Statistics: Chris Sacca Invested $1.57 Million on Shark Tank

Chris Sacca had already made a lot of money by finding technology companies early. Twitter, Uber and Instagram were some of the businesses he invested in before they became as big as they are now. He had worked at Google before that too. So, technology was something Chris knew pretty well before he ever sat down in Shark Tank.

But Chris was not around Shark Tank for very long. He made deals during Seasons 7 and 8 and then left the show. Eight businesses got him to an attributed $1.57 million in accepted agreements.

And those eight deals ended up splitting into two very different groups. There is strong evidence that Chris became an investor in all four of his Season 7 companies. Season 8 had deals that never closed, another where the answer is still unclear, and several businesses that eventually disappeared.

How Much Did Chris Sacca Invest on Shark Tank?

Chris made the same number of deals in both seasons. Four in Season 7 and another four in Season 8. But Season 8 had a little more money in it. Chris went from $720,000 in his first season to $850,000 in the next one.

Brightwheel was one of the bigger ones, but Chris did not have to put up the complete $600,000. Mark Cuban was doing that deal with him, leaving $300,000 on Chris’s side. Rent Like a Champion had Mark Cuban beside Chris too. They were putting in $200,000 together, which gives Chris $100,000. Bee Free Honee had one more Shark involved, with three of them sharing the $210,000 deal. That left $70,000 for Chris.

Hatch Baby was different. Chris was doing that $250,000 deal all by himself. Nomiku and Popup Play were the other two. Jack’s Stands was the smallest at $50,000, although that one was a loan. Toymail then gives Chris another counted $300,000 from the $600,000 deal he made with Lori Greiner.

All eight agreements together put $1.57 million on Chris’s side. But there is a pretty big difference between the two seasons once filming was over. His Season 7 investments have much stronger evidence of actually going through, while several of the Season 8 deals did not make it that far.

Chris Sacca Invested $250,000 in Hatch Baby

Ann Crady-Weiss and Dave Weiss had turned a regular changing pad into something that could keep track of the baby too. Hatch Baby had a scale built into the pad, and it connected to an app. Parents could use it to follow things like their baby’s weight and feeding. They came into Shark Tank wanting $250,000 for 2.5%. That put a $10 million value on the company.

Chris had a different deal for Hatch Baby. He would put in the $250,000 through a convertible note with a $7.5 million cap. Ann and Dave took the offer. And Chris was putting up all of the money himself.

Hatch Baby did keep Chris around after Shark Tank. He was later listed as an investor in the company. The business changed quite a bit too, with Hatch becoming much more about helping people sleep than the changing pad Ann and Dave originally brought into the Tank. Hatch is still around today.

Chris Sacca Invested $100,000 in Rent Like a Champion

Hotels can get pretty hard to find when thousands of people come into a college town for a big game. Mike Doyle and T. Drew Mitchell had another place for those fans to stay. Rent Like a Champion let homeowners rent out their houses to people coming into town for sporting events. Mike and Drew were looking for $200,000 for 10%.

Chris had actually passed on Airbnb years earlier. This time, he wanted the rental business, and Mark Cuban came into the deal with him. The two Sharks agreed to give Mike and Drew the full $200,000 they were asking for. That puts $100,000 on Chris’s side.

This one made it through everything after Shark Tank too. Drew later said the deal closed about ten weeks after they filmed the pitch. Rent Like a Champion kept going from there and started working around more sporting events. The company is still in business today.

Chris Sacca Invested $70,000 in Bee Free Honee

Katie Sanchez was trying to make apple jelly when something else happened. It did not really turn into the jelly she wanted. Instead, it came out a lot more like honey. And there were no bees involved. Katie eventually turned it into a plant-based honey business and brought Melissa Elms in with her. The two came to Shark Tank asking for $100,000 for 10%.

Chris was not doing this deal by himself. Mark Cuban and Barbara Corcoran joined him, and the three Sharks agreed to $210,000 for 30% of Bee Free Honee. They split the investment equally. That left Chris putting $70,000 into the company for his 10%.

Bee Free Honee did get the Sharks’ money after the show. And the product made its way into stores like Whole Foods, Wegmans and Natural Grocers. The company kept selling for a few more years. But in 2019, Bee Free Honee shut down.

Chris Sacca Invested $300,000 in Brightwheel

Dave Vasen had started Brightwheel after seeing how hard it could be for parents to know what was happening with their kids during the day. His software gave daycare centers and preschools one place to handle things like attendance and billing. Parents could get photos and messages from there too. Dave came to Shark Tank asking for $400,000 for 4% of the company.

Chris was not the only Shark who wanted Brightwheel. Mark Cuban came into the deal with him, and together they offered Dave $600,000 for 6.67%. Dave took the offer. Half of the money puts $300,000 on Chris’s side.

