The 25 Biggest Deals in Dragons’ Den History

Across more than 20 series and over 1,400 pitches, the dragons have committed millions of pounds of their own money on air. Most deals land somewhere between £30,000 and £100,000. The pitches below are the outliers, the ones where a dragon, or several teaming up, backed a single business with the biggest cheques the Den has ever written. Every figure is the deal as it aired; some terms changed once the cameras stopped and due diligence began.

1. 1
   Kimaï

   Season 21 · StevenBartlett

   £250,000

   for 3% · £8.3M valuation

2. 2
   Gaming Alerts

   Season 5 · Theo Paphitis

   £200,000

   for 30% · £667K valuation

3. 3
   Pro Waste Management Services

   Season 6 · Deborah Meaden + Duncan Bannatyne

   £200,000

   for 40% · £500K valuation

4. 4
   The Wand Company

   Season 8 · Duncan Bannatyne

   £200,000

   for 30% · £667K valuation

5. 5
   Visual Talent Ltd

   Season 1 · Peter Jones

   £175,000

   for 40% · £438K valuation

6. 6
   The Generating Company

   Season 2 · Peter Jones + Theo Paphitis

   £160,000

   for 40% · £400K valuation

7. 7
   Igloo

   Season 4 · Duncan Bannatyne + RichardFarleigh

   £160,000

   for 22.5% · £711K valuation

8. 8
   Umbrolly

   Season 1 · Peter Jones + Duncan Bannatyne

   £150,000

   for 40% · £375K valuation

9. 9
   Square Mile

   Season 2 · Peter Jones + Theo Paphitis

   £150,000

   for 40% · £375K valuation

10. 10
    Mix Album

    Season 3 · Deborah Meaden + Theo Paphitis

    £150,000

    for 40% · £375K valuation

11. 11
    Electro Expo

    Season 5 · Duncan Bannatyne + JamesCaan

    £150,000

    for 32% · £469K valuation

12. 12
    Rapstrap

    Season 6 · Duncan Bannatyne + JamesCaan

    £150,000

    for 50% · £300K valuation

13. 13
    Mo Bros

    Season 15 · Peter Jones + TejLalvani

    £150,000

    for 20% · £750K valuation

14. 14
    Cheesegeek

    Season 19 · StevenBartlett

    £150,000

    for 7.5% · £2M valuation

15. 15
    Extend Robotics

    Season 19 · Peter Jones

    £150,000

    for 25% · £600K valuation

16. 16
    Big Clothing 4 You

    Season 20 · Touker Suleyman

    £150,000

    for 35% · £429K valuation

17. 17
    Steri Spray

    Season 5 · Deborah Meaden + Theo Paphitis

    £145,000

    for 40% · £363K valuation

18. 18
    i Teddy

    Season 4 · Peter Jones + Theo Paphitis

    £140,000

    for 40% · £350K valuation

19. 19
    The Little Loop

    Season 19 · Deborah Meaden + StevenBartlett

    £140,000

    for 25% · £560K valuation

20. 20
    Positive Birth

    Season 18 · Touker Suleyman + TejLalvani

    £136,000

    for 10% · £1.4M valuation

21. 21
    Brizi

    Season 16 · Touker Suleyman

    £125,000

    for 25% · £500K valuation

22. 22
    Drynks Unlimited

    Season 17 · Sara Davies

    £125,000

    for 7.5% · £1.7M valuation

23. 23
    Sibstar

    Season 21 · Deborah Meaden + Sara Davies

    £125,000

    for 10% · £1.3M valuation

24. 24
    Grails Ltd 1

    Season 1 · DougRichard,RachelElnaugh

    £120,000

    for 40% · £300K valuation

25. 25
    Motor Mouse

    Season 7 · JamesCaan

    £120,000

    for 40% · £300K valuation

Want the terms behind any of these? Every product page on the index has the full term sheet, the ask, the counter, and what the company was actually worth when the handshake happened.