On Shark Tank India Season 3, the Sharks witnessed an interesting pitch from Srijan Mehrotra. Asking an investment of Rs 25 lakhs for 10 percent equity, Srijan presented his brand Model Verse which provided AI-generated models for advertising purposes. While Anupam Mittal looked very impressed with the product, Amit Jain also engaged with the founder asking for in-depth details on the brand. Finally, Srijan secured a deal with Ritesh Agarwal, Anupam Mittal, and Amit Jain for his asking amount. To top that, Anupam and Ritesh also promised to be clients for Srijan. Aman Gupta and Namita Thapar opted out of the deal but told the founder they would be his clients.
Sharing his experience of Shark Tank India, Srijan spoke to Indianexpress.com sharing how he had to put in extra effort at convincing Amit Jain, he also said that other Sharks were quite friendly to him, in fact, Anupam even told him that he would visit Srijan’s home someday.
Srijan thanked the Shark Tank team for training him for three days in technical aspects and revealed what goes behind it. He said, “Right from day one, the experience has been great. The Shark Tank India team helps in grooming you, they point out where the pitch is weak and there is scope to work, and the tech team shows how to show the product so that it looks great. There is a three-day training where they even tell you where to emphasize, so the team was really helpful.”
When asked if he was intimidated by any Shark in particular, Srijan named Amit Jain and said, “I was nervous because you are surrounded by so many cameras for the first time, so many Sharks are sitting there asking you questions back to back. I tried to be as confident as I could. You have to be prepared for all kinds of questions, but I had to be careful with Amit’s questions about the product. I had prepared a little more for him. It was difficult to convince Amit. But Ritesh was my favorite. Ritesh’s promise to give GPU units was really helpful.”
On bagging a combined deal from three sharks – Amit, Ritesh, and Anupam, Srijan said it felt like his dream was coming true. He added, “I got overwhelmed.”
Talking about how his business has grown after featuring on Shark Tank India, Srijan added, “When the shooting had happened I never imagined the response would be so great, ever since the episode featured, people have been continuously messaging me, other businesses have been reaching out to me. I have not slept for more than 3 to 4 hours ever since the episode aired.”
When asked if the investors have gotten in touch with him and what the roadmap is like ahead, Srijan explained, “I am in touch with all three, the discussions with them have already begun, and things have started to roll. We are working on major product improvements, there has been an advancement in the technology, so that is being looked into. I am working on the suggestions.”
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Off-late Shark Tank India judges have been accused by several other founders of being mistreated, so when we asked Srijan if he faced any resistance while shooting, the founder said, “I never had a tough time. Amit even commented on my LinkedIn post after the episode and that made my reach 2X. Ritesh has also been very helpful. Anupam had also met me soon after the shoot and told me he would visit home someday. They all were very friendly to me.”
