Brake Free Technologies

Status: active as of 2026-09-09

Also known as: Brake Free, Brake Free Technologies, Inc.

Brake Free Technologies is operating; its accepted $200,000 Mark Cuban and Robert Herjavec investment for 20% is strongly corroborated as completed, though executed documents were not found.

Shark Tank appearance

Season 12, episode 8

Air date: 2020-12-11
Appearance source: Brake Free Technologies pitch — ABC pitch
Episode guide: Authoritative episode guide
Pitch: A helmet-mounted brake light for motorcycle riders.
Ask: $200,000 for 10% equity.
Offer: Robert Herjavec made an offer and the founders asked whether Mark Cuban would join; Cuban and Herjavec ultimately offered $200,000 for 20% jointly.
Deal closed?: Yes

Dated timeline

Date	Event	Evidence
2014-04	Brake Free began prototype development, according to the company’s current history.	BFT5
2017-03-27	Federal trademark records give March 27, 2017 as first use/first use in commerce for BRAKE FREE.	BFT6
2017-04	Brake Free launched its Indiegogo campaign; the company says 2,138 backers supported it.	BFT5
2020-12-11	Brake Free Technologies aired in Season 12, Episode 8; Li and Arkhangelskiy accepted Cuban and Herjavec’s $200,000 for 20% joint offer.	BFT1, BFT2, BFT3
2021-05-18	The BRAKE FREE federal trademark registered to Brake Free Technologies, Inc. as registration 6352135.	BFT6
2025-03-28	The company published a dated post framing its path as 'From Shark Tank to Reality' and describing continued operation after the show.	BFT7
2025-09-19	Brake Free published a current founder interview promotion describing its history from the 2017 campaign through Season 12, Episode 8 and dealer expansion.	BFT8
2026-05-01	Current privacy/cookie terms identify Brake Free Technologies, Inc. at a Broomfield, Colorado address.	BFT9
2026-09-09	Brake Free’s official site remains active with products and dealer-partnership recruitment.	BFT4, BFT10

Legal and entity identity

Legal entities: Brake Free Technologies, Inc.
Aliases: Brake Free, Brake Free Technologies, Inc.
Successor/acquirer: None verified

state of incorporation unresolved; current operator in Colorado

Brake Free Technologies, Inc. · state standing unresolved; current legal terms and registered federal trademark identify the operator

Federal BRAKE FREE trademark registration identifies Brake Free Technologies, Inc.

Limitation: No authoritative state entity-detail record with an entity number was captured. Current legal terms identify the same corporation at a Broomfield, Colorado address.

Brake Free Technologies — USPTO-derived trademark record · accessed 2026-09-09

Notable findings and disputes

strong corroboration Brake Free Technologies is operating; the accepted $200,000 Mark Cuban/Robert Herjavec investment for 20% is strongly corroborated as completed, though executed closing documents were not found. [ BFT9, BFT10, BFT11 ]
strong corroboration The accepted on-air Cuban/Herjavec deal is verified by ABC video/episode evidence; post-show closing is strongly corroborated by later reporting that calls the Sharks investors, but executed deal documents were not found. [ BFT2, BFT3, BFT11 ]
verified fact The business remains active independently of the Shark deal question: current terms identify the corporation, the federal trademark remains registered, and the company is actively selling/recruiting dealers. [ BFT4, BFT6, BFT9, BFT10 ]
verified fact Current company history focuses on the product journey and Shark Tank experience without restating the precise equity economics. Without a historical same-page archive, that omission is not evidence of editing or sanitization. [ BFT5, BFT7, BFT8, BFT12 ]

What we could not verify

Executed Cuban/Herjavec investment documents, cap table and final closing date.
Authoritative state of incorporation, entity number and current state good standing.
Whether any founder ownership changes or later outside financing materially changed control.
Archived same-page company captures that would allow precise historical copy comparison.

Full research sources

BFT1 — Brake Free Technologies — ABC official episode roster ABC official episode roster published 2020-12-11 accessed 2026-09-09
Season 12 Episode 8 provenance and Brake Free appearance.
BFT2 — Brake Free Technologies — ABC verified YouTube ABC verified YouTube published 2020-12-11 accessed 2026-09-09
Official pitch video provenance and Robert/Mark negotiation.
BFT3 — Brake Free Technologies — contemporaneous episode recap contemporaneous episode recap published 2020-12-12 accessed 2026-09-09
Ask and accepted $200,000 for 20% Cuban/Herjavec result.
BFT4 — Brake Free Technologies — official ecommerce site official ecommerce site published current accessed 2026-09-09
Current product operation.
BFT5 — Brake Free Technologies — official company history official company history published current accessed 2026-09-09
Prototype and Indiegogo history.
BFT6 — Brake Free Technologies — USPTO-derived trademark record USPTO-derived trademark record published 2021-current accessed 2026-09-09
BRAKE FREE registration 6352135; owner Brake Free Technologies, Inc.; first-use dates.
BFT7 — Brake Free Technologies — official company dated post official company dated post published 2025-03-28 accessed 2026-09-09
Post-show ongoing business narrative.
BFT8 — Brake Free Technologies — official company dated post official company dated post published 2025-09-19 accessed 2026-09-09
Founder interview promotion; Season 12 Episode 8 and dealer outreach.
BFT9 — Brake Free Technologies — current legal/privacy policy current legal/privacy policy published 2026-05-01 accessed 2026-09-09
Owner Brake Free Technologies, Inc.; Broomfield Colorado address.
BFT10 — Brake Free Technologies — official company page official company page published current accessed 2026-09-09
Active dealer-partnership recruitment.
BFT11 — Brake Free Technologies — later company reporting later company reporting published 2026-08-20 accessed 2026-09-09
Calls Cuban and Herjavec investors; secondary closing corroboration.
BFT12 — Brake Free Technologies — Wayback CDX archive attempt Wayback CDX archive attempt published 2026-09-09 accessed 2026-09-09
Archive request blocked by environment safe-URL restriction.

Status-Verification Sources

Brake Free Technologies current official site (brakefreetech.com)
Current ecommerce operation and helmet brake-light product.
Brake Free Technologies official pitch video (youtube.com)
Official pitch evidence for the Cuban and Herjavec negotiation.