A PROJECT BY:

BHOMIK MATHUR B019

SHLOK PANDEY B012
BHAVESH SONAR B016
 A brief history

 Shark Tank is an American business reality television series that

premiered on August 9, 2009, on ABC.

  The show is the American franchise of the international format Dragons' Den,
which originated in Japan as Money Tigers in 2001.

  It shows entrepreneurs making business presentations to a panel of six investors

or "sharks," who decide whether to invest in their companies. The show is said to
portray "the drama of pitch meetings and the interaction between the entrepreneurs
and tycoons".

  A pitch of around 45 minutes by a contestant is edited down to "a segment roughly

11 minutes long". 
A brief history

 As of the 2018 season, 40,000+ companies apply each season ,158 get to pitch to sharks and 88 make it to air 

 That's

222 episodes
895 pitches
499 deals
$143.8m worth of invested capital, and
$1B in company valuations

 Some entrepreneurs have reported revenue increases of 10–20 times after the show's airing.

 It is the most watched program on Friday nights in the 18- to 49-year-old demographic

 Concept of the show

 Indian franchise of the American business reality television series Shark Tank

 Aired on Sony Entertainment Television

 It shows entrepreneurs making business presentations to a panel of investors who decide whether to invest in their company.

 The panel of potential investors, called "Sharks", listen to entrepreneurs pitch ideas for a business or product they wish
to develop.

  The sharks judge the business concepts and products pitched and then decide whether to invest their own money to
help market and mentor each contestant
Concept of the show

 The first season of Shark Tank India was a 35 episode series which aired from 20th December 2021
to 4th February 2022.

 The entrepreneurial pitch funding show garnered 0.5 TRPs on average and got mixed views from the audience.

 One set of audience liked the Indian Version of Shark Tank and praised Sony TV for bringing a different concept to
Indian television tubes.

 The other group of viewers who have watched the American version of Shark Tank found the Indian version too
dramatic
The Sharks

Aman Gupta

Ashneer Grover Vineeta Singh

Peyush Bansal Anupam Mittal

Namita Thapar Ghazal Alagh

Some popular contestants

Objective- to assist the

country’s farmers

Kamlesh Nanasaheb
Ghumare aka Jugadu pesticide trolley spray
Kamlesh Investment- Rs 10 lakh for
40 % equity (Peyush
Bansal) + no-interest loan
of Rs 20 lakh
Some popular contestants

Objective- to revive the

nostalgia of ice pops

Ravi Kabra and Anuja

Kabra Multi-flavoured ice pops
Investment- Rs 1 crore for
15% equity(all shark deal)
Some popular contestants

Objective- to make visually
impaired
people independent

Thinkerbell Labs
(Demonstrated by self learning braille device
Prathamesh Sinha) Investment- 1.05 crores for
3 % equity( Peyush Bansal,
Namita Thapar and
Anupam Mittal)
 Controversies

1. Ashneer’s fiery remarks

“Ye Sab Dogalapan Hai… Main Tera

Dogalapana Utaarta Hu Abhi”

“Bilkul Bakwaas Hai Yeh… Bannd Kardo

Isey”

“Yeh Toh Koi Dhandha Hai Hi Nahi”

“Life Barbaad Kar Rahe Ho Tum…” Ashneer’s fiery and to-the-point remarks
drew widespread criticism on social media
#UninstallBharatPe often trended on Twitter
 Controversies

2. Peyush’s CA comment
LensKart’s co-founder Peyush Bansal’s advice to one
entrepreneur: “Ek advice hai, CA se durr raho”

triggered social media trolling from CA and CA aspirants who

called for boycott of Lenskart products.

Later on, Peyush came up with an apology saying that his choice
of words may have been wrong but he never intended it.
 Controversies

3. Japanese scam
One participant, The Singh family demonstrated a special ‘scientific magic’
technique through which kids can recognize, watch, and even read despite a
tightly placed blindfold on their eyes. 

Even though the Sharks found the technique fascinating, none of them invested in
it for the sole reason that it will not be profitable in the future.

The family was seen promoting their brand called Head and Heart which was later
exposed as an active scam that started in Japan.

The 'memory optimization' technique was exposed as misleading by

a youtube channel named ‘Science is Dope’. 

Dr Narendra Nayak tried contacting the Shark Tank India team as but got no
response. The show was  called out for poor background research and an
unresponsive attitude towards the complaint.
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