Another pitcher slams sharks & shares terrible Shark Tank India experience: I had a blackout

Anumber of pitchers in the third season of Shark Tank India have come out on social media to slam the sharks after their not so good experience of the show.

The latest contestant to hit back at the sharks is House of Beauty founder Vibhuti Arora. After the show ended and she failed to secure a deal, the pitcher took to Instagram and slammed the sharks though admitted that her sales had skyrocketed.

On YouTuber Ayushman Pandita’s podcast, Vibhuti talked about her terrible experience in detail and said, “What was shown was still very nice, what actually happened was a lot worse. I could feel angst, Vineeta kept repeating the same thing 10 times, and she kept criticising my packaging, but they did not let me speak. I was there to get their help, as a bootstrapped entrepreneur.

If I had had everything sorted already, why would I go to them for help? It was very difficult for me to control myself from crying after one point. I just wanted to run away from Shark Tank. I didn’t want to cry on national television. Vineeta kept asking me what the differentiator in my products is.”

She added, “Initially, I thought I would manage to get funding from there. But later, I figured that I was not going to get anything out of this, I only had to keep defending myself. After the pitch, I had a blackout. I got anxious that time.”

However, she added that her sales have doubled up and stated, “In January, before the episode, we did Rs 45-48 lakh sales, today we are inching towards a Rs 1 crore sales. The impact has come in the product business. Namita was my dream shark, I wanted to work with her, Peyush Bansal, and Azhar Iqubal. Azhar is very humble and genuine, his approach can help a brand like us.”