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Shark Tank India Season 1 Investment Data

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Startup

Investment

India

Deals

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About

Explores the investment activity and outcomes from the entire first season of Shark Tank India. The data covers the complete 36 episodes, detailing every deal pitched and finalised during the season that aired between December 2021 and February 2022. This resource is valuable for gaining insights into average deal sizes, the frequency of equity versus debt financing (loans), and how different investors participated across various industries.

Columns

The data file includes 32 columns relating to the pitching environment, the startup's request, the final deal offered, and the presence and participation of individual investors.
Key columns include:
  • episode_number: The television episode number (ranging from 1 to 36).
  • startup_number: A unique identification number for each startup pitch (1 to 121).
  • brand_name: The specific name of the brand or company making the pitch.
  • description: A short summary of the product or offering presented by the brand.
  • deal_offered: A boolean flag indicating if any offer was made by the Sharks (approximately 56% of pitches resulted in an offer).
  • startup_ask_amount_lakhs: The monetary amount requested by the startup in Lakhs (with a maximum request of 30,000 Lakhs).
  • startup_ask_percentage: The corresponding equity percentage the startup was willing to give up (ranging from 0.25% to 25%).
  • deal_amount_lakhs: The final investment amount offered, in Lakhs (up to 150 Lakhs).
  • deal_equity: The final equity percentage offered to the investors (up to 75%).
  • loan_element_present: A boolean flag noting the inclusion of a loan in the offered deal structure (a rare event, occurring in about 7% of cases).
  • sharks_offering: The total count of sharks involved in making a final offer (ranging from 0 to 5).
  • Individual columns for each shark (Aman, Anupam, Ashneer, Ghazal, Namita, Peyush, Vineeta) indicating both their presence in the episode and whether they individually invested (_present and _invested flags).

Distribution

The data is delivered in a CSV format, titled Shark_Tank_India_S1.csv, and has a file size of 13.22 kB. The structure consists of 32 columns and contains 121 valid records, representing 121 distinct startup pitches across the season. There are no missing or mismatched values reported across the primary tracking columns.

Usage

This data is excellent for quantitative analysis in several fields:
  • Financial modelling to determine success rates and typical valuation adjustments between asking and offering prices.
  • Studying the investment patterns and risk appetites of individual investors based on industry and pitch metrics.
  • Calculating summary statistics such as average funding amounts and average equity dilution per deal.
  • Analyzing the prevalence of debt financing versus pure equity deals in early-stage Indian startups.

Coverage

The dataset focuses exclusively on deals made during Season 1 of the Indian franchise of the reality TV show Shark Tank. The coverage period is temporal, tracking events that aired between December 2021 and February 2022. Geographically, the data pertains to startup deals pitched within the Indian market context. The data fully covers all 36 episodes of the season.

License

CC0: Public Domain

Who Can Use It

Intended users include data scientists, business analysts, students, and enthusiasts interested in startup culture and finance. Users ranging from Beginners to Advanced can utilise this data. Specific use cases involve tracking shark participation rates, identifying which investors were present most often, and comparing the requested valuation against the final offered valuation.

Dataset Name Suggestions

  • Shark Tank India Season 1 Investment Data
  • Indian Startup Reality TV Deals (S1)
  • Shark Tank India Pitch Outcomes 2021-2022

Attributes

Listing Stats

VIEWS

9

DOWNLOADS

3

LISTED

28/10/2025

REGION

GLOBAL

Universal Data Quality Score Logo UDQSQUALITY

5 / 5

VERSION

1.0

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