In the first season of Shark Tank India, several start-ups raised one crore and therefore, people must know about them and their businesses

Shark Tank India’s first season has spun into one of the best reality shows in the country. For the uninitiated, in Shark Tank India, a start-up pitches its business idea to a panel of investors and if the investors like that idea, they invest money in the business. In return, the investors receive a percentage of the start-up’s equity. 

The show went on air in December 2021 and ended in February 2022. Within two months, several start-ups raised one crore and more from the investors. In the following paragraphs, we have listed those start-ups, their businesses, and the deals they cracked with the investors. 

SkippiIcepops from Hyderabad

Remember ice popsicles from our childhood days? That is what SkippiIcepops is all about. The husband-wife duo of Ravi Kabra and AnujaKabra runs the company from Hyderabad. The popsicle brand raised one crore in exchange for equity of 15 per cent. Not to forget, five investors such as Aman Gupta, Ashneer Grover, Vinita Singh, Namita Thapar and Anumpan Mittal joined them. 

Tinkerbell Labs, literacy device for blind individuals

A start-up from Bengaluru, Tinkerbell manufactures Braille literacy devices for visually impaired individuals. A self-learning device meant to make learning a fun and engaging activity, Tinkerbell raised one crore and in return, the start-up offered three per cent of its equity to investors Namita Thapar, Anupam Mittal, and Peyush Bansal (one per cent each).

Hammer Lifestyle, a direct rival of BoAt

Hammer Lifestyle founded by Rohit Nandwani reached the shooting set of Shark Tank India with a wide range of electronic gadgets, ranging from headphones to electronic toothbrushes. Hammer Lifestyle proved to be a direct rival of BoAT, whose co-founder and MD Aman Gupta is an investor in Shark Tank. Things escalated quickly as Gupta offered to buy Hammer Lifestyle. However, Rohit Nandwani did not sell his company and went home with one crore for 40 per cent of his company’s equity. 

Get-A-Whey, a healthy ice cream brand 

Get-A-Whey is run by Jimmy Shah and her two children, Jash Shah and Pashmi Shah Agarwal. As per the trio, Get-A-Whey’s ice creams are healthy because they do not contain sugar, have lesser calories and fat. The start-up demanded one crore for eight per cent of their equity but had to give up 15 per cent for the one crore.