What's so special about that specific deal/product? Did I miss something?<p>Because it's not that special that those deals fall through. I don't know about Dragons Den, but afaik Shark Tank US as well as the german version "Die Höhle der Löwen" had seasons with 60% of the "deals made on air" not happening.
I saw their product on Dragons' Den yesterday.<p>I found it rather surprising as I've bought similar bluetooth key fobs, from Aliexpress for around $1.40 each and they mentioned they where planning on selling them for around £20.
One of the things I learned over the years is that a deal (particularly an investment) hasn't happened until it actually closes.<p>Kind of tough lesson to learn, especially if you've had to parade yourself on a TV program.
Funnily I met those two guys at the Glasgow Tech-Scene Christmas Party at 'The Raven'. Seemed like really nice guys with a cool product. Wonder what went wrong with the DD.
I think it's pretty shady to air the episodes before the deal is finalized (imo, other people I know strongly disagree). They essentially get free reality TV candidates without any obligation. You can always back out if you want to.<p>[I'd also never take any of theses TV show deals for a software company as they seem pretty bad to me. For something you sell on home shopping networks etc. it seems better because you get the distribution expertise. I have doubts you get anything besides the money and probably lots of hassle for software.]
The article didn't really clarify. Did they lose the funding mainly because the laptop was lost at Heathrow?? Was it because of fear their IP was compromised by the theft?