BRUW
Status: acquired as of 2026-09-10→ Snarky Tea
Also known as: BRUW, LLC
BRUW was acquired by Snarky Tea in 2020. Forbes reports its post-show Cuban financing as $50,000 for 25%, while the televised agreement was 30%; the executed documents remain unavailable.
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
| Date | Event | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| 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
- 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 ]
- 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
- BRUW-FORBES — Forbes — Shark Tank deal outcomes reputable post-show reporting published 2023-01-10 accessed 2026-09-10
- BRUW-BABSON — Babson College — BRUW founder profile university publication published 2023-10-17 accessed 2026-09-10
- BRUW-LOCAL — Deadline Detroit — BRUW Shark Tank report contemporaneous reporting published 2019-01-06 accessed 2026-09-10
Status-Verification Sources
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Forbes — Shark Tank deal outcomes
(forbes.com)
2023-01-10
Forbes reports that BRUW raised $50,000 from Mark Cuban for 25% after its Season 10 appearance and was acquired by Snarky Tea in 2020.
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Babson College — BRUW founder profile
(entrepreneurship.babson.edu)
2023-10-17
Babson reports that Max Feber sold BRUW to Snarky Tea in 2020.