Dragons' Den Canada Season 16

Season 16 of the Canadian Dragons' Den premiered in the fall of 2021. We follow six of its pitches, reading each by the numbers first.

A couple of these businesses have clearly moved on since airing, while others are trading as usual.

Six season 16 pitches make up this hub, and the interesting thread is aftermath rather than the deals themselves. Virtual Run Canada rode the tail of the at-home fitness boom to a $3.5 million valuation and sold Wes Hall and Arlene Dickinson 40 percent between them; its old web address now belongs to an unrelated brand entirely. AOB took Dickinson's money and has since announced its own wind-down.

Dickinson is the through-line of the season, with her money in three of these six pitches, including Custom Car Posters, where she structured the investment as a royalty and took no equity at all. AppleFlats refused her when she wanted 30 percent of an orchard, and Cupko left with nothing after the room went at its margins.

Taken together, it is a reminder that the pitch is only chapter one; several of these stories have their real endings written well after the credits.