Bottlekeeper Drink Cooler Update | Shark Tank Season 10
Cousins Adam Callinan and Matt Campbell, pitched their beer bottle accessory, during
If you’re short on time, here’s a quick overview of what happened to BottleKeeper after
Adam Callinan and Matt Campbell, appeared on
Shark: | Result: |
Lori Greiner & Mark Cuban | $1,000,000 for 5% equity, plus a $1.50 royalty until double their investment is recouped |
Kevin O’Leary & Alex Rodriquez | $500,000 for 20% equity, plus a $500,000 line of credit |
Barbara Corcoran | No offer |
Shark Tank BottleKeeper Update
- Entrepreneurs: Adam Callinan and Matt Campbell
- Business: Beer bottle cooler
- Ask: $1,000,000 for 5% equity
- Result: $1,000,000 for 5% equity + $1.50 royalty
- Sharks: Mark Cuban and Lori Greiner
Founders of BottleKeeper, Adam Callinan and Matt Campbell, brought their innovative beer bottle insulator to the tank. They’ve basically set out to solve the problem that they call a global epidemic; ‘warm beer’.
Keeps your beer cold with insulation while protecting from breakage. Fits standard shaped 12oz beer bottles such as Bud Light, Corona, Coors and many more.
The BottleKeeper is a stainless steel insulator, which helps keep drinks cold for longer. The bottle is essentially inserted from the bottom, and the base is then screwed into place.
Additionally, the lid has a handy bottle opener, so you can easily crack open your cold one.
After hearing what Adam and Matt had to say during their pitch, Kevin O’Leary couldn’t wait to hear about their company’s sales after hearing about their $20 million valuation. Adam and Matt quickly answered and responded with some shocking numbers.
In the last ten days before coming onto
Things seemed to get better when they told the sharks that their gross margin was over 90%, while their net income is only around 10%. The product retails at $34.99 and only costs $3.50 to make it.
Scaling was one of their primary problems, and the ability to roll out the units to retail stores quicker would be a primary objective. They’re also running into issues with advertising costs, especially since they spent $3 million last year on Facebook ads alone.
The good news is, after discussing the financial numbers relating to their company, some of the sharks seemed interested in making an offer.
Although, before any of them could make an offer, Barbara Corcoran decided to drop out. Evidently, she didn’t like the marketing costs or the potential legal fees.
Unfortunately, Mark Cuban dropped out for similar reasons, mostly because he doesn’t think he’d get his investment back.
Thankfully, Kevin decided to make an offer of $250,000 for 10% equity and $750,000 as a line of credit. Guest shark Alex Rodriguez decided to jump in with Kevin’s offer and partner with him, effectively making the offer $500,000 for 20% equity, plus a $500,000 line of credit.
Lori Greiner offers $1 million for 3% equity, plus $3/unit royalty, until $2 million is made back. After some intense negotiations back and forth, Matt and Adam ask Lori and Mark if they’d come in together.
The sharks agree and they eventually settle on $1 million for 5% equity, plus $1.50 royalty, until $2 million is made back.
Adam and Matt quickly accept the offer, but did things work out following
Overall, we have great news to share in our BottleKeeper update. While the deal never closed, the cousins have still found success.
Since the show, they’ve also expanded their product line to include a CanKeeper, PintKeeper, a cooler called the ChillKeeper, and more!
In addition to the BottleKeeper website, products are available on Amazon, and at Ace Hardware, Sur La Table, and other retailers around the country. Further, the company is doing more than $10 million in annual revenue.
If we learn anything new about this company, we will certainly let you know. In the meantime, you can check out our other company updates from Season 10 Episode 6, by following the links below!
For even more on companies and products, be sure to stop by our Season 10 products page!
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