Amit Jain, CEO and Co-founder of CarDekho Group, will be seen as a new shark on Season 2 of the business reality television show Shark Tank India. The popular show’s second season will soon be premiered on Sony Entertainment Television and Sony LIV.
Amit Jain is the co-founder of Jaipur’s first UNICORN and IPO-bound CarDekho group, India’s leading auto-tech company. The group has revolutionized the consumer experience by fulfilling their mobility dreams on the strength of technology and digitizing the entire consumer journey in the auto ecosystem. CarDekho group is the most prominent consumer-facing digital destination with 55 million+ monthly active users on its group portals – CarDekho.com, BikeDekho.com, ZigWheels.com, Powerdrift.com, etc. The company also operates India’s leading insurtech brands – InsuranceDekho, and Rupyy, a specialized fintech platform that offers financing options to automobile customers and retailers.
Mr. Amit Jain, CEO and Co-founder of CarDekho group said: “Shark Tank is a phenomenal platform which has propelled entrepreneurial journeys to the hyper-growth orbit by providing not only funding but also sponsorship of Sharks. Season 1 of Shark Tank in India fired up the same streak for all Indian startups and has changed the Indian outlook towards entrepreneurship. I am confident that Season 2 will surely be a bigger, better, and more versatile platform for Indian entrepreneurial dreams. I am very excited to share my experience of decades with budding entrepreneurs on the show and mentor them to build a new India. We will surely write some defining stories during this journey. I compliment the channel and the Shark tank team for being the launchpad to the wonderful world of building businesses.”
A coder at heart, Amit is a dynamic leader and an expert in building profitable businesses thriving on sustainable growth, designing customer-centric products that solve a deep problems with the help of technology. It has been a long but fundamental-driven journey for Amit to make what CarDekho Group is today. Starting from his home garage, the group today has its presence in India and 3 South East Asia Countries – Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia. Experimenting, scaling the company with limited resources, profitability, starting from a non-metro city, and digitizing an otherwise traditional business are a few of the many skills that Amit mastered on his journey of entrepreneurship.
Shark Tank India season 1 created a buzz and ignited the entire startup ecosystem of the country. It redefined how entrepreneurship was viewed and how budding and ambitious entrepreneurs defended their belief in their businesses. Season 2 is expected to be more charismatic than its previous season.
The other sharks that Amit will join on the show are – Anupam Mittal (Founder and CEO of Shaadi.com – People Group), Aman Gupta (Co-Founder and CMO of boAt), Namita Thapar (Executive Director of Emcure Pharmaceuticals), Vineeta Singh (Co-Founder and CEO of Sugar Cosmetics), Peyush Bansal (Founder & CEO of Lenskart.com).
