Dragons' Den Season 16: After the Handshake

Season 16 of Dragons' Den aired in 2018 to 2019. We track 15 of its pitches here, following each one past the on-air handshake.

Of those, 14 struck a deal on air and 1 left without one. Deal terms below are public record; whether a product is still for sale is something we verify separately.

With fifteen pitches, season 16 is the largest hub we run, and the widest too. The headline belongs to Look After My Bills. It asked £90,000 for 3%, a valuation near £3,000,000, and left with £120,000 for that same 3%, a Dragon topping up the cash without moving the equity. Set that beside Mark Mate at the bottom, £20,000 for 35% and a valuation around £57,000, and you can see how far this year stretches.

Fourteen of the fifteen struck a deal. The exception is Noveltea, which asked £80,000 for 30% of its spirit-infused cold tea, was offered precisely that by three Dragons, and walked away from it. Below the headline numbers the season settles into a run of £40,000 to £80,000 raises against a fifth to a third of the company, which is the Den at its most typical.