Two entrepreneurs haven't any regrets about strolling away from a £90,000 funding on Dragons’ Den, having since raked in £18.5million in gross sales.

Rutger Bruining and Theo Brainin appeared on Dragons’ Den in 2019, seekining £90,000 for a 5 p.c share of their firm, StoryTerrace.

StoryTerrace presents folks the possibility to craft a particular 60-page memoir about their lives.

The hardback e-book is written by a ghost-writer and is predicated on 4 hours of interviews with family members and prices round £1,500.

Tej Lalvani was so impressed with their pitch that he provided them the entire funding for 5 p.c of the enterprise.

However, after going backwards and forwards off digicam, Mr Bruining, the CEO, determined to show down the funding.

In an interview with Metro, he stated: "They all really loved the product.

"They liked what we have been making an attempt to do. Some want they'd sure relations they want they'd a e-book about.

“We even created book covers for them with an example of some parts of their lives, so they all got their own books.”

However, on why they rejected the deal, he stated: "We didn’t come to an agreement. It took quite a while, and it just didn’t work.

"I had different choices to lift cash, larger quantities to assist the corporate develop quicker.

"I don’t regret [rejecting the offer], but it would have been nice to work with them."

The profitable entrepreneur stated whereas discussing the take care of Tej after filming, it "lost momentum" and it was "better to move on".

And since leaving the supply on the desk, StoryTerrace has doubled its gross sales throughout the previous 12 months.

They have gone from a workforce of 20 to 720 skilled writers to offer companies for a rising consumer base.

The firm has made a whopping £18.5million in gross sales since its launch in 2015.

Episodes of Dragons' Den can be found on BBC iPlayer.