| Shark Tank India | |
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| Genre | Reality television |
| Based on | Shark Tank |
| Directed by | Nishant Nayak |
| Presented by | Rannvijay Singh (season 1) Rahul Dua (seasons 2–3) Aashish Solanki (season 4) Sahiba Bali (season 4) Aaditya Kulshreshth (season 5) |
| Starring | see below |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 195 |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Camera setup | Multiple-camera |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
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| Release | 20 December 2021 – 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.
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 aired on Sony LIV and Sony Entertainment Television from 6 January 2025 [15] to 18 March 2025. [16] [17] This season featured the addition of three distinguished sharks to the panel: Kunal Bahl, co-founder of Snapdeal and Titan Capital [18] and Viraj Bahl, founder and CEO of Veeba, [19] and Chirag Nakrani, Founder and Managing Director of Rayzon Solar. Sahiba Bali and Aashish Solanki replaced Dua as the presenters of Shark Tank India Season 4. [20]
Season 5 aired on Sony LIV and Sony Entertainment Television from 5 January 2026. [21] [22] Shark Tank India Season 5 is hosted by Aditya Kulshreshth.
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. [23] [24] 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.
| Sharks | Seasons | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Anupam Mittal | Main | ||||
| Aman Gupta | Main | ||||
| Vineeta Singh | Main | ||||
| Namita Thapar | Main | ||||
| Peyush Bansal | Main | ||||
| Ashneer Grover | Main | ||||
| Ghazal Alagh | Main | ||||
| Amit Jain | Main | Main | |||
| Ritesh Agarwal | Main | ||||
| Azhar Iqubal | Main | ||||
| Varun Dua | Main | ||||
| Pavan Pai | Main | ||||
| Ronnie Screwvala | Guest | ||||
| Deepinder Goyal | Guest | ||||
| Kunal Bahl | Main | ||||
| Viraj Bahl | Main | ||||
| Chirag Nakrani | Guest | ||||
| Srikanth Bolla | Guest | ||||
| Mohit Yadav | Main | ||||
| Varun Alagh | Main | ||||
| Kanika Tekriwal | Main | ||||
| Shaily Mehrotra | Main | ||||
| Shrisharaj Bhat | Guest | ||||
| Pratham Mittal | Guest | ||||