Everyone’s favourite business show will be back on our TV screens tonight, with another batch of entrepreneurs hoping they can entice some dragons to back their business. Taking over from last week’s guest dragon Gary Neville, music mogul Tinie Tempah is making a return to the panel this week.
The chart-topping rapper-turned-business-investor co-founded entertainment agency and record label Disturbing London and has invested in property and tech startups. Now, he rejoins Deborah Meaden, Peter Jones, Steven Bartlett and Touker Suleyman as they interrogate four new founders.
This week, entrepreneurs will pitch everything from alcohol-free wines and plant-based ice cream to darts experiences and a live music and media company. If you can’t wait until tonight’s show to find out more, keep scrolling for everything you need to know about the businesses and products facing the fiery gaze of the dragons this week.
Zeno alcohol-free wines: £10.25, Waitrose.com
First in the den this evening are wine trade veterans David Hodgson and Will Willis, the co-founders of alcohol-free wine company Zeno. But will their booze-free bottles leave the dragons thirsty for a taste of the business?
Launched in 2022, the industry experts created Zeno as a premium, tastier, low-sugar, alcohol-free option, after trying several alcohol-free wines that tasted like juice. The company produces five distinct wines to enjoy.
The viura (£10.25, Waitrose.com) is touted as being a crisp and fruity Spanish white wine; the bobal (£14.16, Thealcoholfreeco.co.uk) a fresh and zesty rosé, and the tempranillo cabernet (£10.25, Waitrose.com) a vibrant and spicy red. The range also includes an sparkling white (£10.50, Waitrose.com) and a sparkling rosé (£15.75, Thealcoholfreeco.co.uk).
Read more: Best non-alcoholic wines, reviewed
Limitless Live: Instagram.com
Next in the den is Tolu Farinto, the founder of a live music and events company that aims to make live music more accessible to young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. But will his pitch hit the right note with the dragons?
Founded in 2021, Limitless hosts the Limitless Live festival every year. Said to be one of the UK’s biggest free live music shows, Limitless says it has given more than 12,000 young people free access to live music since it started.
Held at London’s Roundhouse, the annual event has included artists such as Raye, Stefflon Don, Krept & Konan and Ghetts. This year’s fifth-anniversary show took place in early May, with Sasha Keable headlining.
ArrowHeadz: Arrowheadz.co.uk
Next up is Cameron Clarke, the co-founder of ArrowHeadz. Launched as a hybrid retail and leisure store in Norwich in 2024, ArrowHeadz merges a traditional darts shop with bookable playing lanes and a cafe-bar. Customers can buy darts and accessories, try different darts before buying and book one of three lanes by the hour, with two featuring automated scoring technology.
Online, you can buy more than 2,000 darts products, including hundreds of sets of darts, as well as dartboards, flights, points, surrounds, lighting, scorers and accessories. ArrowHeadz stocks brands such as Target, Winmau, Red Dragon and Harrows, as well as its own range of products.
Moonji plant-based ice cream: Wearemoonji.com
Last into the den this evening is Abilasha Bhohi, the founder of a plant-based ice cream brand inspired by the ancient Indian practice of Ayurveda. Launched in 2019, Moonji makes plant-based ice cream using a slow-churned oat and coconut base infused with Ayurvedic spices.
Flavours include salted caramel chai, which is made with masala chai spices and sea salt; matcha, which is made with ceremonial matcha and green cardamom; vanilla and black cardamom, which combines Madagascan vanilla with black cardamom; and lastly, mango lassi, which is made with Alphonso mango, ginger and cardamom. Cases start from £27.92 for eight 100ml tubs, or you can buy a single tub for £3.49.
Catch up on last week’s episode, featuring guest dragon Gary Neville
