This time the lion’s den is about the following questions: What “triggers” tension patients at home? “Where to go with all the ‘black water’? And who hasn’t completely lost faith in a tasty fisherman’s substitute future?
In physiotherapy, the so-called trigger point treatment is a popular all-purpose weapon in the fight against intense tension. The two physios Jan Winter and Bastian Hehner and their founding partner Lars Meyer now want to make the time-consuming treatment method possible for the home. With their expert pitch and the “trigger button” they brought with them, the three “TRIGGid” founders particularly impressed Orthomol boss Nils Glagau. But Carsten Maschmeyer and Ralf Dümmel are also visibly impressed and put their heads together with interest.
Jan, Bastian and Lars need 120,000 euros and are offering ten percent of the company shares in order to launch their new tool on the market as quickly and as quickly as possible. After a short round of negotiations, an agreement was finally reached on a whopping 23 percent of the company’s shares. But the founding trio is now marching into the future with two competent lions (Carsten Maschmeyer and Ralf Dümmel) at their side. Big businessman Carsten Maschmeyer adds briefly to the conclusion of the deal: “Don’t forget, we are actually three lions. Georg Kofler is not present, but of course he is also on board.”
Speaking of boats: From the physio bench you can go out to sea. Every year, millions of small and large boat friends face a home-made problem that stinks to high heaven. What to do with the stinky toilet water, also known as “black water” in professional circles, when the boat tank is full but the port is too far away? The four “enteron” founders Thomas Logisch and his children Josephine, Leonard and Jonas have faced this problem. After months of tinkering, the busy family from Kleinmachnow is now presenting the result, a certified sewage treatment plant for boats and yachts that works completely without chemicals.
In addition to the large and a smaller Cube version of their invention, the founders also have a drinking water converter called “aquonic” on offer. For a clean future on the high seas, Carsten Maschmeyer and Nico Rosberg give all available thumbs up: “I have a bio-catamaran myself, know many people in the industry and I think I would be the perfect partner for you,” trumpeted the former Formula One world champion.
Carsten Maschmeyer, on the other hand, is quite relaxed about the pitch decision: “I think you will have asked about the advantages of working with me and my team,” counters the large businessman with a smile on his face. The decision is made shortly afterwards. When it is clear that a lion station wagon is out of the question in this case (“I’d rather do it with you alone” – quote Nico Rosberg), the founders get the supposedly “more suitable” investor on board. Nico Rosberg clenches his fists and starts the biggest leap of joy since winning the last Formula 1 race in Japan six years ago.
Family entrepreneur Dagmar Wöhrl would also like to jump for joy. After the delicious pitch of the two fish alternative experts Martina Kühn and son Alexander (“Taste Like”), the “gripping” lioness reaps applause from all sides. But the trip with the vegan fish substitute products will in all likelihood not be a walk. The investor, who has “great respect” for every “cold chain” course, knows that too. Nevertheless, the conviction wins: “You are brave, so I’m brave too,” says Dagmar Wöhrl in a nutshell.
The founders of “BrunchBag” and “OPLE Props” would have been happy about a little more courage on the part of the investors. But neither snazzy cooler bags “for the modern woman of today” nor ventilation systems for costume masks and helmets designed with love for detail tear the lionesses and lions out of their armchairs.
(This article was first published on Monday, October 10, 2022.)
