If there’s anything more fun than seeing enthusiastic entrepreneurs get cash to build their business, it’s got to be seeing them negotiate a deal with an investor.  That’s what BzzAgent’s Shark Tank Live at FutureM was all about last week.  It was a fantastic event that exceeded all expectations – especially for the 6 startups that took the stage.

The investors, led by BzzAgent’s Dave Balter, had committed $100,000 to these startups.  But at the end of the night, almost $450,000 was distributed.  Here’s how the money was distributed in the tank:

• Timbre – the local music mobile app was the big winner of the night, taking in a total of $350,000 – $150,000 from Dave Balter and Boston Seed Capital and $200,000 from Fred Destin at Atlas.
• Jebbit – this unique digital marketing tool received $29,000 from Dharmesh Shah
• Coachup – the sports coaching site received $28,000 from Dharmesh Shah, in addition to follow up meetings with CommonAngels, NextView, and Jean Hammond.
• NBD Nano, the company that “pulls water from the air”,  received $25,000 from Boston Seed.
• Sidewalk – the local business marketing site received $10,000 from Gus Weber of Polaris Ventures
• Arcbazar  - the architectural design site didn’t receive a financial commitment, but they saw a lot of interest from Atlas, Google Ventures, and Intel Capital.  But they didn’t leave empty handed.  Event supporter, UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), donated an expenses paid trip to London for them them to meet with investors and other multinational startups.

The timed (and obviously very well-rehearsed) presentations from each startup were fascinating, but the highlight of the night for those in attendance was the lively investor cross-examinations and the financial negotiations that played out live on the stage. Follow the play-by-play from those tweeting live from the event with #bostonsharks, and check out some pictures of the night below.

Here are some scenes from the night:

We had a lot of media interest in this as well, here’s some of their coverage:

The Boston Globe: “Start-ups dive into pitches in Boston’s ‘Shark Tank’

Innovation Economy: “Investor panel at FutureM conference puts $442,000 into five startups: Timbre, NBD Nanotechnologies, Jebbit, CoachUp, and Sidewalk”

Bost Inno: “FutureM Shark Tank Investors Award $442,000 to Five Startups”

Entrepreneur: “How Shark Tank Is Changing Angel Investing”

VentureFizz: “Great Night for Timbre, CoachUp at Boston Shark Tank”

WeLoveBeanTown: “Boston Shark Tank – The Work Week’s Best Party? I Think So.”

What would FutureM be without a BzzAgent bash? After the party, sharks of all kinds came out to Firebrand Saints for a night of great food and drinks like the “Great White Shark Hunt” and of course, the “Angel Investor form Hell“. We’ve got some great pictures below, but you really need to follow along with the #sharkfiletshow tweets.

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After hours of deliberations, interviews, debates and dialogues, the Sharks have chosen 6 final companies to present at the BzzAgent’s Boston Angel Shark Tank Event during FutureM. These companies are competing for $100,000 from notable Boston-area venture, seed and angel investors.

Through shark-infested nomination and evaluation waters, these 6 companies have proven their passion, determination and grit. They’ve overcome bump-and-bite attacks, and are no doubt putting salve on the abrasions and serrations. The question is: In the quest for a piece of $100,000 in available investment money, will these companies receive puncture wounds or a trophy fin?

What you should know:

• These 6 impressive (and daring) companies will be presenting on October 25^th @ 4 PM @ the NERD Center as part of FutureM.
• They beat out more than 70 other companies to get a spot at the event (there are SO MANY incredible companies in that list of 70, it’s worth checking out every single one.)
• Each of the finalists have a shot at obtaining a piece of the $100,000 in investment money committed from some of Boston’s finest investors (the $100,000 may be distributed to more than 1 company).
• The companies will present their business and their financing terms live in front of an audience.  The Sharks will then have the opportunity to invest right there, on the spot.
• The Sharks are:  Nicole Stata,Dave Balter, Fred Destin, Lucy McQuilkin, Mike Troiano, Joe Caruso, Katie Rae, Dharmesh Shah with Mass Challenge’s Karl Buttner moderating.

The six companies presenting to these sharks are:

arcbazar - Entrepreneurs:  Imdat As and Ana Batista

arcbazar.com is a first-of-its-kind crowdsourcing platform for architectural design services. At arcbazar.com, any person can launch a design competition for any scale of project: an addition to a home, a remodeling job for retail space, a design of an entire family home, a landscape project, a mixed-use development, or any other architectural design project. The client describes the project, uploads images, and provides basic information that form the basis for designers to develop their architectural concepts. The client sets the award and timeline, and in the end picks the best design solution. The award is distributed among the first three ranking design schemes.

