diff --git a/src/app/(investment)/deals/[id]/page.tsx b/src/app/(investment)/deals/[id]/page.tsx
index 8eac7cb..9001daa 100644
--- a/src/app/(investment)/deals/[id]/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(investment)/deals/[id]/page.tsx
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ export default async function ProjectDealPage({ params }: { params: { id: number
     return <div>Error</div>;
   }
 
-  // console.log(projectData);
+  console.log(projectData);
 
-  const projectBusinessOwnerId = projectData.business.user_id;
+  const projectBusinessOwnerId = projectData.user_id;
   // console.log(projectBusinessOwnerId);
   const dealData = await getDealList(projectBusinessOwnerId);
   // console.log(dealData);
@@ -96,7 +96,10 @@ export default async function ProjectDealPage({ params }: { params: { id: number
                 <span>
                   {/* #TODO use sum() instead of storing total in database */}
                   <h1 className="font-semibold text-xl md:text-4xl mt-8">${projectData?.total_investment}</h1>
-                  <p className="text-sm md:text-lg">5% raised of $5M max goal</p>
+                  <p className="text-sm md:text-lg">
+                    {projectData?.total_investment / projectData?.target_investment}%
+                    raised of ${projectData?.target_investment} max goal
+                  </p>
                   <Progress
                     value={projectData?.total_investment / projectData?.target_investment}
                     className="w-[60%] h-3 mt-3"
diff --git a/src/app/api/dealApi.ts b/src/app/api/dealApi.ts
index a9efe64..28204b5 100644
--- a/src/app/api/dealApi.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/dealApi.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export type Deal = {
 export async function getDealList(userId: string | undefined) {
   if (!userId) {
     // console.error("No deal list of this user was found");
-    return; // Exit on error
+    return []; // Exit on error
   }
 
   const supabase = createSupabaseClient();
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ export async function getDealList(userId: string | undefined) {
   if (dealError) {
     // alert(JSON.stringify(dealError));
     console.error("Error fetching deal list:", dealError);
-    return; // Exit on error
+    return []; // Exit on error
   }
 
   if (!dealData || !dealData.project.length) {
     alert("No project available");
-    return; // Exit if there's no data
+    return []; // Exit if there's no data
   }
 
   const investorIdList = dealData.project[0].investment_deal.map((deal) => deal.investor_id);
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ export async function getDealList(userId: string | undefined) {
   if (sortedDealDataError) {
     alert(JSON.stringify(sortedDealDataError));
     console.error("Error sorting deal list:", sortedDealDataError);
-    return; // Exit on error
+    return []; // Exit on error
   }
 
-  console.log(sortedDealData)
+  // console.log(sortedDealData)
   return sortedDealData;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/app/dashboard/hook.ts b/src/app/dashboard/hook.ts
index 236c4bc..676d249 100644
--- a/src/app/dashboard/hook.ts
+++ b/src/app/dashboard/hook.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { getCurrentUserID } from "../api/userApi";
 
 // custom hook for deal list
 export function useDealList() {
-  const [dealList, setDealList] = useState<Deal[]>();
+  const [dealList, setDealList] = useState<Deal[]>([]);
 
   const fetchDealList = async () => {
     // set the state to the deal list of current business user
diff --git a/src/app/dashboard/page.tsx b/src/app/dashboard/page.tsx
index 072d95d..5216a19 100644
--- a/src/app/dashboard/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/dashboard/page.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { RecentFunds } from "@/components/recent-funds";
 import { useState } from "react";
 
 import { useDealList, useGraphData, useRecentDealData } from "./hook";
+import { sumByKey } from "@/lib/utils";
 
 export default function Dashboard() {
   const [graphType, setGraphType] = useState("line");
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@ export default function Dashboard() {
   const dealList = useDealList();
   // #TODO dependency injection refactor + define default value inside function (and not here)
   const recentDealData = useRecentDealData() || [];
-  const totalDealAmount = dealList?.reduce((sum, deal) => sum + deal.deal_amount, 0) || 0;
 
   return (
     <>
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export default function Dashboard() {
                     </svg>
                   </CardHeader>
                   <CardContent>
-                    <div className="text-2xl font-bold">${totalDealAmount}</div>
+                    <div className="text-2xl font-bold">${sumByKey(dealList, "deal_amount")}</div>
                     {/* <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
                       +20.1% from last month
                     </p> */}
diff --git a/src/lib/data/projectQuery.ts b/src/lib/data/projectQuery.ts
index ecdf23e..c1a7217 100644
--- a/src/lib/data/projectQuery.ts
+++ b/src/lib/data/projectQuery.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ async function getProjectData(client: SupabaseClient, projectId: number) {
           tag_name:value
         )
       ),
-      business (
+      ...business (
         user_id
       )
     `
diff --git a/src/lib/utils.ts b/src/lib/utils.ts
index d084cca..a6761ea 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils.ts
@@ -4,3 +4,25 @@ import { twMerge } from "tailwind-merge"
 export function cn(...inputs: ClassValue[]) {
   return twMerge(clsx(inputs))
 }
+
+export function sum(list: any[]) {
+  if (!list || list.length === 0) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  return list.reduce((total, num) => total + num, 0);
+}
+
+export function sumByKey(list: any[], key: string) {
+  // example usage
+  // const items = [
+  //   { amount: 10 },
+  //   { amount: 20 },
+  //   { amount: 30 },
+  //   { amount: 40 }
+  // ];
+  
+  // const totalAmount = sumByKey(items, 'amount');
+  // console.log(totalAmount); // Output: 100
+  return list.reduce((total, obj) => total + (obj[key] || 0), 0);
+}
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