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Ben Chestnut Never Raised a Dollar for Mailchimp. Intuit Paid $12 Billion for It.
Ben Chestnut started Mailchimp on a dot-com severance cheque, never took outside funding, and sold to Intuit for about $12 billion. The record, sourced.
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Jake Loosararian Turned Down a $500,000 Offer With $100 in the Bank. Gecko Robotics Is Now Valued at $1.25 Billion.
Jake Loosararian had about $100 left when a customer offered $500,000 for Gecko Robotics. He said no, passed on a $2M offer, and built a $1.25B company.
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Lori Greiner's Shark Tank Deals: The 9 Companies on Her Website, Checked Against the Public Record (2026)
Lori Greiner's own site features nine Shark Tank companies. We checked each sales and sale claim against filings and reporting: some hold up, some are stale.
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The Woobles on Shark Tank: A Crochet-Kit Bidding War, $450,000 From Cuban and Greiner, and a Deal the Founders Didn't Close
The Woobles on Shark Tank: a five-Shark bidding war ended at $450,000 for 6% from Mark Cuban and Lori Greiner in 2022. Why it didn't close, and what came next.
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Wicked Good Cupcakes on Shark Tank: Kevin O'Leary's Cupcake Royalty, the Math Behind 'Over $1 Million', and the Sale to Hickory Farms
Wicked Good Cupcakes on Shark Tank: Kevin O'Leary took a $1-then-45-cent royalty per cupcake for $75,000 in 2013. The math, and the sale to Hickory Farms.
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Red Dress Boutique on Shark Tank: A $1.2 Million Deal That Shrank to $600,000, and the Founder Who Bought Mark Cuban Out
Red Dress Boutique on Shark Tank: a $1.2 million deal from Cuban and Herjavec became $600,000 from Cuban alone. Then founder Diana Best bought his stake back.
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Drop Stop on Shark Tank: Two Friends, a Car-Seat Gap, Lori Greiner's $300,000, and Sales Figures From $24 Million to $100 Million
Drop Stop on Shark Tank: Lori Greiner paid $300,000 for 20% of the car-seat gap filler in 2013. What happened next, and which of its sales figures add up.
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GrooveBook on Shark Tank: A $2.99 Photo Book App, a Licensing Deal With Cuban and O'Leary, and Shutterfly's $13.7 Million Purchase
GrooveBook on Shark Tank: the photo-book app got a licensing deal from Mark Cuban and Kevin O'Leary in 2014. Shutterfly bought it that fall for $13.7 million.
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How to Get on Shark Tank in 2026: The Application, the Odds, and What Founders Who Made It Did Differently
How to get on Shark Tank: where to apply, how open calls work, the odds (about 0.2% air), and what Scrub Daddy and Squatty Potty learned from casting.
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The Most Successful Shark Tank Companies, Ranked by What's Actually Documented (2026)
The most successful Shark Tank companies ranked by documented sales prices, valuations and revenue, not net-worth guesses: Poppi, Everlywell, Ring and more.
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Shark Tank Deals by the Numbers: What 33 Companies Show About Valuations, Equity and Deals That Close
Across 33 Shark Tank companies we profiled, deals valued founders at a median 56% of their ask, and 20 of 29 on-air deals are documented as closed.
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Spikeball on Shark Tank: Chris Ruder Shook Hands With Daymond John for $500,000, Then Walked Away and Built a Sport Instead
Spikeball on Shark Tank: Chris Ruder accepted $500,000 for 20% from Daymond John, then the deal fell apart. By 2017 Spikeball did $15 million in sales a year.
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Coffee Meets Bagel on Shark Tank: The Kang Sisters, Mark Cuban's $30 Million Buyout Talk, and the Dating App That Stayed Independent
Coffee Meets Bagel on Shark Tank: the Kang sisters turned down Mark Cuban's $30 million buyout talk in 2015. What the offer was, and where the app is now.
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Dude Wipes on Shark Tank: Mark Cuban's Last-Second $300,000, a Kroger Order, and Sales Figures That Grew With Every Update
Dude Wipes on Shark Tank: Mark Cuban took 25% for $300,000 in 2015. What happened next, the $9 million flushability settlement, and how big it is now.
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FlexScreen on Shark Tank: Joe Altieri's Bendable Window Screen, Lori Greiner's Matched Offer, and the 2025 Sale to RiteScreen
FlexScreen on Shark Tank: Joe Altieri took a cash-plus-credit deal from Lori Greiner in 2020. Sales grew past $30 million, and RiteScreen bought it in 2025.
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Bantam Bagels on Shark Tank: Lori Greiner's Deal, a $34 Million Sale, and the Filing That Shows the Earnout Was Worth Zero
Bantam Bagels on Shark Tank: Lori Greiner backed the mini stuffed bagels in 2015 and they sold for $34M in 2018. The buyer's filings show how it ended in 2022.
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Everlywell on Shark Tank: Julia Cheek's $20 Million Ask, Lori Greiner's Credit Line, and a $1.3 Billion Valuation Three Years Later
Everlywell on Shark Tank: Julia Cheek asked $1 million for 5% in 2017 and got a credit-line deal from Lori Greiner. By 2020 investors valued it at $1.3 billion.
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Breathometer on Shark Tank: All Five Sharks Paid Four Times the Ask, Then the FTC Said the Breathalyzer Didn't Work
Breathometer on Shark Tank: all five Sharks put $1 million into the smartphone breathalyzer in 2013. Then the FTC case, the refunds and Mark Cuban's worst loss.
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Plated on Shark Tank: The Mark Cuban Deal That Fell Apart, a $200 Million Sale to Albertsons, and a Shutdown Two Years Later
Plated on Shark Tank: the meal-kit startup's Mark Cuban deal never closed. Albertsons bought it for about $200 million in 2017, then ended its delivery in 2019.
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Kodiak Cakes on Shark Tank: Joel Clark Turned Down Half His Company, Grew Revenue 50-Fold and Sold to L Catterton
Kodiak Cakes on Shark Tank: Joel Clark walked away from $500,000 for 50% in 2014. Then revenue grew over 50x and L Catterton bought a majority stake in 2021.