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Bouquet Bar

Research status: unresolved as of 2026-09-09

Also known as: Bouquet Bar, LLC, Bouquet Bar Inc.

Bouquet Bar is credibly reported to have stopped operating as a consumer gifting brand in December 2019, but the tracker withholds a definitive closure classification because no primary shutdown or current entity record was captured.

Shark Tank appearance

Dated timeline

DateEventEvidence
2017-01 Bouquet Bar launched as a luxury/custom gift-box business in Irvine, according to later company profiles. BQBR5
2018-01-21 Bouquet Bar aired in Shark Tank Season 9, Episode 19; the founders accepted Mark Cuban’s $150,000 for 20% offer. BQBR1, BQBR2, BQBR3
2018-08-14 Dallas Business Journal listed Bouquet Bar inside Mark Cuban’s Shark Tank portfolio and stated Cuban invested $150,000 for 20%. BQBR4
2019-03-26 USPTO TTAB records show Bouquet Bar Inc. obtained extensions of time to oppose Sugarfina trademark applications, confirming continued corporate/IP activity in 2019. BQBR6
2019-05-24 Bouquet Bar Inc., a Delaware corporation, registered as a foreign corporation in California under state ID 04281635, according to California-SOS-derived corporate records. BQBR7
2019-12 Later follow-up reporting places the consumer brand’s shutdown in December 2019. BQBR8, BQBR9
2026-09-09 No current operating Bouquet Bar storefront or verified successor operator was located in this bounded research pass. BQBR5, BQBR8

Legal and entity identity

Legal entities
Bouquet Bar, LLC, Bouquet Bar Inc.
Aliases
Bouquet Bar, LLC, Bouquet Bar Inc.
Successor/acquirer
None verified

Delaware corporation / California foreign registration

Bouquet Bar Inc. · California state ID 04281635; Delaware file number unresolved · stale 2022-derived record reported active; current standing unresolved

  • California foreign registration filed 2019-05-24

Limitation: Direct California BizFile entity detail and current Delaware standing were not retrieved. Federal trademark records establish historical Bouquet Bar LLC/Inc. names but not their succession.

Bouquet Bar — California SOS-derived corporate record · accessed 2026-09-09

Notable findings and disputes

  1. credible report Bouquet Bar is credibly reported to have stopped operating as a consumer gifting brand in December 2019, but the tracker withholds a definitive closure classification because no primary shutdown or current entity record was captured. [ BQBR8, BQBR9, BQBR10 ]
  2. strong corroboration The deal-closing record is materially conflicted: contemporary 2018 portfolio reporting and venture data say Cuban invested, whereas newer Shark Tank recap pages say the deal never materialized. Contemporary evidence is weighted more heavily, but executed closing documents remain unavailable. [ BQBR4, BQBR10, BQBR9 ]
  3. verified fact The existence of a California foreign corporation listed active in a stale 2022-derived record does not contradict a 2019 brand shutdown; legal-entity standing and consumer-brand operation are separate dimensions. [ BQBR7, BQBR8 ]
  4. credible report Current public summaries compress or contradict the historical investment narrative. No archived same-page Bouquet Bar capture was retrieved, so no claim is made that a specific page was edited or sanitized. [ BQBR4, BQBR9, BQBR11 ]

What we could not verify

  • Executed Mark Cuban investment documents and final cap table.
  • Current Delaware and California standing of Bouquet Bar Inc.
  • Legal succession/relationship between Bouquet Bar, LLC and Bouquet Bar Inc.
  • Exact shutdown date and any asset/IP sale after the consumer brand ceased operating.
  • Wayback snapshots of bouquetbar.com sufficient to compare pre- and post-Shark Tank wording.

Full research sources

  1. BQBR1Bouquet Bar — ABC official appearance index ABC official appearance index published 2026-04-22 accessed 2026-09-09

    ABC confirms Bouquet Bar appeared on Shark Tank.

  2. BQBR2Bouquet Bar — episode database episode database published 2018-01-21 accessed 2026-09-09

    Season 9 Episode 19 and air date.

  3. BQBR3Bouquet Bar — reputable contemporaneous reporting reputable contemporaneous reporting published 2018-12-12 accessed 2026-09-09

    Season 9 Episode 19 and pitch context.

  4. BQBR4Bouquet Bar — Dallas Business Journal Dallas Business Journal published 2018-08-14 accessed 2026-09-09

    Contemporaneous Cuban portfolio entry: $150,000 for 20%.

  5. BQBR5Bouquet Bar — business database business database published current accessed 2026-09-09

    Founding/location and closed operating status.

  6. BQBR6Bouquet Bar — USPTO TTABVUE USPTO TTABVUE published 2019-03-26 to 2019-08-25 accessed 2026-09-09

    Bouquet Bar Inc. IP opposition-extension activity.

  7. BQBR7Bouquet Bar — California SOS-derived corporate record California SOS-derived corporate record published data refreshed 2022-04-04 accessed 2026-09-09

    Foreign CA registration, Delaware origin, state ID 04281635; stale active status.

  8. BQBR8Bouquet Bar — specialist follow-up reporting specialist follow-up reporting published current rendering accessed 2026-09-09

    Pitch details and reported December 2019 shutdown.

  9. BQBR9Bouquet Bar — retrospective reporting retrospective reporting published current rendering accessed 2026-09-09

    Claims deal did not close and brand shut in December 2019; conflict source.

  10. BQBR10Bouquet Bar — venture database venture database published current accessed 2026-09-09

    Records January 2018 $150,000 angel round from Mark Cuban.

  11. BQBR11Bouquet Bar — Wayback CDX archive attempt Wayback CDX archive attempt published 2026-09-09 accessed 2026-09-09

    Archive request blocked by environment safe-URL restriction; no historical absence inference.

Status-Verification Sources

  1. Bouquet Bar — Dallas Business Journal portfolio entry (bizjournals.com) 2018-08-14
    Contemporaneous reporting lists Mark Cuban's $150,000 investment for 20%.
  2. Bouquet Bar — specialist follow-up (sharktankblog.com)
    Reports a December 2019 shutdown; no primary shutdown filing was captured.