conclusions.md

Shark Tank India Investment Analysis: Key Findings

Offer Chances and Pitch Dynamics

1. Number of Presenters:

   • Chances of getting an offer improve with 1, 2, or max 3 presenters.

2. Gender Composition:

   • Pitches with MALE presenters only are more likely to get offers.

3. Patents:

   • Startups with patents do not have a significantly higher chance of receiving offers compared to those without patents.

4. Guest Sharks:

   • A startup is more likely to get an offer when there is NO GUEST Shark present in the pitch, but the difference is not substantial.

5. Founding Year:

   • Startups founded around 2019 are more likely to get an offer.

Offer Statistics

• Total offers received: 321
• Total pitches: 478
• Overall offer acceptance rate: 67.15%
  • Season 1: 63.16%
  • Season 2: 71.60%
  • Season 3: 66.24%

Industry Performance

Industry	Number of Startups	Offers	Deals	Offers (%)	Offers converted (%)
Healthcare	37	33	30	89.19	90.91
Agriculture	4	3	3	75.00	100.00
Education	11	8	7	72.73	87.50
Food	107	77	60	71.96	77.92
Technology	49	35	30	71.43	85.71

Industry Margins

Industry	Net Margin	Gross Margin
Sports	8.50	8.00
Beverages	6.67	30.20
Household	5.80	22.40
Fashion	4.36	21.42
Food	3.46	16.01

Pitcher Demographics

• Pitchers aged 30-50 are more likely to get an offer.

Industries with Higher Offer Rates

• Startups in Healthcare, Food, Technology, Fashion, and Manufacturing are more likely to get an offer.

Sources

• Shark Tank India dataset (cleaned and preprocessed)
• Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) notebooks
• Investment pattern analysis notebooks
• Shark performance analysis notebooks
• More conclusions can be made by visualizations stored in /visualizations