Daniel Lubetzky, the newest member of Shark Tank’s slate of regular judges, is already developing his niche. The man behind the snack company Kind gravitates to novel food-focused pitches, like one from a vegan fish startup. But on a recent episode, Lubetzky was captivated by a different type of quirky product: a transparent hummingbird feeder worn over your face, all the better to view the hovering, swift-moving birds up close.
“When my dad passed away, all of us saw a bird outside of where he and my mom lived,” a visibly emotional Lubetzky said on the show. His father had loved hummingbirds, flying wonders of engineering, he added, before offering the contraption’s inventor $75,000 for 35% of the company.
