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*Shark Tank India*
Shark Tank India
Genre	Reality television
Based on	Shark Tank
Directed by	Nishant Nayak
Presented by	Rannvijay Singh; (season 1) ; Rahul Dua; (season 2–present)
Starring	see below
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	139
Production
Producer	Studio NEXT Sony Pictures Television
Production locations	Mumbai, Maharashtra
Camera setup	Multiple-camera
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Studio NEXT; Sony Pictures Television;
Original release
Network	Sony Entertainment Television; Sony LIV;
Release	December 20, 2021 –; March 31, 2024

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.

Season 1 aired on Sony LIV and Sony Entertainment Television from 20 December 2021 to 4 February 2022.

The Gateway to Shark Tank India episode (Season 1) aired on 11 February 2022.

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.^[1] Rahul Dua was the host of the season.^[2]

The Gateway To Shark Tank India episode (Season 2) aired on 13 March 2023 that featured guest shark (i.e. angel investor) Vikas D Nahar, Founder & CEO of Happilo.^[3]

Season 3 aired on Sony LIV and Sony Entertainment Television from 22 January 2024 to 31 March 2024.^[4] This season featured the addition of six distinguished sharks to the panel: Deepinder Goyal,^[5] Founder and CEO, Zomato; Azhar Iqubal,^[6] Co-founder & CEO, InShorts; Ritesh Agarwal,^[7] Founder & CEO, OYO Rooms; Radhika Gupta, MD & CEO, Edelweiss MF;^[8] Varun Dua, Founder, ACKO,^[9] and Ronnie Screwvala; Co-founder and Chairperson, UpGrad.^[10]

The Gateway to Shark Tank India episode (Season 3) aired on 30 March 2024 and Ecopreneur special episode aired on 31 March 2024.

Rahul Dua is the presenter of Shark Tank India since season 2, a role which was occupied by Rannvijay Singh in season 1.^[11]

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.^[12]^[13] 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. The host of the show was Rannvijay Singh^[14] for the first season and was replaced by comedian Rahul Dua for the second season and he has occupied the role ever since.^[15]

Series overview

Season	Episodes	Originally aired
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
1	36	December 20, 2021 (2021-12-20)	February 11, 2022 (2022-02-11)
2	51	January 2, 2023 (2023-01-02)	March 13, 2023 (2023-03-13)
3	52	January 22, 2024 (2024-01-22)	March 31, 2024 (2024-03-31)

Timeline of sharks

Sharks	Seasons			Total Investment				Number of Deals Made
Sharks	1	2	3	1	2	3	Total	1	2	3	Total
Aman Gupta	Main			₹9.358Cr	₹15.726Cr		₹25.084Cr	28	41		69
Amit Jain		Main			₹6.809Cr		₹6.809Cr		19		19
Anupam Mittal	Main			₹5.338Cr	₹9.148 Cr		₹14.486Cr	24	25		49
Ashneer Grover	Main			₹5.383Cr			₹ 5.383Cr	21			21
Azhar Iqubal			Main
Deepinder Goyal			Main
Ghazal Alagh	Main			₹1.2Cr			₹ 1.2 Cr	7			7
Namita Thapar	Main			₹6.383Cr	₹ 3.889Cr		₹10.272Cr	22	41		63
Peyush Bansal	Main			₹8.297Cr	₹13.907Cr		₹22.204Cr	27	39		66
Radhika Gupta			Main
Ritesh Agarwal			Main
Ronnie Screwvala			Main
Varun Dua			Main
Vineeta Singh	Main			₹3.042Cr	₹ 7.820 Cr		₹10.862Cr	15	25		40
(Updated as of Season 2)