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Nimesh Pinnamaneni
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Helixworks Technologies • 11m

Did the Sharks Miss a Big Opportunity with BoreCharger? 🤔 A Profitable Deeptech Startup Walks Into Shark Tank… And Gets Lowballed?! 🤯 Yesterday’s Shark Tank India S4E46 featured BoreCharger, a company with a patented robotic system to replenish dried borewells—a massive opportunity in water-scarce regions. They asked for ₹75L for 1.5% equity, backed by solid financials: 📈 Revenue & EBITDA Growth: - FY21: ₹1.02 Cr - FY22: ₹2.78 Cr - FY23: ₹3.22 Cr (8% EBITDA) - FY24: ₹5 Cr+ (15%+ EBITDA) For a hardware deeptech company, this is rare—they’ve been profitable and are scaling efficiently. Yet, only Kunal Bahl showed interest, offering ₹75L for 10% equity—a huge dilution.The founders countered with 2.5% equity, but Kunal didn’t budge, and the deal fell apart. This Rejection is Bizarre 🤨 Sharks regularly fund “me-too” D2C brands burning cash on ads, yet they passed on a tech-driven company with: ✔️ A real tech moat (patented robotic machine) ✔️ Minimal competition in a massive market ✔️ Huge TAM—4 Cr+ borewells in India, with major potential in cities like Delhi, where new borewells are banned, but replenishment is legal ✔️ Proven traction—4,000+ projects completed, including 400 for a government program Yes, they haven’t fully cracked their scaling strategy yet. But isn’t that exactly where the sharks should help? Instead, they undervalued a deeptech company solving a real problem. What’s your take? Did the sharks miss out on a big opportunity, or was their caution justified? ---------------------------- http://www.borecharger.com

Yes! Huge market + real tech moat = missed opportunity

No, their business model isn’t scalable yet

Maybe, but they should have taken Kunal’s deal

Deeptech isn’t Shark Tank material

Votes: 19

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Havish Gupta

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That's exactly whay happens on Shark Tank India every time! Only B2C Clothing or Lifestyle brands get funded offering nothing different from their competitors. Ig it's because of 'tHe sHaRK TaNk eFFeCt'. D2C brands gets huge promotion after airing on shark tank which brings gaurenteed sales growth (and even Investors in some cases) which in most cases is equivalent to a valuation boost.

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