Watchout Wearables

Abhisek Baheti is the sole Founder of Watchout Wearables. He studied Chemical Engineering and then did his MBA in Marketing from Symbiosis Centre For Management and Human Resource Development. After that, he has 4 years of experience in Pidilite Industries. The idea came after a tragic incident happened in his family. He started working on Watchout in 2018 when he was just making designer watches. But then he shifted to wearables for kids and it took him 4 years to unveil the first smartwatch in the market.

WatchOut Wearables makes India's first SIM-enabled safety smartwatch for children a wearable device that functions as an independent communication and safety device without requiring a paired smartphone, featuring video calling, GPS tracking, real-time messaging, WiFi, a camera, an SOS button (triggers 30-second ambient audio recording + location alert to parents), and a Class Mode (disables distracting features during school hours). One important thing about the company's smartwatches is that they can have a SIM card inside, which lets them stay connected all the time and work on their own without needing to be connected to a phone. Also, they have a feature where if a kid is in trouble, they can press a button for a few seconds and it will let the parents know and provide a recording of the sound around the kid for the last 30 seconds, along with their location.

Amount Asked: ₹2 crore Equity Offered: 5% Implied Pre-Money Valuation: ₹40 crore

Abhisek brought a real child customer Divyajeet onto the Shark Tank stage to open the pitch. Divyajeet demonstrated the smartwatch features to the Sharks directly: making a video call to his parents, showing the GPS tracking on the parent app, and demonstrating the SOS emergency button. This live child-user demonstration was Season 2 Episode 2's most immediate safety use case communication the Sharks could see exactly how an Indian parent would use this to ensure their child's safety. Abhisek then shared the founding personal tragedy the incident in his family that drove him to build this product giving the pitch an emotional foundation beyond pure commercial motivation. He also disclosed his lack of coding background, making his four-year journey to build proprietary smartwatch software (learning as he went) one of Season 2's most compelling self-taught founder stories.

Aman Gupta was the most product-strategy-focused Shark. He highlighted that the ₹11,999 price point was too high for the average Indian parent considering a children's smartwatch especially given that children frequently lose or break devices. Namita Thapar gave the most clinically specific product advice telling Abhisek to focus exclusively on safety features (GPS, SOS, calling) and remove non-essential features (entertainment, games) to reduce cost, improve reliability, and sharpen the brand's safety positioning Peyush Bansal exited on scalability and competition grounds noting that the child safety wearable category was likely to attract larger funded players who could undercut WatchOut's pricing while outspending it on marketing. Anupam Mittal and Vineeta Singh were the most aligned investors both recognising the safety use case as genuinely compelling for Indian parents, the proprietary software as a real differentiator, and the 70% gross margin as commercially attractive even at current revenue levels.

Anupam and Vineeta offered ₹1 crore for 10% equity + ₹1 crore debt at 15% interest. Abhishek countered with ₹1 crore for 5% equity and ₹1 crore as debt at 15% interest. Anupam and Vineeta maintained their original offer, highlighting that the market dictated the valuation. Abhishek then proposed 7.5% equity, which was rejected. Ultimately, Abhishek accepted the offer of ₹1 crore for 10% equity and ₹1 crore debt at 15% interest.

Abhisek Baheti accepted Anupam Mittal and Vineeta Singh's joint offer of ₹1 crore for 10% equity plus ₹1 crore debt at 15% interest valuing WatchOut Wearables at ₹10 crore. Despite multiple counter-attempts (5% equity, then 7.5%), the Sharks held their non-negotiable position and Abhisek accepted after deliberation. The deal was half of the capital asked (₹1 crore vs. ₹2 crore original ask) at double the equity (10% vs. 5%), with an additional ₹1 crore in structured debt.