Dragons' Den winner has £100,000 funding withdrawn

Re:Dragons' Den winner has £100,000 funding withdrawn by cyberferret on Monday January 09, 2017 @07:26AM (#13355815)

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?

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Re:Dragons' Den winner has £100,000 funding withdrawn by erikb on Monday January 09, 2017 @08:08AM (#13356046)

I also misread the article at first that this was the reason for losing the funding, but actually it's the reason for starting the startup.

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Re:Dragons' Den winner has £100,000 funding withdrawn by cyberferret on Monday January 09, 2017 @08:15AM (#13356092)

Yep - It's been a long day of programming here, and it is late evening and I am tired, which is probably why I misread the article and asked for clarification. But the downvote police are seemingly merciless... :-)

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Re:Dragons' Den winner has £100,000 funding withdrawn by metalon on Monday January 09, 2017 @07:30AM (#13355841)

I think what it means that they got the idea for the tracker after losing the laptop, they didn't lose it after securing their funding

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Re:Dragons' Den winner has £100,000 funding withdrawn by cyberferret on Monday January 09, 2017 @07:42AM (#13355911)

Gotcha - I missed one word in that sentence... It's late here...

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Re:Dragons' Den winner has £100,000 funding withdrawn by janvha on Monday January 09, 2017 @07:31AM (#13355846)

Mate, it's too early to be drunk...

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Re:Dragons' Den winner has £100,000 funding withdrawn by cyberferret on Monday January 09, 2017 @07:41AM (#13355907)

11pm here... Not all HN users live in your neighbourhood... ;)

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Re:Dragons' Den winner has £100,000 funding withdrawn by janvha on Monday January 09, 2017 @07:44AM (#13355921)

Ah, then it's the right time to be drunk. My apologies, and enjoy it! :-)

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Re:Dragons' Den winner has £100,000 funding withdrawn by viraptor on Monday January 09, 2017 @07:30AM (#13355836)

"The idea was born when one of the founders lost his travel bag" - this has nothing to do with the funding.

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Re:Dragons' Den winner has £100,000 funding withdrawn by cyberferret on Monday January 09, 2017 @07:44AM (#13355918)

And the article STILL doesn't give specifics about what exactly was found lacking in the company. Poor reporting will generally lead to people trying to squeeze anything out of the information given, misreadings don't help.

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