Dragons’ Den features three new Dragons Ramona Nicolas, Peter Casey and Barry O’Sullivan trying to find their feet, but it isn’t long before they feel ready to compete with the established names of Gavin Duffy and Sean O’Sullivan. There is a wide range of pitches in this first episode with everything from guitars, to retraining solutions for people who find themselves out of work.
Ramona Nicholas, Barry O’Sullivan and Peter Casey join Gavin Duffy and Sean O’Sullivan in the Den ready to put Ireland’s top entrepreneurs and inventors through their paces. In Series 5 the Dragons saw 60 adult pitches and invested in 17 of them. In these tough economic times the Dragons, new and old, put their hard earned money on the table and invested €17m.
This year will see a brand new segment added to the show in the form of Junior Dragons. This will provide an opportunity to the next generation of business people in Ireland. Open to applicants between 12- 18 years old the nation’s young people will get a chance to show that their fresh new ideas can make it in the Den and secure the approval of the Dragons.
In these tough times the series Dragons’ Den, sponsored by Bank of Ireland, provides the opportunity for intrepid dreamers to prove their idea’s worth. Across the previous series over 230 ideas and their creators have entered the Den, taken the grilling, hopeful of walking away with the investment. More than 60 were successful and secured over €2.3 million in funding.