Shark Tank

ButcherBox is known for grinding its way forward, bootstrapping to more than $600 million worth of revenue. The company hasn’t traditionally been on the M&A path, but today it announced…

ButcherBox acquires ‘Shark Tank’-featured startup Truffle Shuffle

Over a year following the inaugural season of “Shark Tank India,” the seven esteemed investors made good on less than half of their investment pledges, according to a new analysis,…

‘Shark Tank India’ falls short on investment pledges

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Daily Crunch: ‘I’ve gotten beat’ on my ‘Shark Tank’ bets, Mark Cuban admits

America’s favorite advertisement masquerading as a television show, “Shark Tank,” made Mark Cuban a household name (that is, if you weren’t already a Dallas Mavericks fan). But last week, the…

Mark Cuban hasn’t profited from his ‘Shark Tank’ investments

Ashneer Grover, a founder and the public face of BharatPe, has resigned from the board and left the managing director position he held at the Tiger Global-backed Indian fintech startup…

Shark Tank India host Ashneer Grover resigns from BharatPe board amid turmoil at Indian fintech

BharatPe co-founder and managing director Ashneer Grover has asked the board for the removal of chief executive Suhail Sameer from the board in the latest of a series of remarkable…

Shark Tank India host Ashneer Grover asks for the removal of BharatPe CEO from board

Billionaire. Entrepreneur. Investor. Shark. Mark Cuban is one of tech’s best-known entrepreneurs, so we are amped to have him join us for an upcoming Extra Crunch Live, our virtual speaker…

Extra Crunch Live: Join Mark Cuban for a Q&A on April 30 at 11am ET/8am PT

Menlo Park-based Hatch Baby has prided itself on introducing “smart” nursery devices — including Grow, a changing pad with a built-in scale and Rest, a device doubling as a sound…

Meet Hatch Baby’s portable, Wi-Fi-enabled sleep device Rest+

Inventor Jamie Siminoff was rejected by the sharks on ABC’s “Shark Tank” in 2013 when trying to make a deal for his video doorbell startup. This year, Amazon bought his company,…

Amazon debuts a retail site for ‘Shark Tank’ products

Entrepreneurs who pitch on ABC’s Shark Tank typically make packaged goods and apparel. Occasionally, the high tech breaks through. XCraft, the company behind the PhoneDrone Ethos, scored a rare investment from all of the…

DARTdrones pitches Shark Tank to build a flight school for drone pilots

Let’s face it, you’re never going to win the HGTV Dream Home. My family has entered the maximum number of times for the last decade and has nothing to show for…

Homee raises $5M from Founders Fund and Tinder CEO to help you furnish your place

San Jose-based Fenox Venture Capital is launching a series of pitch competitions called the Startup World Cup, with a $1 million investment prize, in an effort to identify top entrepreneurial talent in…

To drum up deals internationally, Fenox VC launches Startup World Cup with $1 million prize
Startups

About those Mexican sharks

You know entrepreneurship has gone mainstream when a local Shark Tank hits cable TV. I was approached by the Shark Tank production team in Mexico to recommend startups for the…

About those Mexican sharks

If you’re not familiar with Shark Tank, it’s ABC’s show that drops companies in front of investors from all walks of life, including the very loud Mark Cuban, owner of…

Sacca To Shark Tank: “I Will Not And Cannot Do It If I Have To Wear A Suit”

Amazon this morning rolled out a new store called Amazon Exclusives which will introduce “up-and-coming” brands and other new inventions across a variety of categories, including products that have been…

Amazon’s New “Exclusives” Shop Showcases Up-And-Coming Brands And “Shark Tank” Products

This week’s news featured more than just runaway llamas and a Twitter debate over an optical illusion dress. The FCC passed new net neutrality regulations, photos and videos of two…

13 TechCrunch Stories You Don’t Want To Miss This Week

Sitting at the top of the iTunes App Store for the fourth day in a row and counting is Scholly, another one of the many mobile applications that found its…

The “Shark Tank” Effect On Apps

If you’re not familiar with Shark Tank, it’s a show on ABC that has a set of entrepreneurs presenting their products or companies before a panel of investors. They’re there…

How A Startup Accidentally “Hacked” Shark Tank With A QR Code

Ten Lessons I Learned from Shark Tank

I just gave up all parenting responsibilities this weekend to Mark Cuban. Meaning, my kids and I watched eight straight episodes of “Shark Tank”. For the past two years, people…

Ten Lessons I Learned from Shark Tank

Just in case you missed it: Mark Cuban’s most recent investment took place in what is a fairly unusual setting for early-stage startup seed funding — a shark tank. That’s…