Hopscotch Shark Tank Update

Hopscotch Shark Tank Pitch

Samantha John appeared on Shark Tank Season 12, Episode 15, which aired on February 25, 2021, with educational app for young entrepreneurs to code and run their own online games.

Hopscotch is listed in the Software Tech category. In plain terms, the business is described as educational app for young entrepreneurs to code and run their own online games.

Hopscotch asked the Sharks for $400,000 for 4%, implying a valuation of about $10 million.

On the show, Hopscotch made a listed deal with Mark Cuban for $550,000 for 11%.

If treated as straight equity, the listed deal works out to about $5 million implied valuation, down from the original $10 million implied valuation.

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

Hopscotch After Shark Tank

Hopscotch accepted an on-air offer from Mark Cuban, but later reporting indicates the deal did not close after filming. The show still gave the kid-coding app a meaningful visibility boost. (Hopscotch Shark Tank Update

Coverage of the company after Shark Tank points to a major download spike after the episode, while Hopscotch's own site continues to describe an active creative coding platform for children. (BGR Hopscotch update

The useful post-show takeaway is that Hopscotch remained an educational software company even if the televised investment did not become the long-term capital story. (Hopscotch Shark Tank Update

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