‘They even tried to…’: Beast Life co-founder Raj Gupta on Shark Tank India 4 expertise

Raj Gupta, co-founder of the protein model Beast Life, just lately stated in a podcast that ‘sharks’ had been extra inquisitive about Gaurav Taneja aka Flying Beast than the product itself. Through the pitch, Gaurav Taneja acquired pointed criticism from the judges, significantly Anupam Mittal, whose remarks branding Taneja a ‘horrible’ entrepreneur have gained appreciable consideration on-line.

Gupta elaborated that the judges seemed to be ‘making an attempt to fiddle’ throughout their presentation, creating pressure over uneven fairness distribution as an alternative of specializing in the strengths of their product.

“I may really feel the ‘sharks’ had been extra inquisitive about Gaurav than the product. I even stated a few instances that we should always speak in regards to the product, however the minute we tried to speak in regards to the enterprise, they would not allow us to. They even tried to get us to combat by mentioning unequal fairness,” he stated in a podcast. 

He expressed disappointment that constructive suggestions they acquired about their providing was omitted from the ultimate minimize. Gupta emphasised that Shark Tank India is marketed as an unscripted present, claiming there aren’t any retakes throughout pitches.

“Shark Tank India will not be scripted in any respect; every thing unfolded in real-time. Founders put together 2-3 days earlier than the shoot, however we didn’t follow a lot,” he defined. Regardless of this, Gupta felt that the modifying skewed the narrative away from their enterprise’s deserves.

Gaurav Taneja, sharing his grievances with the present’s producers, said that his section was altered to forged him in a destructive gentle.

“Gaurav, who was on the panel with choose Azhar Iqubal, additionally remarked that he gained nothing from his Shark Tank expertise,” highlighting his dissatisfaction with the whole course of.

Taneja and Gupta pitched their model in a earlier episode of Shark Tank. Throughout their pitch, they talked about they logged gross sales price ₹1 crore inside an hour of launching their web site.

They sought an funding of ₹1 crore in alternate of 1 per cent stake within the firm to scale the enterprise of simply digestible proteins.