CoachUp.com – Entrepreneurs: Jordan Fliegel and Arian Radmand

CoachUp helps athletes achieve their full potential by connecting them with great private coaches. The independent coaches who list their services on the CoachUp platform take advantage of CoachUp’s digital marketing, scheduling, payment processing, client review gathering, and sophisticated profile pages to find new clients and manage their private coaching business. It is completely FREE to sign up on CoachUp: there is no fee to join, and we don’t take any money from the coach’s earnings.  Founded by Jordan Fliegel, a former professional basketball player and longtime private coach, and Arian Radmand, an experienced sailing instructor and software engineer, CoachUp is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, and has the most sports private coaches in the nation.

Intrepid Pursuits / Timbre – Entrepreneur: Mark Kasdorf

Timbre exists to connect two painfully disconnected communities. People that like music, and local musicians. According to a recent Wall Street Journal report, up to 50% of total music ticket inventory goes unsold each year. This comes at a time, when most small musicians make most of their money from ticket sales and merchandise.  Timbre has created a unique and fresh mobile app to quickly and easily let anyone sample music playing around them, and purchase tickets.  Timbre is driving towards a world where hundreds of thousands of people use the app each week to help them figure out on what they should spend money for their precious weekend evenings. Driving people to specific venues or concerts influences the success of young talent, what restaurants people go to, and what bars they drink at.

Jebbit – Entrepreneurs: Tom Coburn, Chase McAleese

Tom conceived the idea for Jebbit in December of 2010. The idea was was conceived based off three key observations: 1) The goal of every advertisement is to have a targeted audience comprehend a specific message 2) High bounce rates (often > 50%) on places like Google and Facebook mean a significant portion of an advertiser’s budget is wasted, and 3) More so than ever before, the way our society consumes media presents an opportunity to apply “verification instances” (aka a 1-on-1, brand-consumer interaction to verify the message of the ad was comprehended by the user- this was not possible with just TV, radio, billboard, etc) that will greatly increase the efficiency of advertising budgets. Thus, the idea for CPCA, or Cost-Per-Correct-Answer, was born.

NBD Nanotechnologies Inc - Entrepreneurs: Deckard Sorensen, Miguel and Andy

NBD makes use of a nano-scale surface to enhance water condensation. Mimicking the Namib Desert Beetle, our nanotechnology can be used to collect water in the most arid regions of the world. NBD uses unique surface engineering chemistry exclusively licensed out of MIT to enhance condensation. We create water from the air in the form of atmospheric water generators for human consumption. Superhydrophobic and superhydrophilic surfaces have a variety of commercial applications. NBD is targeting water harvesting by employing these alternating chemical surface features in varied micro-patterns/arrays affording unique and uncharacteristic properties. Our surface engineering solutions are based on years of research of coming from elite university laboratories in a range of fields, including materials science and chemical engineering. Applications include:

• Enhanced dehumidification for house-hold consumers
• Production of potable water for military operations
• Production of water for greenhouses to support plant life
• Production of potable water for third world nation

Sidewalk – Entrepreneurs: Mo Yehia, Avand Amiri, Brandon Weiss

Sidewalk profiles SMBs by analyzing their digital footprint. We use this data to help local sales reps sell smarter. In the future, we’ll help SMBs digitize. We have 100+ paying customers & 50+ marquee brands (Yelp, ATT, AMZN, etc) queued up for our beta. Robert Scoble called them the biggest idea at 500s.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water…. The sharks at BzzAgent are circling with a FutureM party that you won’t forget. It’s the “Shark Filet Show” at Firebrand Saints at 1 Broadway in Cambridge on Oct 25th, right after the big Shark Tank Live! event.

Join us to toast to the winners of the Shark Tank Live! event and celebrate a fantastic week of FutureM fun. If there’s one thing you can count on from a BzzAgent FutureM party, it’s that you’ll eat well. Really well. (Remember Tacopacalypse and the infamous Monsters of Pork?) Firebrand Saints is known for their rotisserie plates, so you never know what type of surprise you might find. Firebrand Saints is a great place, but it ain’t big. So reserve your place now and get there early. This will be a blow out.

On October 25th, some of Boston’s best and brightest investors will be getting together to invest $100,000 (at least) in startups, live and on the spot. It’s going to be a fun and wild and a hot mess – and not without its fair share of nail-biting, sweat-inducing drama. The Sharks – Fred Destin, Nicole Stata, Katie Rae, Dharmesh Shah, Joe Caruso, Mike Troiano (and some special guests) – don’t invest lightly and companies who dare to enter the tank must be on their game.

