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Nubrella was built around a simple frustration: holding an umbrella in the rain leaves one hand occupied, and strong winds can turn an ordinary walk into a struggle. Inventor and entrepreneur Alan Kaufman believed he had a better answer. His solution was a wearable, hands-free umbrella that looked more like a transparent protective dome than a conventional rain shield. When Kaufman brought Nubrella to Shark Tank in February 2010, he was seeking investment to take the unusual product to a much larger market. He left the televised pitch having accepted an offer from Daymond John and Kevin Harrington. Yet the deal did not ultimately close, and the business's later history proved more complicated than the television moment suggested. That is why the search for Nubrella Shark Tank net wor...