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

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.
Babson College — BRUW founder profile (entrepreneurship.babson.edu) 2023-10-17
Babson reports that Max Feber sold BRUW to Snarky Tea in 2020.