The couple accepted the offer almost immediately, and the conference room erupted with excitement in securing the largest deal in the history of shark tank. Shark tankbacked groovebook acquired by shutterfly for. Shutterfly tells us today that groovebook has more than 1 million downloads, 200 million photo uploads and groovebook subscribers have grown 15 times since appearing on shark tank. Groovebook by shutterfly offers the most inexpensive way to print the photos you love off your phone into a custom monthly photo book. This startup made a deal on shark tank and just sold to. If you want to know more you can find it in the links below. Say hello to a new groovebook in the mail each month.
In season 5, kevin oleary invested in groovebook, which lets you print photo books from your cell phone. Shutterfly shark tank bought the groovebook for 14. According to a report by techcrunch, in november of that year, groovebook had 1 million downloads and 200 million photo uploads. Indeed, groovebook and plated both reportedly experienced a big bump in sales, posttank. Groovebook s pitch took place in the thirteenth episode of the fifth season of shark tank, which aired on january 10, 2014. Brians mom saw the impact of groovebook, and encouraged them to go on the tv show shark tank to get investorbacking and national exposure. Archimedes discovery of the math behind water displacement was immortalized in eureka. Make money by dispensing cash to users who have ordered cash via our mobile app, increase your foot traffic and offer an opportunity for increased sales. Shark tank is an american reality television series that premiered on august 9, 2009. So much so in fact that the agency has ordered breathometer to offer. Groovebook is an app and service which lets you print photo books from your cell phone and then ships them to you monthly. Isaac asimov once said the most exciting phrase to hear in science. Shark tank, a popular american reality television series on abc, started its 10th season in october 2018. Groovebook pitch shark tank season 5 episode youtube.
Groovebook, an app that allows users to flag social media photos and request physical prints as part of a customized photo book, appeared on season five of shark tank. On camera, a shutterfly executive offers fourteenandahalf million dollars to buy the. The sisters made a bid for investment in an episode of shark tank that aired in january 2015. This is the groovebook pitch to the sharks on shark tank season 5 episode. To ramp up the business, husbandandwife team julie and brian whiteman pitched groovebook on the abc tv show shark tank.
Today, groovebook offers an iphone and android app that lets. Groovebook is a subscription service that helps get your photos off your phone and into a 4. Groovebook s shark tank deal was successfully funded. Sales lessons from the 9 most successful shark tank deals. The groovebook owners, who appeared on shark tank and. Shes behind the 3 most successful shark tank products that actually got a deal on the show. Not bad for doing a deal only a year earlier on shark tank. The focus of the program is the initial pitch made by hopeful entrepreneurs to eager investors. Shark tank this man gets offers from all the sharks. I saw it on shark tank and it is a great service to be offered to we consumers who really want a print of the photos we take with our phones.
During season 5 brian and julie whiteman pitched their business called groovebook to the investors on shark tank. Quickly following the shark tank appearance, groovebook skyrocketed to over a million monthly subscribers. See more ideas about free photo book, shark tank success and best photo app. What do the shark tank investors say about groovebook. Shark tank heads to kansas city for casting call kansas. A shark tank success story richards patent law firm. Kevin oleary reveals his big winners from shark tank. The 18 best shark tank success stories 32 page 32 zdnet. After the shark tank appearance in january of 2014, groovebook hit 500,000 paid subscribers. Groovebooks pitch took place in the thirteenth episode of the fifth season of shark tank, which aired on january 10, 2014. We also see them walking into an office emblazoned with the shutterfly logo.
Here are the 15 best investments each shark has made on. The segment in the groovebook shark tank made by the pen ended up making it versatile which is the way by which brian thought of the idea. Groovebook snapped up by shutterfly this transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate. The investors loved the concept and they struck up a deal. The whitemans accepted a joint deal from mark and kevin for licensing rights. How shutterfly will make money from shark tank marketwatch. After shark tank, subscriptions shot up to 500,000, and. Here are its 8 biggest onair deals in the latest episode, the celebrity investors expect to make a deal that puts them over a huge. After its shark tank appearance, groovebook was eventually acquired by another company help sharkalytics expand its shark tank knowledge base. If you have any information we should add or change, tell us in the comments. Groovebook update what happened after shark tank gazette.