popSLATE Shark Tank Update

popSLATE Shark Tank Pitch

Yashar Behzadi appeared on Shark Tank Season 7, Episode 24, which aired on April 15, 2016, with smartphone case with E-ink display.

popSLATE is listed in the Accessories Gadgets category. In plain terms, the business is described as smartphone case with E-ink display.

popSLATE asked the Sharks for $500,000 for 5%, implying a valuation of about $10 million.

The source data lists no completed on-air deal for popSLATE.

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

popSLATE After Shark Tank

popSLATE left Shark Tank without an on-air deal. Follow-up reporting lists the post-show status as out of business. (PopSlate Shark Tank Update

Although Popslate didn't get a Shark deal, the product did enjoy a surge in sales after airing, a phenomenon sometimes referred to as the "Shark Tank Effect." The iPhone 6 and 6S models are showing as "sold out" on the website, but the founders have plans for the iPhone7, noting that the emergence of a new phone gives them an opportunity to refine their product in response to user feedback, hopefully offering new features that users will get excited about. (PopSlate Shark Tank Update

Time told Yashar to shut the company down in December, 2016. (PopSlate Shark Tank Update

The founder now is the CEO and Founder of Synthesis AI. (PopSlate Shark Tank Update

Sources

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