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BoxLock

Status: active as of 2026-09-09

Also known as: BoxLock, Inc.

BoxLock is operating and has pivoted from consumer parcel security to industrial access control; it received no Shark Tank investment.

Shark Tank appearance

Season 10, episode 1

Air date
2018-10-07
Appearance source
BoxLock pitch — Sony Pictures Television pitch
Episode guide
Authoritative episode guide
Pitch
A smart padlock designed to secure home parcel deliveries.
Ask
$1,000,000 for 5% equity.
Offer
Lori Greiner proposed a $1,000,000 loan at 8% interest plus 2.5% equity, with a sales royalty until she received $1.5 million back. Brad Ruffkess countered with a larger loan/royalty structure. Lori tried to involve guest Shark Jamie Siminoff; he declined, and Lori withdrew.
Deal closed?
No

Dated timeline

DateEventEvidence
2018-10-07 BoxLock appeared in the Season 10 premiere. Ruffkess asked $1 million for 5%; Lori ultimately withdrew her financing/equity proposal and BoxLock left without a deal. BXL12, BXL1, BXL2, BXL3
2020-04-01 BoxLock, Inc. was incorporated/started as a corporation according to BBB; Georgia’s official business-index output assigns control number 20047354 to BOXLOCK, INC. BXL4, BXL5
2020-05-11 Federal trademark records identify BoxLock, Inc. as a Delaware corporation with an Atlanta address. BXL6
2023-12-18 Later financing databases report a Series A round, evidence that BoxLock continued beyond its consumer-Shark-Tank phase. BXL7
2025-01-07 CB Insights records another venture funding event involving Ideaship. BXL7
2026-03-04 BoxLock issued current subscription-license terms naming BoxLock Inc. as licensor of its technology. BXL8
2026-09-09 BoxLock’s current site markets smart padlocks, digital lockout/tagout and industrial access-control software rather than the original porch-delivery consumer use case. BXL9, BXL10

Legal and entity identity

Legal entities
BoxLock, Inc.
Aliases
BoxLock, Inc.
Successor/acquirer
None verified

Georgia registration / Delaware home jurisdiction

BoxLock, Inc. · Georgia control number 20047354; Delaware file number unresolved · official Georgia index confirms the entity/control number; current standing not fully captured

  • Georgia business index identifies BOXLOCK, INC. as control number 20047354

Limitation: The complete Georgia entity-detail page and Delaware standing certificate were not captured.

BoxLock — Georgia Secretary of State official business index · accessed 2026-09-09

Notable findings and disputes

  1. verified fact BoxLock is operating and has pivoted from consumer parcel security to industrial access control; it received no Shark Tank investment. [ BXL8, BXL9, BXL10 ]
  2. verified fact BoxLock’s business model materially changed from the 2018 porch-package security proposition to a B2B industrial access-control and digital lockout/tagout platform. This is a verified strategic pivot, not a rename or acquisition. [ BXL2, BXL9, BXL10 ]
  3. credible report No Shark investment occurred; Lori Greiner’s proposal was withdrawn on air after Jamie Siminoff declined to join. [ BXL2, BXL3 ]
  4. verified fact Current pages do not preserve the old porch-delivery pitch as the main positioning. Without a captured archived version of those same pages, this demonstrates business-model evolution but not a provable edit to any particular page. [ BXL9, BXL11 ]

What we could not verify

  • Direct Delaware corporation file number and current standing.
  • Full Georgia entity filing history beyond control number 20047354.
  • Exact amounts/investors for later financing rounds from primary financing documents.
  • Archived BoxLock pages sufficient to date the exact transition from consumer parcel security to industrial access control.

Full research sources

  1. BXL1 — BoxLock — contemporaneous reporting contemporaneous reporting published 2018-10-10 accessed 2026-09-09

    Season 10 premiere pitch context and $1 million/5% ask.

  2. BXL2 — BoxLock — reputable retrospective reporting reputable retrospective reporting published 2023-09 accessed 2026-09-09

    Lori offer/counter and no-deal outcome.

  3. BXL3 — BoxLock — specialist episode/follow-up reporting specialist episode/follow-up reporting published 2018-current accessed 2026-09-09

    Season 10 Episode 1, pitch terms and no-deal result.

  4. BXL4 — BoxLock — Georgia Secretary of State official business index Georgia Secretary of State official business index published current index accessed 2026-09-09

    BOXLOCK, INC. control number 20047354.

  5. BXL5 — BoxLock — BBB business profile BBB business profile published current accessed 2026-09-09

    Corporation; business incorporated/started 2020-04-01; Brad Ruffkess CEO.

  6. BXL6 — BoxLock — USPTO-derived trademark application USPTO-derived trademark application published 2020 accessed 2026-09-09

    BoxLock, Inc. identified as Delaware corporation with Atlanta address.

  7. BXL7 — BoxLock — venture database venture database published current accessed 2026-09-09

    Reported later financing rounds including 2023 Series A and 2025 funding.

  8. BXL8 — BoxLock — official company legal terms official company legal terms published 2026-03-04 accessed 2026-09-09

    Current BoxLock Inc. licensor identity.

  9. BXL9 — BoxLock — official company site official company site published current accessed 2026-09-09

    Current industrial access-control and digital lockout/tagout platform.

  10. BXL10 — BoxLock — official company page official company page published current accessed 2026-09-09

    Current mission/platform positioning.

  11. BXL11 — BoxLock — Wayback CDX archive attempt Wayback CDX archive attempt published 2026-09-09 accessed 2026-09-09

    Archive request blocked by environment safe-URL restriction.

  12. BXL12 — BoxLock pitch — Sony Pictures Television Sony Pictures Television official video published 2024-10-12 accessed 2026-09-09

    Verified Sony Pictures Television upload of the BoxLock pitch and negotiation.

Status-Verification Sources

  1. BoxLock — official company legal terms (boxlock.io) 2026-03-04
    Current BoxLock Inc. licensor identity.
  2. BoxLock — official company site (boxlock.io) current
    Current industrial access-control and digital lockout/tagout platform.
  3. BoxLock — official company page (boxlock.io) current
    Current mission/platform positioning.
  4. BoxLock — reputable retrospective reporting (slashgear.com) 2023-09
    Lori offer/counter and no-deal outcome.
  5. BoxLock — specialist episode/follow-up reporting (sharktankblog.com) 2018-current
    Season 10 Episode 1, pitch terms and no-deal result.
  6. BoxLock — Wayback CDX archive attempt (web.archive.org) 2026-09-09
    Archive request blocked by environment safe-URL restriction.