Cycloramic / Car360
Status: acquired as of 2026-09-09→ Carvana Group, LLC
Also known as: Cycloramic, Car360, Egos Ventures
Cycloramic became Car360, and Carvana Group acquired all outstanding Car360 stock in April 2018. Carvana disclosed the completed transaction in an SEC filing.
Shark Tank appearance
Season 5, episode unresolved
- Appearance source
- Cycloramic / Car360 Shark Tank video pitch
- Pitch
- Not verified in this batch. An on-air agreement is not proof of closing.
- Ask
- Not verified from a complete primary pitch record in this batch.
- Offer
- Not verified from a complete primary pitch record in this batch.
- Deal closed?
- Unresolved
Dated timeline
| Date | Event | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-12 | Carvana Group LLC acquires all Car360 stock. | B02-CAR360-8K |
| 2018-04-17 | Acquirer announcement identifies Cycloramic as an earlier iteration of Car360. | B02-CAR360-PRESS |
Legal and entity identity
- Legal entities
- Car360, Inc.
- Aliases
- Cycloramic, Car360, Egos Ventures
- Successor/acquirer
- Carvana Group, LLC
Delaware, identified in SEC filing
Car360 Inc. (acquired entity) · unresolved; no certified/current state standing retrieved
Limitation: SEC transaction report identifies Car360 as Delaware corporation; no state file number or current standing retrieved.
Delaware entity name search · accessed 2026-09-09
Notable findings and disputes
- verified fact Cycloramic became Car360, and Carvana Group acquired all outstanding Car360 stock in April 2018. Carvana disclosed the completed transaction in an SEC filing. [ B02-CAR360-8K, B02-CAR360-PRESS ]
- verified fact The transaction-era calculation combines approximately $6.7 million cash with units valued around $15.2 million under the agreement’s measurement; the later note reports $16.7 million net of acquired cash. These are different measurement/definition presentations, not interchangeable prices. [ B02-CAR360-8K, B02-CAR360-NOTE ]
- unresolved The acquirer release references Shark Tank in 2013, while inherited video metadata labels season five, episode sixteen; filming versus broadcast timing is not resolved here. [ B02-CAR360-PRESS ]
What we could not verify
- Standalone app availability and support in the current period.
- Delaware file number, current subsidiary standing and any post-acquisition merger.
- Exact original broadcast date and agreement-to-funding distinction for the Shark deal.
- Imprecise timeline dates from the source bundle were not converted into exact dates.
Full research sources
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B02-CAR360-8K — Carvana report of Car360 acquisition
SEC filed transaction report
published 2018-04-17 accessed 2026-09-09
Acquired all Car360 stock on April 12; Delaware identity and consideration measurement. content or indexed primary text retrieved historical snapshot not retrieved
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B02-CAR360-PRESS — Carvana acquires Car360
acquirer press release
published 2018-04-17 accessed 2026-09-09
Cycloramic as early iteration; Car360 acquisition and Cuban backing. content or indexed primary text retrieved historical snapshot not retrieved
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B02-CAR360-NOTE — Carvana business combinations note
SEC financial statement note
accessed 2026-09-09
Later accounting measurement of Car360 consideration; period is 2019 second quarter. content or indexed primary text retrieved Exact filing date not captured; publication precision is year, not an invented day. historical snapshot not retrieved
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B02-DE-REG — Delaware entity name search
state registry portal
accessed 2026-09-09
Portal accessible; no completed exact-name result; name search is not standing certification. HTML form retrieved; interactive submission unavailable/error text; no matched entity historical snapshot not retrieved
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B02-ABC-ALL — ABC Shark Tank all products and businesses index
official broadcaster index
accessed 2026-09-09
Appearance-name index; entries are not a count of unique legal companies. content or indexed primary text retrieved historical snapshot not retrieved
Status-Verification Sources
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Carvana report of Car360 acquisition
(sec.gov)
2018-04-17
Acquired all Car360 stock on April 12; Delaware identity and consideration measurement.
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Carvana acquires Car360
(investors.carvana.com)
2018-04-17
Cycloramic as early iteration; Car360 acquisition and Cuban backing.