
The Deliverance of Christmas
This Vernon, BC, screenwriter plans to reinvent holiday classic stories with a set of new characters.
The ask
C$1,000,000 for 50%
Stated on air as “1M for 50%”
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: Paul Cousins
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From the show
The Dragons' Den Canada pitch
- C$1M
- Asked for
- 50%
- Equity offered
- C$2M
- Implied valuation
- S5 · Ep 10
- Season
This Vernon, BC, screenwriter plans to reinvent holiday classic stories with a set of new characters.
Paul Cousins from Vernon, BC entered the Den in Season 5, episode 10 and asked the Dragons for C$1,000,000 in exchange for 50% 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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