What Really Happens After You Get a Deal on Dragon's Den

30 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment from Dom Monkhouse’s YouTube video, he recounts his experience after securing deals on Dragon’s Den. He reveals that he invested in three ventures, none of which ever materialised, highlighting a memorable failed truffle‑in‑a‑greenhouse pitch. Monkhouse states he earned zero profit from his post‑Den investments, yet claims he made more money than any other early‑era Dragon because the others also lost money. He concludes with a cautionary note that the BBC is not a reliable source for finding strong investment opportunities.

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You invested in some businesses. Did any of them turn into anything? I did. I invested in 3 things, but none of them ever came off. But the one that everybody remembers is a guy who said that he could grow truffles in a greenhouse. And I was imagining, okay, we're going to buy some land in France and we're going to get these greenhouses up, and then I'm going to have a fashion branch that sells truffle hunting. But as it turned out, he didn't have the technology to do it. Otherwise, I'd have done it for sure. So no, I didn't actually make it. And then for the first 3 series, I used to tell people, they'd say, well, how much money did you make out of Dragon's Den? If you're investing, I said, I made more than any other dragon. And they'd say, how much was that? I said, zero, because the others obviously lost in the early days. I think a few of them have made some money now. If you want to get really good investments, don't go and ask the BBC, that's for sure.