From Shark Tank to the Future of Cricket — Ranjit Behera on Building MetaShot
MetaShot Co-Founder Ranjit Behera joins Anmol Gogia to unpack the Shark Tank India pitch, building physical-meets-digital cricket gaming, and what it really takes to build a hardware startup from zero.
About This Episode
In this Apex Dialogues episode of The Young Mavericks, host Anmol Gogia sits down with Ranjit Behera, Co-Founder of MetaShot, to unpack the journey behind building a physical-meets-digital cricket gaming experience and taking it all the way to Shark Tank India. Having led digital growth across companies like Zivame, BankBazaar, MyGate and Aditya Birla Fashion before becoming a SportsTech founder, Ranjit shares what it really takes to move from scaling brands to building one from scratch. The conversation covers the early "aha moment" behind MetaShot, what really happened behind the Shark Tank India pitch, and why MetaShot is betting on physical-times-digital gaming for the future of cricket, motion gaming, AR and immersive sports. Ranjit also breaks down MetaShot's early performance marketing and GTM strategy, D2C growth lessons for first-time founders, the hidden challenges of building and scaling hardware, and what founders misunderstand about Indian gamers and cricket lovers. He closes with a curveball: how he'd launch MetaShot today with just ₹10 lakh and no Shark Tank.