The latest series of Dragons’ Den is set for episode 3 tonight as guest judge Susie Ma makes her debut.
Tropic Skincare’s founder first found fame on The Apprentice but has grown turnover to $100m ahead of her appearance in the Den.
Explaining what viewers can expect, she said: “I’m here to back the bold – the next generation of change-makers building businesses with purpose, creativity and courage. I’m so excited to help brilliant founders bring their dreams to life.”
The beauty empire founder joins Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden, Steven Bartlett and Touker Suleyman as they put another set of business hopefuls to the test.
In this episode, pitches include a money-saving app for parents, home-baking kits, an AI-powered cat flap and a fresh take on composting toilets.
Join us from 8pm for pitch-by-pitch coverage
Cubbi
Sisters Olivia and Tanyka Davson will present Cubbi, the UK’s discount platform for new and expecting parents.
Pitching while nine months pregnant, Olivia will bring her own experience into the room as she and Tanyka talk through the realities of balancing family life with growing a startup.
Cubbi was founded following Olivia’s own experience of becoming a parent and feeling the financial strain and isolation that can accompany early parenthood.
Drawing on her background in engineering and programme management, she went on to build the platform with her sister, who brings more than a decade of experience in communications.
Tanyka built the first version of the Cubbi app from scratch despite having no prior technical background.
Craft & Crumb
Founded in 2016 by two friends, Kate Horne and Louise Nicholson, Craft & Crumb is a female-owned, independent baking kit brand.
Craft & Crumb are reinventing what ‘baking together’ looks like for families by creating monthly Bake & Craft subscription boxes and seasonal kits that give parents and kids a genuine ‘we made this!’ moment – not just another mix in a box.
From party bags without the plastic tat to Easter-themed baking kits, the startup aims to spark creativity, celebrate the mess, and prove that together really does taste better.
OnlyCat
Northumberland brothers Martin and Tomas Rosinski are co-founders of OnlyCat, an AI-powered cat flap.
The smart pet product detects and prevents cats from bringing prey into the home via an AI camera which keeps the flap locked while sending the owner a video alert.
Like other products already on the market, it also includes microchip-based access control to prevent other cats from entering the home.
The business, which launched through crowdfunding, has since generated more than £2 million in revenue.
CompoCloset
Richard Peter and Erica Pugh will present their ‘CompoCloset’ to the Dragons – with Peter Jones set to test out the portable toilet on set…
They will discuss off-grid living and the challenges that come with it as they pitch their composting toilets which can be used for RVs, vans, tinyhomes and boats.
The S1 Dry Flush Sealing toilet is ‘waterless, odourless, eco-friendly, compact and stylish’.
The duo say flushing drinking water down the toilet mixed with chemicals will become a thing of the past – starting now.