Toygaroo
Research status: unresolved as of 2026-09-09
Contemporaneous specialist coverage reports a bankruptcy, but a primary bankruptcy docket or state entity record was not retrieved. Toygaroo is therefore withheld rather than declared defunct.
Shark Tank appearance
Season 2, episode unresolved
- Appearance source
- Toygaroo 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-04-02 | Contemporaneous specialist reporting says Toygaroo filed Chapter 7 on this date. | B02-TOY-BANKRUPT |
| 2012-04-03 | The report was published and describes contact with a principal. | B02-TOY-BANKRUPT |
| 2022-09-26 | Forbes retrospectively describes the failed business/bankruptcy and Shark investment history. | B02-TOY-FORBES |
Legal and entity identity
- Legal entities
- Toygaroo
- Aliases
- None recorded
- Successor/acquirer
- None verified
unresolved
Toygaroo; exact registered legal name unresolved · unresolved; no certified/current state standing retrieved
Limitation: California returned HTTP 403; indexed query produced no authoritative entity match. Docket number not retrieved.
California business search · accessed 2026-09-09
Notable findings and disputes
- unresolved Contemporaneous specialist coverage reports a bankruptcy, but a primary bankruptcy docket or state entity record was not retrieved. Toygaroo is therefore withheld rather than declared defunct. [ B02-TOY-BANKRUPT, B02-CA-REG ]
- unresolved No exact later legal dissolution date or bankruptcy court number is asserted from the reporting alone. [ B02-TOY-BANKRUPT ]
What we could not verify
- Original bankruptcy petition, case number, trustee/final report and state dissolution records.
- Exact registered name and incorporation jurisdiction.
- Full primary pitch review and amount actually funded versus pledged.
- Any genuine successor or recreation; no relaunch claim is established.
- Public publication is withheld until the current legal status is independently resolved.
Full research sources
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B02-TOY-BANKRUPT — Toygaroo bankruptcy report
contemporaneous specialist reporting
published 2012-04-03 accessed 2026-09-09
Reports Chapter 7 petition April 2, 2012 and author contact with principal. content or indexed primary text retrieved Actual petition, docket number and legal suffix not retrieved; bankruptcy remains attributed reporting. historical snapshot not retrieved
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B02-TOY-FORBES — Cuban retrospective including Toygaroo
business reporting
published 2022-09-26 accessed 2026-09-09
Retrospective bankruptcy and investment history. content or indexed primary text retrieved historical snapshot not retrieved
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B02-CA-REG — California business search
state registry portal
accessed 2026-09-09
Access trail, not an entity match. HTTP 403; registry query could not be submitted 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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Toygaroo bankruptcy report
(sharktankblog.com)
2012-04-03
Reports Chapter 7 petition April 2, 2012 and author contact with principal.
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California business search
(bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov)
Access trail, not an entity match.