3 minutes of readingNew DelhiJanuary 30, 2026 20:22 IST
Shark Tank India is currently airing its fifth season and the latest episode of the show featured a businessman from Ulhasnagar who came with his streetwear business and valued your company to 300 million rupees. Shubham Gupta shared his story with the five sharks – Anupam Mittal, Aman Gupta, Kunal Bahl, Mohit Yadav and Namita Thapar, and revealed that her father, who was also involved in the garment business, lost his house and business in 2011 after his business went bankrupt. Shubham joined him in 2012 and eventually launched his own business in 2020.
He presented his company Bonker Corner, which is an urban clothing brand. She shared that her clothes cost a little less than Westside products and are aimed at consumers who aspire to buy Zara and H&M products. He revealed that in the last five years he has not obtained financing and has managed to launch 19 offline stores, all of them profitable. Shubham was seeking Rs 1.5 million in exchange for 0.5 per cent of his company.
While Anupam Miital and Aman Gupta were trying to find faults in his design strategy, Namita Thapar understood his vision and supported him. “Suno sabki, karo apne mann ki (Listen to everyone, but do what you want),” Namita said. Shubham Gupta revealed that it had net sales of Rs 125 crore in the last financial year and was projected to reach Rs 170-180 crore this year. He further noted that the earnings are expected to range between Rs 30-35 crore.
Namita was quite impressed with the numbers and instantly made him the exact offer he wanted. “I’m not asking for royalty today because I want it to be too good for him to refuse,” she said. Anupam backed out and said he couldn’t match Namita’s treatment. Mohit also submitted a bid but reduced his valuation to Rs 200 crore.
Aman opened his negotiation by saying, “I will make you an offer and you will listen to other offers. Then I will say that I don’t want to negotiate. We will waste a lot of time doing this. Tell me what I should do.” Hearing this, Shubham took a deep breath, turned to Namita and sealed the deal. Aman was surprised and caught off guard when he said, “Yaar, exit speech toh dene de (Let me give an exit speech).” Kunal had not yet made his offer and asked, “We still have to make offers, right?” By this time, Namita had already presented her check to Shubham.
When Anupam asked her if she wanted to listen to other offers, Namita spoke on his behalf and said that she had already got the deal. She asked him: “Do you want to hear other offers?” He replied, “Hi nahi raha hai Koi rating (No one is giving me my rating).” While coming out of the tank, Shubham said, “Voh log nahi dene vale the. Maine shakal pe hi dekh lia tha (They weren’t going to give me my rating. I could see it in their faces).”