The pitch
What walked into the Den
Summary Scanner was a mobile app that condensed long passages of text into short, readable summaries, pitched by York University economics student Kevin Chau.
His season 12 ask was modest: $20,000 for a 10 percent stake, which valued the app at $200,000.
After the show
What happened next
Chau left with a piece of Dragons' Den history. York University's own news site reports he took $60,000, three times what he asked, in exchange for a combined 30 percent split evenly among all six Dragons, described as the first time a single entrepreneur closed with every Dragon at once.
The venture looks defunct now. By July 2026 the summaryscanner.com domain redirected to a parked domain-for-sale listing, a strong hint the app is gone, though we found no second signal to state closure outright, so the status stays unverified.
Our read
The Hub verdict
The math on this one is a story in itself: a student asked $20,000 for 10 percent and left with $60,000 for 30 percent split evenly across all six Dragons, reported as a first in the show's history. That is a rare case where the accepted deal dwarfs the ask. Status is the harder call, the domain now redirects to a for-sale listing, a strong hint the app is gone, but we found no second signal, so we mark the deal confirmed and the current status unverified.
Historic six-Dragon deal; app likely defunct, unconfirmed
Worth knowing: The deal is firmly on the record. A domain now up for sale suggests the app has wound down, but we keep the current status open until a second signal lines up.
