Shark Tank India
Shark Tank India is an Indian Hindi language business reality television series that airs on Sony Entertainment Television. The show is the Indian franchise of the American show Shark Tank . It shows entrepreneurs making business presentations to a panel of investors or sharks, who decide whether to invest in their company.
The show features a panel of potential investors, termed as "Sharks", who listen to entrepreneurs' pitch ideas for a business or product they wish to develop.[3] [4] These self-made multi-millionaires judge the business concepts and products pitched and then decide whether to invest their own money to help market and mentor each contestant. The host of the show was Rannvijay Singha for the first season and was replaced by Comedian Rahul Dua for second season.
Judges in Shark Tank India
1. Aman Gupta
Aman Gupta, who is known to be the king ‘D to C’, owns a notable audio and wearables brand. The tech company was founded in 2015 manufactures headphones, earphones and several other travel gadgets. His reported net worth is Rs 700 crores (Rs 10500 crores according to GQ magazine).
After their MBA he worked in companies like KPMG where he was a Senior Management Consultant (2011 – 2012) and HARMAN International as Director (2012-2013).
Aman along with Sameer Ashok Mehta founded Imagine Marketing Services Private Limited in November 2013. It is the parent company of the brand boAt. Aman is the Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of the company. boAt is a millennial-centric brand that deals in consumer audio electronics and wearables such as headphones, headsets, smartwatches, speakers, and many more. It has gained so much popularity in a short span of time and now is counted among the top five wearable brands in India. The not-giving-up attitude of Aman Gupta and his learnings from failures has helped him to make a place in the market.
2. Anupam Mittal
Anupam Mittal is the Founder & CEO of People Group.
In 1997, Anupam Mittal founded Saadi.com (which was previously known as Sagaai.com), with a tonne of ups and downs. The company has made its presence in its field in a few years, more than 30 million are present on the platform.
He has also laid the foundation of Makaan.com, which helps the real estate holder and buyers in various ways.
Mauj Application is also brought by the Founder & CEO (Anupam Mittal) of People Group.
He has invested about ₹1 Crore in OLA Cabs, currently, he has a 2% share of OLA Cabs.
Anupam Mittal has also invested in a reality show which airs on Sony TV.
3. Vineeta Singh
Vineeta Singh an entrepreneur who is Founder and CEO of Sugar Cosmetic.
In 2012 she became the co-founding member of Fab Bag, recently she is serving as Chief Executive Officer of her own Sugar Cosmetics company.
4. Peyush Bansal
From quitting his job in America and abruptly coming to India and founding a leading eyewear brand, life of Peyush Bansal was a roller coaster ride. The Co-Founder and CEO of Lenskart is an IIM Bangalore degree holder and was working with tech giant Microsoft, but fate had different things for him and now he is one of the leading businessmen in India.
In 2010, Peyush Bansal along with Amit Chaudhary laid the foundation of Lenskart in Delhi NCR. The company started selling contact lenses online. Till the year 2011, the company also started its business in eyeglasses and sunglasses.
Lenskart’s success can be marked with the fact that it's now one of the reading brands in eyewear.
The company also got investment through Japanese multinational conglomerate SoftBank. Around $275 million were invested in the startup from its second ‘Vision Fund’. This was also Masayoshi Son-led group’s first investment in India from ‘Vision Fund- II’.
Today Lenskart the value of Lenskart is around $ 2.5 billion.
5. Namita Thapar
Namita Thapar is a well-acknowledged name, especially when we talk about progressive women in business in India. Namita Thapar is an inspiration and has been contributing to the health industry by being Executive Director – India Business, Emcure Pharmaceuticals.
Apart from working as an acknowledged businesswoman at the Indian Business of Emcure Pharmaceuticals and being a judge on Shark Tank India, Thapar is a part of the Regional Advisory Board for Fuqua School of Business India. She also runs a firm Incredible Ventures Limited that provides business education to aspirants of 11 to 18 years of age. She is an actively participating member of the Young Presidents Organization too. Additionally, she is known to be a trustee on the TiE Mumbai Board of Trustees which supports her motive of empowering budding startups and aspiring business professionals.