Bottle Breacher, a Tucson company that makes bottle openers out of recycled 50 caliber ammunition will appear on a special veteran-themed episode of Shark Tank at 8 p.m. tomorrow on KGUN. The show will feature entrepreneurs with military backgrounds.
Bottle Breacher came about when former Navy Seal, Elijah Crane, wanted to make something unique out of products he used when he was deployed. Crane and his wife, Jen, started the company in 2012, via an Etsy shop.
Veterans, reservists and active duty service members handcraft all of the bottle openers, which are made from professionally powder-coated, polished and engraved dummy ammunition.
The duo leased a 1,200 square-foot warehouse space at 1870 W. Prince Road in August, which, according to the Shark Tank blog, could work to the company’s advantage in making its pitch.
Crane will pitch to a panel of five potential investors, also known as “sharks,” on the business and its prospects for growth. The object of the show is to convince the panel that the company is worth an investment, by going over business plans, financials and sales data, as well as showing that they are capable of running the business up to “shark standards.”
