Shark Tank US Dataset

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  • shark-tank
  • startups
  • deals
  • finance
  • venture

1,274 Shark Tank US pitches with season, ask amount, equity terms, shark investors, and deal outcome columns. Great for conversion-rate analysis, shark-preference mapping, and valuation-trend studies.

Challenge brief

slug: 2023-09-shark-tank-us title: Shark Tank US Dataset year: 2023 month: 09 source: authored authored_at: 2026-04-19 needs_leon_review: true

Shark Tank US Dataset - Challenge Brief

Challenge period: September 2023 Dataset: Reconstructed brief based on the shipped data file for the September 2023 DataDNA challenge.

About the data

The primary data table for this challenge carries the following columns:

  • Season Number
  • Season Start
  • Season End
  • Episode Number
  • Pitch Number
  • Original Air Date
  • Startup Name
  • Industry
  • Business Description
  • Pitchers Gender
  • Pitchers City
  • Pitchers State
  • Pitchers Average Age
  • Entrepreneur Names
  • Company Website
  • Multiple Entrepreneurs
  • US Viewership
  • Original Ask Amount
  • Original Offered Equity
  • Valuation Requested
  • Got Deal
  • Total Deal Amount
  • Total Deal Equity
  • Deal Valuation
  • Number of sharks in deal
  • ...and 25 more columns

Suggested analytical angles

  • Which seasons had the highest conversion from pitch to deal?
  • Which sharks most frequently back which categories?
  • How do ask amounts compare with final deal terms?
  • How does post-show valuation correlate with eventual outcomes?

What great submissions did

This brief was reconstructed from the dataset contents in 2026 as part of the Playground audit. The original September 2023 challenge brief was not preserved as a separate file in the source archive, so the analytical angles above are inferred from the column list. See the corresponding /challenges/ entry on datadna.onyxdata.co.uk for examples of how participants approached the data.

Editorial note

_This stub was authored by Claude on 2026-04-19 for Leon's review. Refine the suggested angles and confirm factual accuracy before setting brief_status = leon_reviewed in the audit log._

This dataset was the subject of the DataDNA September 2023 community challenge. The original scoring and leaderboard pre-date the current submission system and are not available for display.

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