Deal Sharks
A free game for iPhone and Android. You're the investor in a TV studio: founders pitch, you ask the questions, four AI sharks bid against you, and three years later the game shows who was right.
- Developer
- Lennart van Wimersma Greidanus, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (solo)
- Release
- 8 December 2026, worldwide
- Platforms
- iPhone and Android; a playable web version for press
- Price
- Free. No ads, no in-app purchases, no account.
- Languages
- English, Dutch, German, Spanish (menus and subtitles; voices in English)
- Content
- 36 founders in 108 situations, four AI sharks, ten career ranks, 21 trophies, a daily Pitch of the Day, a weekly show, a Monthly Cup and seasons with friends
- Contact
- {{CONTACT_EMAIL}}
About the game
Five founders. Four rival sharks. One million dollars. Founders walk into a 3D studio and pitch their companies out loud: a firefighter's hot sauce, drones that wash skyscraper windows, a game console for dogs. The player gets three questions to find the weak spot in the numbers: sales, margins, customers, copycats, the valuation. Then the bidding starts against four AI sharks who each invest their own way.
When the episode is over, the game jumps three years ahead and reveals every company, from the busts to the occasional unicorn. The richest shark wins the episode; after six episodes the richest of the season is crowned Investor of the Season.
Every day there is one Pitch of the Day, the same founder for every player in the world, with a result to share that doesn't give the secret away. There is a Show of the Week with a leaderboard, a Monthly Cup, specials through the year, and seasons to play with up to eight friends.
About the developer
Lennart van Wimersma Greidanus (23) studies International Business at Hogeschool Rotterdam. He started his first company at sixteen. Deal Sharks is his first game.
Press release
English
Embargo: Tuesday 8 December 2026, 09:00 CET.
Deal Sharks: a 23-year-old student from Rotterdam turns startup pitches into a daily game. Free on iPhone and Android on 8 December. Founders pitch, you ask the questions, four rival sharks bid against you, and three years later the game shows who was right.
Deal Sharks puts the player in the investor's chair of a TV studio. Founders walk in and pitch their companies out loud. The player gets three questions to find the weak spot in the numbers, then the bidding starts against four AI sharks who each invest in their own way. When the episode is over, the game jumps three years ahead and reveals every company, from the busts to the occasional unicorn.
Every day there is one Pitch of the Day, the same founder for every player in the world. One question, one offer, and the first try counts. The result can be shared without giving the founder's secret away. Friends can play a whole season against each other: the same six episodes for everyone, played at their own pace, with one Investor of the Season at the end.
The game was made by Lennart van Wimersma Greidanus (23), a business student at Hogeschool Rotterdam who started his first company at sixteen. Deal Sharks is free, with no ads and no account. Menus and subtitles are in English, Dutch, German and Spanish.
Nederlands
Embargo: dinsdag 8 december 2026, 09:00 uur.
Rotterdamse student (23) maakt van startup-pitches een dagelijks spel. Deal Sharks is vanaf 8 december gratis te spelen op iPhone en Android. Ondernemers pitchen, jij stelt de vragen, vier rivaliserende haaien bieden tegen je op, en drie jaar later laat het spel zien wie gelijk had.
In Deal Sharks zit de speler in de stoel van de investeerder in een tv-studio. Ondernemers komen binnen en pitchen hardop hun bedrijf. De speler heeft drie vragen om de zwakke plek in de cijfers te vinden. Daarna begint het bieden, tegen vier AI-haaien die elk op hun eigen manier investeren. Na de aflevering springt het spel drie jaar vooruit en wordt elk bedrijf onthuld, van de missers tot een enkele unicorn.
Elke dag is er één Pitch van de Dag, voor iedereen ter wereld dezelfde ondernemer. Eén vraag, één bod, en de eerste poging telt. De uitslag is te delen zonder het geheim van de ondernemer te verklappen. Met vrienden speel je een heel seizoen tegen elkaar: dezelfde zes afleveringen voor iedereen, ieder in zijn eigen tempo, met aan het eind één Investeerder van het Seizoen.
De game is gemaakt door Lennart van Wimersma Greidanus (23), student International Business aan de Hogeschool Rotterdam, die op zijn zestiende zijn eerste bedrijf begon. Deal Sharks is gratis, zonder advertenties en zonder account. Menu's en ondertitels zijn er in het Nederlands, Engels, Duits en Spaans.
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