Mum2mum Market – offered £35,000 for 25% by Meaden.Her family lived above her father's electrical shop, and she attended Chelmsford County High School for Girls.Opus – offered £80, 000 for 25 per cent by Meaden.Offered £50,000 for 20 per cent by Jenkins. Mason’s Beans – ceased trading May 2016.Grounded Body Scrub – Offered £30,000 by Willingham for 45 per cent.Latest Free Stuff – offered £50,000 from Meaden for 10 per cent.Vitiliglow – Willingham offered £37,500 for 40 per cent.Tag’s Snack Foods – Meaden and Jones offered £125,000 for 30 per cent.The Raw Chocolate Factory – Meaden offered £72, 000 for 10 per cent. ![]() China Foods – Peter Jones offered £30,000 for a 25 per cent stake.Fridja – offered £70,000 for 25 per cent by Meaden and Jenkins.Rugged Interactive – offered £100,000 for 30 per cent by Jones and Meaden.Shnuggle – offered £100,000 for 25 per cent by Suleyman but didn’t receive it.Love Me Beauty – offered £80,000 for 8 per cent by Jenkins and Willingham.Lupo – offered £100,000 for 30 per cent by Peter Jones.Kidsflush – offered £40,000 for 40 per cent by Suleyman.Coconut Flower maker Cocofina – offered £75,000 for 20 per cent stake by Nick Jenkins and Sarah Willingham.Universal Manhole Key Kit – offered £40,000 for 35 per cent by Deborah Meaden.Light Lead – offered £70,000 for a 35per cent stake by Touker Suleyman."As well as investment, the entrepreneurs benefit hugely from the exposure the Den brings and all the work that goes on behind the scenes, including guidance, connections and advice the small businesses receive from the Dragons.” This is the full list of offered investments never paid out. "All the successful entrepreneurs enter into the normal period of rigorous due diligence with the Dragons once a deal has been struck and, as is often the case in the real world, deals can fall through. He said: “We were already doing well so to give away the equity seemed the wrong decision.” His firm now exports to the USA and Europe.īut even though the business then failed, Gary said “Overall it was a great experience and opened a lot of doors.”Ī BBC spokesman said: “Dragons’ Den is about real business and investments, and we are proud of the brilliant success rate of deals and upward trajectory of businesses after their time in the Den. Simon, who appeared with his associate Martin Worth, claimed he wanted detail on what help the Dragons would offer – but said it never came. They liked his interactive fitness games, but after the cameras stopped rolling they couldn’t agree on a deal. Simon Heap’s Rugged Interactive won a £100,000 offer for 30 per cent of his business from Dragons Deborah Meaden and Peter Jones in series 14. Polly Gotschi won an offer of £37,500 from Sarah Willingham for 40 per cent of her firm Vitiliglow, a make-up product for sufferers of skin condition vitiligo.īut even though her deal never came through, for “several reasons”, she said: “The publicity generated helped raise awareness of my product and the condition.” ![]() He said: “The Dragons did help me make my business stronger.” ![]() Jacob told us there were disagreements over direction, so Cocofina – already selling to Harrods – went it alone. Jacob Thundil’s coconut food firm Cocofina bagged a £75,000 promise for five per cent from Nick and fellow Dragon Sarah Willingham but the deal fell through. Simon Heap’s Rugged Interactive won a £100,000 offer for 30% of his business from Deborah Meaden and Peter Jones in series 14, but couldn't agree a deal after the show Disagreements
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