{"id":61721,"date":"2026-01-25T23:13:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T04:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=61721"},"modified":"2026-01-25T23:13:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T04:13:42","slug":"lakeland-manufacturer-of-screen-skinz-lands-a-shark-tank-deal-with-kevin-mr-wonderful-oleary-and-alex-ohanian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/01\/25\/lakeland-manufacturer-of-screen-skinz-lands-a-shark-tank-deal-with-kevin-mr-wonderful-oleary-and-alex-ohanian\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakeland manufacturer of Screen Skinz lands a \u201cShark Tank\u201d deal with Kevin \u201cMr. Wonderful\u201d O\u2019Leary and Alex Ohanian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This Catapult member business has gone nationwide. Find out what happened when its owners appeared on \u201cShark Tank.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Canning (center) pitched along with Screen Skinz co-founder RaShaun Brown (right) and advisor Wayne Pfeffer (left). Photo by Disney\/John Fleenor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLet\u2019s kick some glass together.\u201d That was the call to action from Screen Skinz<\/a> as its founders sought funding on the latest episode of \u201cShark Tank.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-founded by Polk State College alum Clay Canning, Screen Skinz sells glass screen protectors with designs that disappear<\/a> when your phone turns on. It\u2019s also a Catapult<\/a> member biz, with manufacturing operations based in Lakeland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Canning and his business partners pitched the sharks an initial ask of $300,000 for 7.5% of the company. After a few counters, they accepted a joint deal with Kevin \u201cMr. Wonderful\u201d O\u2019Leary and Alex Ohanian. The terms include a $300,000 investment for a 15% stake in the company, plus a $1 royalty per unit sold until $900,000 is paid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To celebrate, Screen Skinz is offering 20% off sitewide<\/a> with the code SHARK. Pro tip: If you missed them on \u201cShark Tank,\u201d stream the episode on Hulu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Catapult member business has gone nationwide. Find out what happened when its owners appeared on \u201cShark Tank.\u201d \u201cLet\u2019s kick some glass together.\u201d That was the call to action from Screen Skinz as… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDFcL2Rvd25sb2FkLTE3LndlYnA_Zml0PTEwMDAlMkM1NjMmc3NsPTEiLCJ0eHQiOiJMYWtlbGFuZCBtYW51ZmFjdHVyZXIgb2YgU2NyZWVuIFNraW56IGxhbmRzIGEgXHUyMDFjU2hhcmsgVGFua1x1MjAxZCBkZWFsIHdpdGggS2V2aW4gXHUyMDFjTXIuIFdvbmRlcmZ1bFx1MjAxZCBPXHUyMDE5TGVhcnkgYW5kIEFsZXggT2hhbmlhbiIsInRlbXBsYXRlIjoiaGlnaHdheSIsImZvbnQiOiIiLCJibG9nX2lkIjoxNjMwNDA2NjF9.Wkyq9T8V2eJKmfj8-dVtnAOiJiDUhh6Za3uM93DPoFgMQ"},"version":2,"attached_media":[{"id":61722,"url":"http:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/download-17.webp","type":"image\/webp"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[13357],"class_list":["post-61721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-lakeland-manufacturer-of-screen-skinz-lands-a-shark-tank-deal-with-kevin-mr-wonderful-oleary-and-alex-ohanian"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61725,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61721\/revisions\/61725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}