Blinger

Shark Tank appearance

Dated timeline

Legal and entity identity

Legal entities

GEMC2, LLC

Aliases

blinger®, GEMC2, LLC dba blinger

Successor/acquirer

None verified

Notable findings and disputes

1. strong corroboration Blinger is operating as of 2026-09-09; Angie Cella accepted Barbara Corcoran’s $200,000-for-25% offer plus purchase-order funding, and post-show reporting/company statements strongly corroborate a continuing Barbara relationship, although executed equity documents were not obtained. [ BL05, BL03, BL04 ]
2. strong corroboration The current Blinger Shark Tank page says the company “secured a deal” and credits Barbara’s expertise; Inc’s founder interview independently establishes that Cella worked with Corcoran after filming. This is strong closing/relationship corroboration, but not a substitute for executed investment documents. [ BL03, BL04 ]
3. verified fact The company page calls the 2024 company “evaluation” approximately $800,000. That figure corresponds to $200,000/25% deal valuation, not the $4 million implied by the original $200,000/5% ask; the article preserves both instead of treating the later wording as the original valuation. [ BL04, BL03 ]

What we could not verify

• Pennsylvania entity/file number and current good-standing status for GEMC2, LLC.
• Executed Barbara Corcoran investment documents, cap table, and exact legal closing date.
• Whether Barbara’s purchase-order funding commitment was structured as equity-linked financing, advances, guarantees, or another instrument.
• Wayback snapshots of the original post-air Blinger page; archive search returned no indexed results in this environment.

Full research sources

1. BL01 — Blinger — ABC official episode roster ABC official episode roster published 2024-04-12 accessed 2026-09-09

   Blinger appears in broadcast season 15 episode 20, aired 2024-04-12.

2. BL02 — Blinger — Sony Pictures Television official video carried from project ledger Sony Pictures Television official video carried from project ledger accessed 2026-09-09

   Official pitch-video provenance.

3. BL03 — Blinger — contemporaneous reputable founder interview contemporaneous reputable founder interview published 2024-04-19 accessed 2026-09-09

   Ask $200K for 5%; Barbara offer $200K for 25% conditioned on NYC restructuring and funding POs; Cella accepted; article says six months earlier she flew to New York and worked with Corcoran, strongly corroborating post-show relationship.

4. BL04 — Blinger — current official company page current official company page accessed 2026-09-09

   Company says it secured $200K/25% deal with Barbara and credits her expertise; active products and post-show expansion.

5. BL05 — Blinger — current official company site current official company site accessed 2026-09-09

   Active product sales and current operation.

6. BL06 — Blinger — current official company patent page current official company patent page accessed 2026-09-09

   Company identifies GEMC2, LLC as IP/product operator and lists patent portfolio.

7. BL07 — Blinger — USPTO filing mirror of filed application USPTO filing mirror of filed application published 2020-02-28 accessed 2026-09-09

   Filed application states GEMC2, LLC is a Pennsylvania LLC; historical Wilmington DE address.

8. BL08 — Blinger — Pennsylvania Department of State official registry Pennsylvania Department of State official registry accessed 2026-09-09

   Direct business-search endpoint returned HTTP 403 to this research environment; entity/file number and current Pennsylvania standing not retrieved.

9. BL09 — Blinger — Pennsylvania Department of State official guidance Pennsylvania Department of State official guidance accessed 2026-09-09

   Confirms Pennsylvania entity search provides exact name/file number/status when accessible.

10. BL10 — Blinger — episode/update recap episode/update recap published 2025-07-15 update accessed 2026-09-09

    On-air final terms $200K/25% plus purchase-order funding; accepted.