Lollacup

Lollacup is a sippy cup with a straw, designed for babies and toddlers learning to drink on their own. It was created by Hanna and Mark Lim, a married couple from Pasadena, California, who focused on a cup that small children could handle easily and that was made without BPA. The couple appeared in Season 3, Episode 12. The show's production company, Sony Pictures Television, said in a press release that Mark Cuban and Robert Herjavec jointly offered $100,000 for 40% of the company, and that the founders' insistence on manufacturing in the U.S. was part of the conversation. They accepted. Their opening ask appears only on fan sites, so it is not listed here. What followed is told mainly in the company's own words. The founders describe working with both sharks after the show, and the original cup grew into a wider line of baby and toddler products under the Lollaland name, made in either the U.S. or Germany. No independent report spells out what was finalized after taping, so the deal is listed as reported rather than confirmed. For parents, the main thing to know is that the cup is still on sale. Both lollaland.com and Amazon carry it, branded as Lollaland. The Shark Tank episode is often remembered as one where keeping production in America became a selling point. The current product line and the founders' account are covered in the update below.