Ashneer Grover
Co-founder and Managing Director, BharatPe
Ashneer Grover is an IIT Delhi and IIM Ahmedabad graduate who worked in investment banking at Kotak and American Express, served as CFO of Grofers, and then co-founded the fintech company BharatPe, where he was Managing Director when Season 1 aired. He resigned from BharatPe's board and left the managing director role in February 2022 amid a public dispute with the company and an investigation it launched into alleged financial irregularities. He has since co-founded the startup Third Unicorn and published the book Doglapan (Penguin, June 2024).
- BharatPe · Co-founder; Managing Director until February 2022
- Third Unicorn · Co-founder (set up after leaving BharatPe)
Seasons: Shark Tank India Season 1
On the panel
34
Published pitches
Documented offers
11
Pitches with a recorded offer. Rejected offers are often not recorded.
Deals on air
8
Offer accepted on television
Reported closed
1
Per published reports
Committed on air
₹4.85 Cr
Equity cash in accepted offers, whole deal (shared deals are not split)
Deals accepted on air
| Company | Episode | Accepted terms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| BluePine Foods | S1 E1 | ₹75 L for 16% | DealClosing not reported |
| Raising Superstars | S1 E7 | ₹1 Cr for 4% | DealClosing not reported |
| Beyond Snack | S1 E8 | ₹50 L for 2.5% | DealReported closed |
| Motion Breeze | S1 E8 | ₹30 L for 6% | DealClosing not reported |
| Bamboo India | S1 E16 | ₹50 L for 3.5% + ₹30 L debt | DealClosing not reported |
| Proxgy | S1 E33 | ₹1 Cr for 10% | DealClosing not reported |
| Nomad Food Project | S1 E34 | ₹40 L for 20% | DealClosing not reported |
| Jain Shikanji | S1 E35 | ₹40 L for 30% + Equity offered in the subsidiary HBMB Foods rather than the parent brand; reportedly conditional on the family formalising agreements over the brand. | DealClosing not reported |
Other documented offers
Pitches where Ashneer made or joined an offer that was not the accepted deal. This list is incomplete: many rejected offers were not recorded by our sources.
Sources
- 1.Shark Tank India Season 1 to be out soon: Here are the details about the sharks
Business Today · Published 18 Nov 2021 · Accessed 20 Oct 2026
- 2.Sony Entertainment Television reveals the sharks for the very first edition of Shark Tank India
Mediainfoline · Published 18 Nov 2021 · Accessed 20 Oct 2026
- 3.BharatPe founder Ashneer Grover resigns from board amid turmoil at Indian fintech
TechCrunch · Published 28 Feb 2022 · Accessed 20 Oct 2026
- 4.Doglapan (Ashneer Grover), publisher page
Penguin India · Accessed 20 Oct 2026
- 5.Aseem Ghavri: Ashneer Grover's Co-founder In His New Venture 'Third Unicorn'
Entrepreneur India · Published 13 Jan 2023 · Accessed 20 Oct 2026
- 6.BharatPe official website
BharatPe · Accessed 20 Oct 2026
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