Shark Tank India Season 2 episode 23premiered on Sony LIV and Sony Entertainment Television on February 1, 2023, at 10PM IST. Payel Seth is the show’s creative director, while it’s been produced by Studio NEXT, with Ravikesh Vatsa as its writer. The show is now hosted by renowned comedian Rahul Dua, and is joined by six sharks, namely, Anupam Mittal Founder-CEO of Shaadi.com – People Group; Aman Gupta, Co-Founder-CMO of boAt; Namita Thapar, Executive Director of Emcure Pharmaceuticals; Vineeta Singh, Co-Founder-CEO of SUGAR Cosmetics; Peyush Bansal, Founder-CEO of Lenskart.com and Amit Jain, Co-Founder-CEO of CarDekho Group and InsuranceDekho.com.

The new episode’s official description goes as follows, “A sanitary napkin disposal system by ‘Padcare’, an artisanal kitchenware and home decor brand ‘Swadeshi Blessings’, and a skill development app ‘OLL’. Who will get the sharks’ attention?” With the first of the day itself, the episode raises the stakes for entrepreneurship in India, while fleshing out the true extent of the founder’s capabilities. It was a given that the fans of the business reality show would instantly take to their Twitter accounts and laud the efforts of the ‘Padman of 2022’, as Aman named him.

Winning the trust of four Sharks – Namita, Peyush, Anupam and Vineeta – Ajinkya Dharıya, the founder of ‘Padcare’, became the first entrepreneur on the show to have received a blank cheque, i.e. an open offer from a Shark (Peyush). Eventually taking home a deal of Rs. 1 crore for 4% equity, he’s also managed to win the hearts of the Indian audience watching the show. This venture has also helped initiate a chain of open and direct conversation around menstruation as one of the viewers mentioned that this was the first time they were “watching something about periods and sanitary napkins with their family without feeling awkward or changing channels”.

Opening the third pitch of day was Shreyaan Daga, the 18 year old founder (at the time of the shoot) of OLL, who comically induced a full blown-out existential crisis among the audience. Fans claimed to be feeling “too old” after watching his pitch, but also applauded his confidence and clarity in the game.

Having become “the most interesting episode” of the second season, this episode again found the viewers siding along with Peyush Bansal, who’s clearly established himself as a fan-favourite and “the Mark Cuban” of the Indian edition of Shark Tank. Take a look at some of the reactions pitched in by the audience after having viewed the 23rd episode.

Check Out the Twitter Reactions to Shark Tank India Season 2 Episode 23

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Shark Tank India Season 2 Episode 20 is now streaming on Sony LIV. Subsequent episodes will be broadcasted on Sony Entertainment Television from Monday to Friday, every night at 10PM IST.

Also read: Shark Tank India Season 2 Episode 23 Recap and Review: Changing the World Starts at Home