Shark Tank India’s Namita Thapar invests in Agro-Tourism startup that she missed out on the show
- ByStartupStory | April 25, 2022
Namita Thapar, Executive Director(ED) of Emcure Pharmaceuticals and one of the sharks on Shark Tank India, has invested in the Agro-tourism startup founded by farmer Pandurang Taware. Namita took to Instagram and posted a photo with Pandurang and revealed that she regretted not investing in Pandurang and Kamlesh Ghumare.
Namita captioned her picture with Pandurang, “A positive start to my weekend… my 2 regrets during shark tank were Jugaadu Kamlesh & Pandurang Taware, two incredible farmers from Maharashtra. Today I have invested in Pandurang’s company that is working towards a cause that is close to my heart – Agro Tourism – excited to partner with him to help pan-India farmers show the beauty of our villages to the world.”
Reacting to the post, Kamlesh dropped a comment with red heart and fire emojis. Fans swarmed the comments with best wishes for Pandurang’s company. A fan commented under the post, “This is a very solid Idea, and when both of them appears on Shark Tank, I was extremely confident that one of the sharks will surely invest in their Idea. But it was heartbreaking to see no one shows interest at that point in time. Agriculture has a lot of potential in many ways and if given the right direction, farmers can contribute a lot to India’s growth. It is good to see now that you finally joined their hands. All the best to all of you.”
While speaking with Rohan Joshi on his YouTube show earlier, she had revealed another of her regrets “I regretted missing out on the TagZ deal–the popped, the chips with the healthy angle to it, the dip which was very delicious. We really fought hard for it, and we lost by only 0.25%. But then the 3-4deals that I lost out on, but after the show got done, I got in touch with them and later invested in them. So no regrets anymore,” she had said.
Apart from Namita, the show also featured various entrepreneurs such as Aman Gupta (co-founder/CMO of boAt), V, Ashneer Grover (co-founder of BharatPe), Anupam Mittal (Shaadi.com founder), Vineeta Singh (SUGAR Cosmetics co-founder/ CEO), Peyush Bansal (CEO and co-founder of Lenskart), Ghazal Alagh (co-founder of MamaEarth), etc.
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