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BRUW

Status: acquired as of 2026-09-10→ Snarky Tea

Also known as: BRUW, LLC

Forbes and Babson independently report that BRUW was acquired by Snarky Tea in 2020. The transaction structure, consideration and IP assignment were not retrieved.

Shark Tank appearance

Season 10, episode 9

Air date
2019-01-06
Appearance source
TVDB — S10E9 roster episode
Pitch
Cold-brew coffee filter.
Ask
$50,000 for 25% equity.
Offer
Contemporaneous reporting describes a televised $50,000-for-30% Cuban agreement; Forbes later reports $50,000 for 25%.
Deal closed?
Yes

Dated timeline

DateEventEvidence
2019-01-06 Contemporaneous reporting describes a $50,000-for-30% televised Cuban agreement after a $50,000-for-25% ask. BRUW-LOCAL
2020 Forbes and Babson report BRUW was acquired by Snarky Tea; purchase agreement and consideration were not retrieved. BRUW-FORBES, BRUW-BABSON
2023-01-10 Forbes reported that BRUW raised $50,000 from Cuban for 25% after its Season 10 appearance. BRUW-FORBES

Legal and entity identity

Legal entities
Unresolved
Aliases
BRUW, LLC
Successor/acquirer
Snarky Tea

No conclusive registry record was retrieved.

Notable findings and disputes

  1. strong corroboration Forbes and Babson independently report that BRUW was acquired by Snarky Tea in 2020. The transaction structure, consideration and IP assignment were not retrieved. [ BRUW-FORBES, BRUW-BABSON ]
  2. strong corroboration Forbes reports $50,000 from Cuban for 25%, differing from the 30% televised agreement in contemporaneous reporting. Both versions are preserved; no executed investment document was retrieved. [ BRUW-FORBES, BRUW-LOCAL ]

What we could not verify

  • Executed investment and acquisition documents, state standing and historical archive comparisons remain unresolved.

Full research sources

  1. BRUW-FORBES — Forbes — Shark Tank deal outcomes reputable post-show reporting published 2023-01-10 accessed 2026-09-10
  2. BRUW-BABSON — Babson College — BRUW founder profile university publication published 2023-10-17 accessed 2026-09-10
  3. BRUW-LOCAL — Deadline Detroit — BRUW Shark Tank report contemporaneous reporting published 2019-01-06 accessed 2026-09-10

Status-Verification Sources

  1. Forbes — Shark Tank deal outcomes (forbes.com) 2023-01-10
    reputable post-show reporting
  2. Babson College — BRUW founder profile (entrepreneurship.babson.edu) 2023-10-17
    university publication
  3. Deadline Detroit — BRUW Shark Tank report (deadlinedetroit.com) 2019-01-06
    contemporaneous reporting