Mountain Trike wheelchair features on BBC2’s Dragons’ Den
The Mountain Trike features on BBC2’s Dragons’ Den Inventor and entrepreneur, Tim Morgan faced the Dragon’s as he sought investment for his unique all terrain wheelchair – The Mountain Trike. After 5 years of design and development, the company began trading in 2011. Morgan, who has a passion for Mountain Biking wanted to design a product that would enable wheelchair users to experience the great outdoors in the same way he does on his Mountain Bike. Morgan’s idea for the wheelchair came about for his final years Master’s project in Innovation and Engineering Design at the University of Bath. The UK company sells the Mountain Trike direct to customers across the UK, Europe, the rest of the world and more recently into the US. As the company is rapidly expanding, Morgan approached the Dragon’s requesting an investment of £100k for a 5% share in the business – the bulk of…