FSU alumnus to appear on ABC’s Shark Tank
Ella Hechlik
On Feb. 5, Florida State University graduate student Michael Benarde will appear on ABC’s Shark Tank to pitch his product NightCap, a drink spiking prevention cup cover designed to look like a scrunchie.
The idea for NightCap came to Benarde’s sister Shirah in a dream, and she immediately began working on a prototype. When Bernarde returned home from college for the summer, they began working together on turning the prototype into something real.
That was over a year and a half ago. Now, NightCap has sold over 10,000 units and has close to 120,000 followers on the social media platform Tik Tok.