Shashank Moddhia) | Home Dialysis Treatment | Rs. 1 crore at 6% Equity | Namita Thapar, and Aman Gupta |
Morriko Pure Foods (Shri Bipin Shah) | Healthy Food Snacks | No Deal | ||
Good Good Piggy Bank (Purva Aggarwal) | Digital Piggy Bank | No Deal | ||
15 | Hammer Lifestyle | Smart Audio Products | Rs. 1 crore for 40% equity
| Aman Gupta |
PNT | Robotics and Automation Solutions | Rs. 25 lakhs for 25% equity and Rs. 25 lakhs debt | Peyush Bansal | |
Cocofit | Coconut based beverage franchise | Rs. 5 for 5% equity
| Namita Thapar, Anupam Mittal, and Aman Gupta | |
16 | Bamboo India | Bamboo products | Rs. 50 lakhs at 3.5% Equity and Rs. 30 lakhs Debt | Ashneer Grover, Anupam Mittal |
Flying Furr | Dog Hygiene | No Deal | ||
Beyond Water | Liquid Water Enhancer | Rs. 75 lakhs for 15% Equity | Namita Thapar, Aman Gupta | |
Let's Try | Healthy Snacks | Rs. 45 lakhs for 12% Equity | Anupam Mittal, Aman Gupta | |
17 | Find Your Kicks India | Sneaker Resale | Rs. 50 lakhs for 25% equity | Ashneer Grover, Namita Thapar, Anupam Mittal, Aman Gupta, Peyush Bansal |
Aas Vidyalaya | EdTech App | Rs. 1.5 Crore for 15% Equity | Ashneer Grover, Namita Thapar, Peyush Bansal | |
Outbox | Premium Suprise-Planning | No Deal | ||
RoadBounce | Pothole Detection Software and Data | Rs. 80 lakhs for 20% Equity | Peyush Bansal | |
18 | Mommy's Kitchen | Thin Crust Pizza | No Deal | |
India Hemp and Co | Hemp Food Products | No Deal | ||
Otua | Electric Auto Vehicles | Rs. 1 lakh for 1% equity and Rs. 99 lakhs Debt | Ashneer Grover | |
Anthyesti | Funeral Services | No Deal | ||
19 | Ethik | Leather-free Shoes | No Deal | |
WeSTOCK | Livestock health monitoring AI | Rs. 60 lakhs for 10% equity | Ashneer Grover, Namita Thapar, Aman Gupta, Peyush Bansal | |
KetoIndia | Customised Keto Diets for various medical issues | No Deal | ||
Magic Lock | LPG Cylinder lock | No Deal | ||
20 | The State Plate | Delicacies | Rs. 40 lakhs for 3%equity and Rs. 25 Lakhs Debt | Peyush Bansal |
Bakarmax | Comics & Animation | No Deal | ||
IN A CAN | Can Cocktails | Rs. 1 Crore for 10 % equity | Ashneer Grover, Namita Thapar, Anupam Mittal, Aman Gupta, Peyush Bansal | |
21 | Get A Whey | Sugar-Free Icecream | Rs. 1 Crore for 15% equity | Ashneer Grover, Vineeta Singh, Aman Gupta |
Sid 07 Designs | Inventions | Rs. 25 lakhs for 75% equity & 22 lakhs Debt | Peyush Bansal | |
The Quirky Nari | Customised Apparels | Rs. 35 lakhs for 24% equity | Anupam Mittal, Vineeta Singh | |
22 | Hair Originals | Natural Hair Extensions | Rs. 60 lakhs for 4% equity | Ashneer Grover, Anupam Mittal, and Peyush Bansal |
Poo de Cologne | Toilet Spray with Essential Oils | No Deal | ||
Moonshine Meads | Meads | No Deal | ||
Falhari | Fresh Fruits | No Deal | ||
23 | Namhya Foods | Ayurvedic Enriched Food | Rs. 50 lakhs for | Aman Gupta |
Urban Monkey | Streetwear | No Deal | ||
Guardian Gears | Motorcycle Luggage | No Deal | ||
Modern Myth | Bags | No Deal | ||
24 | The Sass Bar | Gifts | Rs. 50 lakhs for 35% Equity | Ghazal Alagh and Anupam Mittal |
KG Agrotech | Agricultural Innovations | Rs. 10 lakhs for 40% Equity & Rs. 20 lakhs Debt | Peyush Bansal | |
Nuskha Kitchens | Homemade Foods | No Deal | ||
25 | PawsIndia | Dog Products | Rs. 50 lakhs for 15% Equity | Anupam Mittal |
Sunfox Technologies | Portable ECG Device | Rs. 1 crore for 6% Equity | Namita Thapar, Anupam Mittal, Vineeta Singh, Peyush Bansal, and Ghazal Alagh | |
Alpino | Roasted Peanuts Products | No Deal | ||
26 | Isak Fragrances | Perfumes | Rs. 5 lakhs for 50% Equity | Peyush Bansal |
Julaa Automation | Automatic Ceadle | No Deal | ||
Rare Planet | Handicrafts | Rs. 65 lakhs for 3% Equity | Namita Thapar | |
27 | Theka Coffee | Coffee Products | No Deal | |
Watt Technovations | Ventilated PPE Kits | Rs. 101 for 4% Equity | Namita Thapar, Anupam Mittal, Peyush Bansal, and Ghazal Alagh | |
Aliste Technologies | Automation Solutions | No Deal | ||
Insurance Samadhan | Insurance Solutions | Rs. 1 Crore for 4% Equity | Peyush Bansal | |
28 | Humpy A2 | Organic Milk Products | Rs. 1 Crore for 15% Equity | Vineeta Singh, Peyush Bansal, and Ghazal Alagh |
Kunafa World | Kunafa | No Deal | ||
Safe Solutions Ind. | Anti-suicidal Fan Rod | Rs. 50 lakhs for 30% Equity | Vineeta Singh, Peyush Bansal, and Ghazal Alagh |
The shark tank for Indian entrepreneurs is opportunity-rich as it will turn the next generation startups into large-scale businesses. Check Lesson of the Day by Shark Vineeta Singh below:
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