But for now, it’s the Sharks who have their work cut out for them. That’s because last Friday nominations for entries to the Shark Tank closed, and more than 70 companies were nominated to be considered for the event.

Over the next week, this list must be trimmed down to just 6 finalists. That’s right, 70 down to 6. This is going to take some serious fin-flexing. Private dossiers on each company have been delivered and early this week – at an undisclosed, dimly-lit location – doors will be locked and shades will be drawn, and the Sharks will begin the selection process.

So for everyone who has been nominated (see full list below), or knows one of the nominees, consider this your moment to make your nomination count. The hooks have been baited, the water has been chummed, and it’s now time to create a shark frenzy. Here Sharky Sharky Sharky…

The Sharks – a group who recognize persistence and persuasion as core tenants of successful startups- will consider any inbound attempt to sway their opinions. So get tweeting (use hashtag #bostonsharks). Get blogging (Sharks love to see their names in Google alerts). Get creative and you may just get yourself a spot in the Tank.

Shark Tank Boston Nominations

Final 6 to be chosen from this list

121nexus, Foster Sayers
A Curated World, Kay McGowan
arcbazar.com, Ana Batista
AutoBike, Inc., Sean Simpson
Awesome.me, Patrick O’Quinn
Azigo, Paul Trevithick
BRIGHTdriver, Jacob Silber
Burst, Paul Levy
CoachUp.com, Jordan Fliegel
CoFounder, Jim Spiliotis
Collaperty, Rishi Palriwala
Corporate Connect, Adam Sigel
Culture Adapt     Mike Miller
DisruptiveApps – iJukebox, Chip Selley
DrinkSavv, Mike Abramson
EcoValuePoints (EVP), Robert MacArthur
Emovera, Clark Nesselrodt
Farmers Row, John Miner
FirstCall Residential, Greg Antonioli
FlexiScore, Ed Win
Frat Labs Inc., David Lanphear
Freight Farms, Brad McNamara
fuzzycover LLC, Joseph Colbert
Galaxy Family Entertainment Center, Lee Robbins
Get Noticed Get Found, Jabez LeBret
GG’s Originals, Ron Lipof
HelmetHub, Chris Mills
Holiday Highlighter Co, Joseph Napoli
inLieu (inlieugiving.com), Kailey Raymond
Intrepid Pursuits, Mark Kasdorf
ITADSecurity, Inc., Robert  Rinaldi
Jebbit, Tom Coburn
Jegman Inc., Jason Glover
Launch Academy, Evan Charles
LeanWagon, Greg Rublev
Levr, Alonso Holmes
MI-SNAP.COM, Kristen Jensen
Modalyst, Alain  Miguel
Moniker Guitars, Kevin Tully
MovingMetrics, Brendan Lattrell
Mystery Gift Machine, Adam Stober
NBD Nanotechnologies Inc., Deckard  Sorensen
Patheer , Matthew Harris
PollKarma, Cy Khormaee
PreApps.com, Sean Casto
Presskit.to – by Indie Ambassador, Ben Maitland-Lewis
Price Intelligently, Patrick Campbell
Proseproductionsink, LLC, Paul  lICATA
Prospective Plus, Phoebe Farber
RallyPoint, Aaron Kletzing
Rejoiner, Mike Arsenault
RentPrefs, Raleigh Werner
Rootless, Aaron Williams
Rotary Robotics, James Peverill
Saleslytics, John Routhier
Sidewalk, Mo Yehia
Socialping,  Joel Strellner
SplashScore, Lyle Stevens
Sproutel, Hannah Chung
Superior Rehabilitation And Assessment Solutions, Mark Dorn
SyncStrength, Daniel McCaffrey
Technology For Autism Now, Marie Duggan
TechPay, Ross Markbreiter
The Handle Bar, Jessica  Bashelor
Thumbs Up, Cass Sapir
Umbie DentalCare, Jeremy Hamel
Upgrade Journey,  Tina Wang
Vinamor, Gary  DeJohn
Visual Content Magazine, Steven Denis
Vsnap, Dave McLaughlin
WorldBrain, Jakob Garrow
ZoomTilt, Anna Callahan

The Boston Shark Tank was conceived by BzzAgent and is being hosted as part of MITX’s FutureM week. The event will be held from 4-6 PM at the Microsoft NERD Center on October 25th. You must have a FutureM ticket to attend.

There are also limited spaces for the after party, the Shark Filet Show, which will follow immediately after. Sign up now at FutureM.org or be denied entry.