 The company's investment history shows several share allotments for cash between August 2000 and October 2005, the investments totalling €3 million.In 2006, Steorn secured €8.1 million in loans from a range of investors in order to continue their research, and these funds were also converted into shares.Steorn said that they would seek no further funding while attempting to prove their free-energy claim in order to demonstrate their genuine desire for validation.