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Leapfrog.bid
Govan Bianchini & Ryan Lang
Calgary, AB and Vancouver, BC
Status unknownSeason 12, Episode 13
The pitch
Govan Bianchini & Ryan Lang from Calgary, AB and Vancouver, BC, pitched Leapfrog.bid in Season 12, Episode 13, asking the Dragons for $500K for 20% of the company.
- Asked for$500K for 20%
- Valuation$2.5Mimplied by the ask
- OutcomeNo deal
Offers in the Den
| Dragon | Offer | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Arlene Dickinson | Concerned about valuation, spending and lack of traction | Out |
| Michele Romanow | Concerned about the muddied cap table and unmotivated founders | Out |
| Manjit Minhas | Not capital efficient, concerned CEO was not present | Out |
| Michael Wekerle | Believes money was misspent and valuation is a way to recoup losses | Out |
| Joe Mimran | Likes the transparency idea but wants more traction first | Out |
| Jim Treliving | Agreed with the other Dragons and went out | Out |
Govan Bianchini, from Calgary, Alberta, and Ryan Lang, from Vancouver, British Columbia, asked for $500,000 for 20% of Leapfrog.bid, a digital new car shopping platform that lets consumers bid on new cars using dealer inventory and pricing data, charging a flat $399 fee per sale. The company had launched about six weeks earlier, sold seven cars, raised $2 million to build the platform (with $600,000 from an outside round and $1.4 million from the four-person management team), and had a monthly burn of about $14,000 with negligible cash remaining. The four founders together controlled about 65% of the company, and neither pitcher could clearly state their own personal ownership stake.
Arlene Dickinson, Michele Romanow, Manjit Minhas, Michael Wekerle, Joe Mimran and Jim Treliving all declined to invest, citing the high valuation relative to spending, an unclear cap table, low sales traction, and the absence of the CEO from the pitch. No deal was made.
Pitch details from CBC’s Dragons’ Den pitch page.
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