'Dream-come-true turned into worst nightmare': FlexiMe co-founder tells what 'thanking Shark Tank India' cost him

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ALSO READ: Shark Tank season 3: 24-year old pitcher gets schooled by sharks; Anupam Mittal says 'dramebaazi ka bohot shauq hai’ "Our traffic grew by approx 80x and lead flow increased by over 40x. We got amazing visibility and branding and we were on the moon literally. We saw an amazing boost on social media especially Instagram and social media traffic boomed," Singh said.

However, FlexiMe was in for a dramatic twist a month after…. Exactly a month after, on April 13, FlexiMe founders started witnessing their "worst nightmare". Singh said, "Suddenly our worst nightmare started on 13th April 2024 exactly 30 days after airing when our Instagram suddenly got blocked without any warning." ALSO READ: Shark Tank India Season 3 Judges share tips before premier: ‘Focus on value creation’ "Our ads account got blocked, it crashed our business and significant effect on leads and business. Our revenues have been constantly falling, organic traffic dropping and missing all targets.

Clients are getting worried as we have no social presence and it's killer for an online business such as ours," Singh explained. Singh informed via his LinkedIn post that Sony had "reported logo infringement and some other violations against" FlexiMe and seven other companies. "All we did was uploading some reels and posts of our own episode and thanking Shark Tank India.

We never had any ill intentions," Singh said. "Suddenly all our Instagram and ad accounts have been blocked. We have running pillar to post to get it resolved," he added.