Chris and Mark stayed with Brightwheel after Shark Tank and invested in the company again. More investors came in after them, and by 2025, Brightwheel had raised $158 million. Brightwheel was valued at $735 million by 2025. That sounds like a lot compared with the company Chris first invested in. But more investors had put money into Brightwheel by then, and we do not know how much of the company Chris still had.

Chris Sacca’s Season 8 Investments

Jack Bonneau was only 10 when he came to Shark Tank with Jack’s Stands & Marketplaces. Chris did not want part of the business. Instead, he offered Jack a $50,000 loan at 2% interest. And Jack would only take $10,000 to start with. If he needed more money after that, Chris could look at the business again.

Popup Play let kids design their own playhouses on an app and then have the real playhouse made for them. Chris offered Amelia Cosgrove and Bryan Thomas $250,000 through a convertible note with a $3 million cap. They accepted his offer. But the deal did not close after Shark Tank, so Chris never put the $250,000 into Popup Play.

Toymail had two Sharks willing to put up quite a bit more money. Chris and Lori Greiner agreed to $600,000 for 5%, which leaves $300,000 on Chris’s side when we split the money between them. That agreement did not close either, and Toymail later entered liquidation in 2019.

Nomiku did not disappear after Shark Tank. Lisa and Abe kept the company going, although it is harder to know whether Chris went with them. There are reports saying he invested the $250,000, and others saying the deal did not close. Nomiku eventually shut down in 2019.

What Happened to Chris Sacca’s Shark Tank Companies?

Three of Chris’s Season 7 companies are still around today. Hatch went from the changing pad to building much more around sleep. Rent Like a Champion kept finding places for people to stay when they traveled to sporting events. Brightwheel got much bigger too, raising $158 million and reaching a $735 million valuation by 2025.

Bee Free Honee did not have the same ending. The Sharks really did invest in the company, and its products later got into some pretty big stores. But Bee Free Honee was gone by 2019. So, Chris’s four Season 7 deals all went further than the agreements viewers saw in the Tank.

Season 8 did not leave Chris with the same kind of companies. Popup Play and Toymail never got his money, while it is still not clear what happened with the Nomiku deal. And all three companies eventually shut down. Jack’s Stands is gone too, although Jack Bonneau kept working with young entrepreneurs later through Teen Hustl.

How Successful Was Chris Sacca on Shark Tank?

Chris had four companies where there is good evidence that his Season 7 money really went in. One of those, Bee Free Honee, eventually closed. But Hatch and Rent Like a Champion are still in business, and Brightwheel went on to raise another $158 million. That is quite a lot to come from four deals Chris made during one season.

Brightwheel had reached a $735 million valuation by 2025. Chris had started with $300,000 in the Shark Tank deal and then invested in the company again later. Other investors put money into Brightwheel too. So, that $735 million does not tell us how much Chris’s piece of the company was worth.

And there has not been an exit from Brightwheel that gives us a number for Chris. Hatch and Rent Like a Champion do not give us a number for Chris either. Both are still in business, but that does not tell us what Chris has made from them. So, we know some of his companies did very well. We just do not know how well Chris himself did from owning a piece of them.

Where Is Chris Sacca Now?

Chris had walked away from venture investing in 2017. But a few years later, climate change got him interested in investing again. He and his wife, Crystal English Sacca, started Lowercarbon Capital to put money behind companies trying to do something about it. And that became the next big part of Chris’s investing career.

Lowercarbon is putting its money into companies trying to do something about climate change. Some are trying to remove carbon from the air. Others are trying to find better ways to make things or move them around. Chris is still there as a co-founder and managing partner. And Lowercarbon has grown into a multibillion-dollar fund.

Lowercase Capital did not completely go away either. Chris is still its chairman. But Lowercase stopped raising new funds when Chris stepped away from investing. Shark Tank was something Chris left behind at the same time. He has not returned as a regular Shark since Season 8.

Final Words

There were only two seasons for Chris to make his Shark Tank deals. Chris’s four Season 7 deals all went somewhere after Shark Tank. The Sharks really did put money into those companies. Season 8 gave Chris another four deals, but two never got his money and another one is still not clear. That is how Chris ended up with eight accepted deals without actually putting all of the $1.57 million into the companies.

Brightwheel went much further than any of Chris’s other Shark Tank companies. Chris and Mark put more money into it later, and the company was valued at $735 million by 2025. Hatch and Rent Like a Champion are still around too. Bee Free Honee was not as lucky and eventually closed.

Chris only gave himself two seasons to find those companies. Season 8 ended up being Chris’s last one on Shark Tank. And in 2017, he decided to step away from venture investing too. He did come back to investing later with Lowercarbon Capital. But Shark Tank was something he never came back to. So, the eight deals he made in Seasons 7 and 8 are still all the Shark Tank deals Chris has.