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Bravo

Research status: unresolved as of 2026-09-09→ FAMIGO (documented brand rename)

Also known as: BRAVO, BRAVO Pay, FAMIGO, BRAVO, Inc.

Bravo announced a rebrand to FAMIGO in 2021. Current service availability and the Cuban/Greiner investment closing remain unresolved; indexed legal terms alone do not establish an operating service.

Shark Tank appearance

Season 9, episode 9

Air date
2017-11-05
Appearance source
Bravo — ABC official appearance reference episode
Episode guide
Authoritative episode guide
Pitch
A mobile tipping and payments service.
Ask
$150,000 for 5% equity.
Offer
Lori Greiner and Mark Cuban jointly offered $150,000 for 15%. Maria Luna countered at $150,000 for 10% plus advisory equity; the accepted structure was reported as $150,000 for 10% plus 2% advisory equity for each of Cuban and Greiner, for 14% total. Maria Luna and Dr. Hector Rodriguez accepted the joint Mark Cuban/Lori Greiner offer structure.
Deal closed?
Unresolved

Dated timeline

DateEventEvidence
2017-11-05 Bravo appeared in Shark Tank Season 9, Episode 9. The founders asked $150,000 for 5% and accepted a Cuban/Greiner structure reported as $150,000 for 10% plus 2% advisory equity to each Shark. BRV1, BRV2, BRV3, BRV4
2018 Post-show founder/company-affiliated promotional material continued to say Bravo secured/got a deal with Mark Cuban and Lori Greiner, but did not provide executed closing evidence. BRV5, BRV6
2021-08-02 Federal trademark-derived records list first use in commerce of FAMIGO on this date by BRAVO INC. BRV7
2021-09-02 A company press release announced that BRAVO Pay had become FAMIGO, describing a new company name and brand. BRV8
2022-01-26 BRAVO INC. filed the FAMIGO federal trademark application; the mark later registered as No. 7208629. BRV7

Legal and entity identity

Legal entities
BRAVO, Inc.
Aliases
BRAVO, BRAVO Pay, FAMIGO, BRAVO, Inc.
Successor/acquirer
FAMIGO (documented brand rename)

Delaware corporation

BRAVO, Inc. · Delaware file number unresolved · Current Delaware standing unresolved; current FAMIGO terms identify BRAVO, Inc. as the operator and federal trademark records identify the same Delaware corporation

Limitation: No direct Delaware entity file/standing record was captured. The 2021 public rebrand changed the customer-facing name from BRAVO Pay/Bravo to FAMIGO, while current terms continue to identify BRAVO, Inc. as the legal operator; therefore the project treats this as a brand rename, not a new successor corporation.

Bravo — USPTO-derived trademark record · accessed 2026-09-09

Notable findings and disputes

  1. unresolved Bravo announced a rebrand to FAMIGO in 2021. Current service availability and the Cuban/Greiner investment closing remain unresolved; indexed legal terms alone do not establish an operating service. [ BRV8, BRV9, BRV10 ]
  2. credible report The Shark deal closing is genuinely conflicted. Contemporaneous founder/company-affiliated accounts describe securing or getting the deal, while later specialist follow-up sources state the investment never materialized. Without executed documents or direct investor confirmation, the project leaves closing unresolved. [ BRV5, BRV6, BRV11, BRV12 ]
  3. verified fact The 2021 FAMIGO rebrand did not necessarily create a new legal entity: current terms still identify BRAVO, Inc. as the operator, and the FAMIGO trademark is owned by BRAVO INC. [ BRV7, BRV8, BRV9 ]
  4. credible report Some Shark Tank follow-up pages label the appearance with production-style/legacy episode numbering rather than the broadcast Season 9, Episode 9 numbering. Broadcast episode/date evidence is preserved separately to avoid converting metadata differences into a false multiple-appearance claim. [ BRV2, BRV11 ]

What we could not verify

  • Executed Mark Cuban/Lori Greiner investment or termination documents.
  • Direct investor confirmation that the Bravo investment closed or failed.
  • Current Delaware entity number and good standing for BRAVO, Inc.
  • Whether any material ownership/control transaction accompanied the 2021 FAMIGO rebrand.
  • Historical Wayback captures for the old Bravo/BRAVO Pay and current FAMIGO domains sufficient for page-by-page comparison.
  • Independent homepage retrieval timed out and terms retrieval reported an expired TLS certificate. These failures neither prove closure nor verify current service availability.

Full research sources

  1. BRV1 — Bravo — ABC official appearance index ABC official appearance index published 2026-04-22 accessed 2026-09-09

    ABC confirms Bravo appeared on Shark Tank.

  2. BRV2 — Bravo — episode database episode database published 2017-11-05 accessed 2026-09-09

    Broadcast Season 9 Episode 9 and air date.

  3. BRV3 — Bravo — episode database episode database accessed 2026-09-09

    Season 9 Episode 9 and Bravo pitch listing.

  4. BRV4 — Bravo — contemporaneous episode reporting contemporaneous episode reporting published 2017-11-05 accessed 2026-09-09

    Ask, counteroffers and accepted Cuban/Greiner structure.

  5. BRV5 — Bravo — Arizona State University contemporaneous profile Arizona State University contemporaneous profile accessed 2026-09-09

    Founder description of accepted Cuban/Greiner opportunity and expected resources.

  6. BRV6 — Bravo — company press release via PRWeb company press release via PRWeb accessed 2026-09-09

    Company-affiliated statement describing Shark Tank deal with Cuban and Greiner.

  7. BRV7 — Bravo — USPTO-derived trademark record USPTO-derived trademark record accessed 2026-09-09

    FAMIGO registration 7208629; owner BRAVO INC., Delaware; first-use date.

  8. BRV8 — Bravo — company press release via PRWeb company press release via PRWeb published 2021-09-02 accessed 2026-09-09

    Official public rebrand from BRAVO Pay to FAMIGO.

  9. BRV9 — Bravo — current FAMIGO legal terms current FAMIGO legal terms accessed 2026-09-09

    BRAVO, Inc. Delaware operator; FAMIGO/BRAVO naming and transaction terms.

  10. BRV10 — Bravo — current company homepage access attempt current company homepage access attempt published 2026-09-09 accessed 2026-09-09

    Homepage returned 502 in research environment; not treated as closure proof.

  11. BRV11 — Bravo — specialist episode/follow-up reporting specialist episode/follow-up reporting accessed 2026-09-09

    Pitch terms and later claim that deal did not close; also legacy episode labeling.

  12. BRV12 — Bravo — retrospective follow-up reporting retrospective follow-up reporting accessed 2026-09-09

    Later claim that Cuban/Greiner deal did not close.

  13. BRV13 — Bravo — Wayback CDX archive attempt Wayback CDX archive attempt published 2026-09-09 accessed 2026-09-09

    No retrievable snapshot obtained in this environment.

  14. BRV14 — Bravo — Wayback CDX archive attempt Wayback CDX archive attempt published 2026-09-09 accessed 2026-09-09

    No retrievable snapshot obtained in this environment.

Status-Verification Sources

  1. Bravo — company press release via PRWeb (prweb.com) 2021-09-02
    Official public rebrand from BRAVO Pay to FAMIGO.
  2. Bravo — current FAMIGO legal terms (famigo.com)
    BRAVO, Inc. Delaware operator; FAMIGO/BRAVO naming and transaction terms.
  3. Bravo — current company homepage access attempt (famigo.com) 2026-09-09
    Homepage returned 502 in research environment; not treated as closure proof.