Beyond Sushi Shark Tank Update

Beyond Sushi Shark Tank Pitch

Guy Vaknin appeared on Shark Tank Season 10, Episode 3, which aired on October 21, 2018, with vegan restaurant servicing plant-based sushi.

Beyond Sushi is listed in the Food Beverage category. In plain terms, the business is described as vegan restaurant servicing plant-based sushi.

Beyond Sushi asked the Sharks for $1,500,000 for 25%, implying a valuation of about $6 million.

On the show, Beyond Sushi made a listed deal with Lori Greiner for $1.5 million for 30% of west coast + 15% of east coast.

If treated as straight equity, the listed deal works out to about $5 million implied valuation, down from the original $6 million implied valuation.

This pitch is included as context for the more important question: what happened after Shark Tank.

Beyond Sushi After Shark Tank

Beyond Sushi accepted a large on-air structure from Lori Greiner and Matt Higgins, but the deal did not close after filming. Follow-up reporting says Guy Vaknin declined during due diligence, and the planned West Coast expansion never materialized. (Beyond Sushi Shark Tank update

The restaurant group did grow before pulling back. Beyond Sushi reached seven locations at its peak, then reduced the footprint; by August 2024, follow-up reporting put the business at two Beyond Sushi locations plus three other restaurants, with about $6 million in annual revenue across the properties. (Beyond Sushi follow-up reporting

The current Beyond Sushi site lists two Manhattan locations, W 37th Street and W 56th Street, with online ordering, reservations, catering, and links into the broader City Roots vegan restaurant group. That makes the post-show story less of a national-franchise win and more of a New York restaurant group that survived after changing scale. (Beyond Sushi official site

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