702 entrepreneurs stepped onto the carpet with a number in their head and a nervous smile. This is what happened to that number once it met seven sharks and a studio full of cameras.
Not every entrepreneur who walks in leaves with a deal — and not every deal offered gets accepted. Here's the funnel, pitch by pitch.
Food brands flood the tank more than anyone else — but do they close the most deals? Bar length is pitches; colour intensity is deal conversion rate.
Capital deployed per season, against the number of pitches heard.
Every dot is a pitch: what they asked for, versus how they valued their company. Gold rings mean a deal was struck.