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Jessica Bacon

Dragons' Den winner secured £100k investment but claims he never saw a single tycoon again

Entrepreneurs dream of a £100,000 investment from the business tycoons on Dragons Den, but Simon Heap has revealed that the reality is quite different from the popular BBC show.

The 53-year-old pitched his fitness games business Rugged Interactive to the dragons in series 14 and secured a deal with Peter Jones and Deborah Meaden.

However, only a few weeks later he turned down the deal to keep his 30 per cent stake in the business, as he claims the dragons never spoke to him again personally or stayed involved in his business.

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