From Hindi medium to English learning startup: How Shark Tank India Season 4 Bengaluru entrepreneur defied odds
Shark Tank India Season 4: Ashish Gupta, a Hindi medium-educated entrepreneur, co-founded Bambinos.live, an online English tutoring platform. The Bengaluru entrepreneur launched the English learning platform to address language barriers Indian students face.
A Hindi medium-educated entrepreneur, Ashish Gupta from Bengaluru, who was featured in Shark Tank India Season 4 Episode 22, created a startup focussing on English-speaking challenges faced by students across India. Drawing from his own school-day struggles, he co-founded Bambinos.live in 2021 with Gaurav Brar, who hails from Mumbai. The online English tutoring platform is designed for kids aged 4-14.
Both the founders pursued higher education at IIM Calcutta. The Hindi medium-educated entrepreneur attended Chandigarh's Government Model Senior Secondary School. Ashish Gupta obtained a Mechanical Engineering degree from Punjab Engineering College. Ashish Gupta holds 12 years of work experience in management consulting, operations strategy, supply chain design, and large-scale people operations management.
Gaurav Brar has 18 years of experience in general management, revenue, and marketing, among other things. He has worked with notable brands, including Johnson’s Baby, Neutrogena, Clean & Clear, Disney, Cartoon Network, and others.
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Ashish Gupta noted, “I was fascinated with the power of education in bringing a change in an individual's life. India has a huge potential in the education sector and I felt a strong need to build a meaningful product in this space.”
The two founders brought in their experience of working in the k-12 space which was the key driving force to motivate them to set up Bambinos.live. After taking an investment of ₹3.2 crore from employees at Amazon and Curefit, the two embarked on a difficult journey to make their dreams a success. The startup currently employs 250 educators with 120 full-time employees. Bambinos.live boasts more than 6,000 monthly active users
Ashish Gupta added, “We are currently tracking at $4 million ARR and are growing 30 per cent quarter on quarter. Our product rating is the highest in the sector at 4.7/5 with 5500 reviews on Google…We are looking at closing with 10 million ARR or 100 cr in revenue run rate in FY26.”