BitsBox

Shark Tank appearance

Dated timeline

Legal and entity identity

Legal entities

Codepops, Inc.

Aliases

Bitsbox, Codepops, Inc., Codepops Inc. DBA Bitsbox

Successor/acquirer

None verified

Notable findings and disputes

1. strong corroboration Bitsbox is operating as a current coding-education service with a live site, subscriptions and support channels. [ S-BITS-CURRENT, S-BITS-ABOUT ]
2. verified fact Codepops, Inc. is the contracting company identified in Bitsbox's official terms, and government trademark material identifies Codepops, Inc. DBA Bitsbox. [ S-BITS-TERMS, S-BITS-TM ]
3. verified fact Bitsbox did not close a Shark Tank investment: the founders' dated post-show account says the sole remaining offer was withdrawn after a counteroffer. [ S-BITS-AFTER ]
4. credible report The founders reported raising money from non-celebrity investors and gaining a substantial post-airing publicity boost; those growth claims are company-reported rather than independently audited. [ S-BITS-AFTER ]

What we could not verify

• The bounded Wayback query was rate-limited in this pass, so no complete archived-page diff is claimed.
• The Colorado entity's current registry standing was not directly retrieved.
• The founders' post-show revenue and growth figures are company-reported and were not treated as audited facts.

Full research sources

1. S-BITS-CURRENT — Bitsbox — current coding service official company page accessed 2026-09-09

   Current service, subscriptions, support and 2026 footer.

2. S-BITS-ABOUT — About Bitsbox and Job Listings official company page accessed 2026-09-09

   Current mission and co-founder information.

3. S-BITS-TERMS — Bitsbox Terms of Service official company terms published 2020-11-16 accessed 2026-09-09

   Identifies Codepops, Inc. as Bitsbox's company.

4. S-BITS-NAME — Bitzbox, Bitbox, Bixbox, Bitsbox: How our company name came to be! dated official company article accessed 2026-09-09

   Company history says the founders began in 2014 and Codepops remained the corporate name.

5. S-BITS-SHARK-BLOG — Bitsbox on Shark Tank dated official company article published 2017-02-17 accessed 2026-09-09

   Pre-air audition and appearance account.

6. S-BITS-AFTER — We didn't get a deal on Shark Tank, so why are we so happy? dated official company article published 2017-02-24 accessed 2026-09-09

   Direct post-show account of the withdrawn offer and subsequent growth.

7. S-BITS-TM — BITSBOX — Canadian Trademarks Journal government trademark publication published 2019-10-30 accessed 2026-09-09

   Identifies Codepops, Inc. DBA Bitsbox at Boulder, Colorado address.

8. S-BITS-REG — Colorado business entity search portal state registry portal accessed 2026-09-09

   Exact Codepops, Inc. record not retrieved in this pass.

9. S-BITS-VIDEO — Bitsbox Shark Tank clip — Sony Pictures Television official video published 2017 accessed 2026-09-09

   SPTV corpus provenance for S8E17.