The pitch
What walked into the Den
Adaptt Apparel, the adaptive-clothing venture from Katharine Perry and William Lecky of Cornwall, Ontario, reached the season 20 Den with a tidy ask.
Came in seeking $125,000 against 10 percent, which pegged the company at about $1,250,000.
After the show
What happened next
The commercial side is healthy: our July 2026 visit found a live Shopify shop with pieces priced near $80, a running promo code, and full checkout including Apple Pay and Shop Pay.
A Cornwall Seaway News piece headlined around a Dragons' Den deal names Perry and Adaptt directly, so an investment was landed.
Our read
The Hub verdict
The ask is the disciplined part of this story: $125,000 for only a tenth of an adaptive-clothing label, a valuation north of a million and a founding team protecting ownership rather than surrendering a third of the business. It worked. Katharine Perry and William Lecky left with an investment behind them, which for a category built on a genuine social use case rather than a fashion trend is real validation from a room that prices things coldly. The store is live today at around eighty dollars a piece with full modern checkout, putting the brand firmly in the healthy and trading column.
A confident 10 percent ask that landed an investment
