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An entrepreneur from Calgary, AB, looks for a substantial scoop of Dragon cash for investment in his sweet business.
The ask
C$500,000 for 10%
Stated on air as “500K for 10%”
Deal outcome: not recorded. CBC does not publish Dragons' Den Canada deal results, so we show every entrepreneur's ask, not disclosed terms.
Pitched by: James Boettcher, Jake MacDonald & Brittany Back
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The Dragons' Den Canada pitch
- C$500K
- Asked for
- 10%
- Equity offered
- C$5M
- Implied valuation
- S11 · Ep 1
- Season
An entrepreneur from Calgary, AB, looks for a substantial scoop of Dragon cash for investment in his sweet business.
James Boettcher, Jake MacDonald & Brittany Back from Calgary, AB entered the Den in Season 11, episode 1 and asked the Dragons for C$500,000 in exchange for 10% of the business.
What happened next isn't part of the public record: CBC does not release Dragons' Den Canada deal outcomes. This page documents the ask exactly as it was made, and never claims a deal was struck.
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