Shark Tank India

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Shark Tank India
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Genre Reality television
Based on Shark Tank
Directed byNishant Nayak
Presented by Rannvijay Singh
(season 1)
Rahul Dua
(season 2–3)
Ashish Solanki
(season 4-present)
Sahiba Bali
(season 4-present)
Starring see below
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes139
Production
ProducerStudio NEXT Sony Pictures Television
Production locations Mumbai, Maharashtra
Camera setup Multiple-camera
Running time60 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseDecember 20, 2021 (2021-12-20) –
present

Shark Tank India is an Indian Hindi-language business reality television series that airs on Sony LIV and 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.

Contents

Season 1 aired on Sony LIV and Sony Entertainment Television from 20 December 2021 to 4 February 2022. The gateway episode aired on 11 February 2022. Rannvijay Singh is the presenter of Shark Tank India for season 1. [1]

Season 2 aired on Sony LIV and Sony Entertainment Television from 2 January 2023 to 10 March 2023. The second season featured Amit Jain, CEO and co-founder of CarDekho group, InsuranceDekho.com as a new shark. [2] Rahul Dua was the host of the season. [3] The gateway episode aired on 13 March 2023 that featured guest shark (i.e. angel investor) Vikas D Nahar, Founder & CEO of Happilo. [4]

Season 3 aired on Sony LIV and Sony Entertainment Television from 22 January 2024 [5] to 31 March 2024. [6] This season featured the addition of six distinguished sharks to the panel: Deepinder Goyal, [7] Founder and CEO, Zomato; Azhar Iqubal, [8] Co-founder & CEO, InShorts; Ritesh Agarwal, [9] Founder & CEO, OYO Rooms; Radhika Gupta, MD & CEO, Edelweiss MF; [10] Varun Dua, Founder, ACKO, [11] and Ronnie Screwvala; Co-founder and Chairperson, UpGrad. [12] The gateway episode aired on 30 March 2024 and Ecopreneur special [13] episode aired on 31 March 2024. Rahul Dua is the presenter of Shark Tank India for season 2 and 3. [14]

Season 4 airing on Sony LIV since 6 January 2025. [15] This season featured the addition of two distinguished sharks to the panel: Kunal Bahl, CoFounder of Snapdeal and Titan Capital [16] and Viraj Bahl, Founder and CEO of Veeba. [17]
Sahiba Bali and Ashish Solanki replaced Dua as the presenters of Shark Tank India Season 4. [18]

Concept

The show features a panel of potential investors or angel investors, termed as "Sharks", who listen to entrepreneurs' pitch ideas for a business or product they wish to develop. [19] [20] These self-made multi-millionaires judge the business concepts and products pitched and then decide whether to invest their money to help market and mentor each contestant.

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
1 36December 20, 2021 (2021-12-20)February 11, 2022 (2022-02-11)
2 51January 2, 2023 (2023-01-02)March 13, 2023 (2023-03-13)
3 52January 22, 2024 (2024-01-22)March 31, 2024 (2024-03-31)
4 TBAJanuary 6, 2025 (2025-01-06)TBA

Timeline of sharks

SharksSeasons
1 2 3 4
Anupam Mittal Main
Aman Gupta Main
Vineeta Singh Main
Namita Thapar Main
Peyush Bansal Main
Ashneer GroverMain
Ghazal AlaghMain
Amit JainMain
Azhar Iqubal Main
Ritesh Agarwal Main
Varun DuaMain
Deepinder GoyalMain
Radhika GuptaMain
Ronnie Screwvala Main
Kunal Bahl Main
Viraj Bahl Main

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