$1Mfor 20%
Start Me Stick
Valued at $5M
Deal: $3M for 18%
Status unknownVisit website for Start Me Stick (opens in new tab)
Former Dragon
Lane Merrifield
Co-founder, Club Penguin and FreshGrade
- 30 deals
- $3.82M invested
- 68% still in business
What Lane is known for
Lane Merrifield co-founded Club Penguin, the online virtual world for kids, which Disney bought in 2007 for $350 million. He spent five years as an executive at Disney Online Studios, then co-founded FreshGrade, an education technology company.
On Dragons’ Den
Lane Merrifield joined Dragons' Den for Season 13 in 2018 and stayed through Season 15.
Lane’s deals
All Dragons$1Mfor 10%
Excir Works
Valued at $10M
Deal: $1M for 18%
Closed
500K for a convertible note
The Very Good Butchers
Deal: $750K for 10%
$500Kfor 12.5%
Unbuilders
Valued at $4M
Deal: $600K for 18%
$400Kfor 20%
Vssl
Valued at $2M
Deal: $400K for 25%
In businessVisit website for Vssl (opens in new tab)
$400Kfor 3.5%
Axis
Valued at $11.43M
Deal: $400K for 3.5%
Status unknownVisit website for Axis (opens in new tab)
$400Kfor 4%
Grobo
Valued at $10M
Deal: $400K for 5%
In businessVisit website for Grobo (opens in new tab)
$400Kfor 10%
Hush Blankets
Valued at $4M
Deal: $400K for 10%
$100Kfor 5%
Guard-Ex
Valued at $2M
Deal: $300K for 15%
$150Kfor 10%
Burgundy Oak
Valued at $1.5M
Deal: $250K for 15%
Closed
$250Kfor 10%
HireUp
Valued at $2.5M
Deal: $250K for 25%
Status unknownVisit website for HireUp (opens in new tab)
$250Kfor 25%
The Growcer
Valued at $1M
Deal: $250K for 30%
$250Kfor 20%
Vision Spatial Technologies
Valued at $1.25M
Deal: $250K for 30%
$100Kfor 5%
Walter
Valued at $2M
Deal: $200K for 10%
Closed
$150Kfor 10%
Mary’s Wellness Ltd.
Valued at $1.5M
Deal: $150K for 30%
$80Kfor 20%
ProDr8
Valued at $400K
Deal: $150K for 35%
Closed
$75Kfor 5%
Loko
Valued at $1.5M
Deal: $150K for 10%
Status unknownVisit website for Loko (opens in new tab)
150K for 10
Country Liberty
Deal: $150K for 20%
Status unknown
$100Kfor 25%
Affichi Inc.
Valued at $400K
Deal: $125K for 25%
Status unknownVisit website for Affichi Inc. (opens in new tab)
$100Kfor 10%
Driving Miss Daisy Seniors’ Service
Valued at $1M
Deal: $100K for 20%
$100Kfor 8%
Tuxy
Valued at $1.25M
Deal: $100K for 10%
In businessVisit website for Tuxy (opens in new tab)
$100Kfor 15%
Hire and Fire Your Kids
Valued at $667K
Deal: $100K for 25%
Closed
$100Kfor 10%
Nomad Nutrition
Valued at $1M
Deal: $100K for 17%
$90Kfor 30%
The Lockerbox
Valued at $300K
Deal: $90K for 50%
Closed
$75Kfor 15%
Seeding Square
Valued at $500K
Deal: $75K for 20%
Status unknownVisit website for Seeding Square (opens in new tab)
$50Kfor 20%
Limestone Technologies Plant Choir
Valued at $250K
Deal: $50K for 30%
$50Kfor 10%
Webby Agility Trainer
Valued at $500K
Deal: $50K for 20%
$50Kfor 20%
Knosis Nutrition
Valued at $250K
Deal: $50K for 20%
Closed
$25Kfor 25%
Love & Nudes
Valued at $100K
Deal: $40K for 40%
$25Kfor 25%
Bark Industry
Valued at $100K
Deal: $30K for 30%