Kevin O'Leary
$8,543,000 invested on air
deal activity | 40 deals across 131 episodes of Shark Tank |
rate of investment | 8% of the 531 pitches heard in 131 episodes received an investment |
largest deal | $2,500,000 invested in Zipz for 10% of the business in season 6 episode 11 |
investment size | $213,575 average / $100,000 median |
equity stake taken | 17% average / 15% median |
deal valuation | $1,688,412 average / $732,143 median |
discount | 41% below median asking valuation of $1,250,000 |
group deals | 26 of 40 deals (65% of total) have been in partnership with another shark, most frequently with Robert Herjavec (15 deals) . |
non-standard deals | 17 of the deals (42% of total) involved additional terms beyond cash-for-equity (e.g., royalties, contingencies, lines of credit). |
Map of Shark Tank investments
Browse Kevin O'Leary's investments by their place of business, or keep scrolling to see the full list after the jump.
books
Cold Hard Truth On Men, Women, and Money: 50 Common Money Mistakes and How to Fix Them (2014) |
Cold Hard Truth on Family, Kids and Money (2013) |
Cold Hard Truth: On Business, Money & Life (2012) |
Shark Tank investment track record
name | dollars invested | stake acquired | partners |
Zipz | $2,500,000 | 10% | |
How Do You Roll? | $1,000,000 | 20% | |
Honeyfund | $400,000 | 0% | |
xCraft | $300,000 | 5% | RH DJ LG MC |
Lovepop | $300,000 | 15% | |
GreenBox | $300,000 | 10% | |
Jump Forward | $300,000 | 25% | RH |
VerbalizeIt | $250,000 | 20% | |
Talbott Teas | $250,000 | 35% | |
First Defense Nasal Screen | $250,000 | 10% | DJ MC |
GeekMyTree | $225,000 | 50% | |
PittMoss | $200,000 | 12% | RH MC |
Total Merchant Resources | $200,000 | 50% | |
Drive Suits | $150,000 | 30% | |
The SBU Unicycle | $150,000 | 17% | RH |
Breathometer | $125,000 | 4% | RH DJ LG MC |
Liddup | $100,000 | 0% | |
Toygaroo | $100,000 | 20% | MC |
Boo Boo Goo | $100,000 | 25% | |
Soy-Yer Dough | $100,000 | 17% | RH DJ |
Gift Card Rescue | $100,000 | 25% | RH |
UniKey Technologies | $100,000 | 8% | MC |
Mee-Ma's Louisiana Gumbo Brick | $100,000 | 25% | LG |
Yubo | $75,000 | 10% | RH |
Ruckpack | $75,000 | 10% | RH |
Groovebook | $75,000 | 40% | MC |
Shark Wheel | $75,000 | 2% | MC NW |
Velocity Signs | $75,000 | 10% | RH MC |
Bottle Breacher | $75,000 | 5% | MC |
Wicked Good Cupcakes | $75,000 | 0% | |
Funtime Express | $62,500 | 10% | LG |
Buggy Beds | $50,000 | 5% | RH DJ BC MC |
Classroom Jams | $50,000 | 20% | KH RH DJ BC |
Frill Clothing | $50,000 | 15% | BC |
My Therapy Journal | $40,000 | 26% | RH |
Coffee Joulies | $37,500 | 0% | RH DJ LG |
CateApp | $35,000 | 17% | DJ |
Paper Box Pilots | $35,000 | 50% | |
Flip Outz | $33,000 | 11% | RH DJ |
Paparazzi Proposals | $25,000 | 17% | LG |