They decided to call time and close up shop with money still in the bank (which has to be returned to the investors unless some other agreement with them is mad

They decided to call time and close up shop with money still in the bank (which has to be returned to the investors unless some other agreement with them is made, the founders can't just run off with it and donate it to the cat society), rather than keeping on running the company until they couldn't pay the bills anymore.