Dragon's Den

Outside of his business interests Duncan is best-known as a panellist on BBC Television’s Dragons’ Den. His strong opinions and sharp comments to the programme’s would-be entrepreneurs have made him one of the most popular Dragons in the Den.

Some of his best investments to date are:

Igloo is a refrigerated delivery service owned by a very cool duo: Anthony Coates-Smith and Alistair Turner. They calmly walked into the Den and asked for £160,000 in return for only 8% of equity in the business.
The best products are always the result of necessity…Bak-Jak was designed by Rob Kinna, a mechanical engineer who had spent many long, uncomfortable hours working on vehicle engines.
Denise Hutton founded Razzamataz Theatre Schools in Cumbria in 2000, opening in several locations in the North of England and Scotland and decided to franchise the business at the end of 2005, due to the huge demand - and only one of her!
Autosafe products are a supply outlet company of car safety products. We also carry out design and development work for car safety equipment for various car manufacturers.