Jenna Meek returns to Dragons’ Den for episode five
Guest Dragon jenna meek appears in the hot seat for episode 5 of Dragons’ Den, joining regular Dragons as several early-stage businesses seek investment. The episode features a phone-first dating app, a children’s headphone kit, plant-based ferments and a campervan awning business.
Jenna Meek in the den
jenna meek, the REFY Beauty co-founder and CEO described in this series as a cosmetic powerhouse who made a fiery debut earlier in the run, sits alongside Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden, Touker Suleyman and Steven Bartlett to give four budding entrepreneurs either hard truths or hard cash. Other guest names mentioned in the series have included Gary Neville, Trinny Woodall, Tinie Tempah and Emma Grede.
Phone-first dating app
Zaahirah Adam pitched hati, a dating app launched in 2025 that bans text messaging and instead requires a five-minute phone call between matches to test chemistry. hati uses voice and video profiles rather than static photos, and users must be verified and vouched for by three friends to reduce catfishing. The founder has spoken about building the app after a bad experience with being ghosted and about the effect that ghosting had on her mental health. In this episode Steven Bartlett backs hati, which is noted as having £48 revenue.
Glam camping and awnings
James and Sarah Martin presented Glawning, a family business founded in 2013 that sells luxury cotton bell-tent awnings for campervans. The tents are designed for all-season use and are touted as durable, waterproof, flame-retardant and able to fast-pitch in under 10 minutes; the founders also say they take only 10 minutes to pitch. Glawning markets the tents as usable either as driveaway awnings for campervans or as standalone tents for garden parties and camping, and the family business has since branched out into car awnings, wood burners and tarps.
Plant-based ferments and pickles
Club Cultured is a London-based fermented food company founded in 2018 by three school friends, James, Harry and Connor, the latter described as a former Ritz Hotel and Michelin-star trained chef. The brand specialises in premium ferments and pickles intended to enhance wellness, offering plant-based, gut-focused products such as tempeh, kimchi, mooli and pickles. The founders promote a “fermentation revolution” and in 2020 opened London’s first tempeh factory in Hackney. Club Cultured has produced ferments for some of the UK’s leading food brands, including Wagamama.
Modular kids’ headphones
Kibu is a joint venture developed by London-based design consultancy Morrama in collaboration with 3D printing company Batch. Works. The product is a sustainable, modular headphone kit aimed at children aged 5-11. Kibu is designed without screws or glue so components can be easily taken apart, repaired and recycled, and it carries a STEM angle by teaching kids hands-on skills in building and assembling.
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The programme’s latest instalment, posted on February 26, 2026 by Jonathan Symcox, rounds up the night’s pitches: a dating app that forbids ghosting, a designer’s kids’ headphone project that challenges throw-away tech, a plant-based fermented and pickled food brand, and a tent and campervan awning business. Viewers were left to see whether any of the entrepreneurs would secure investment from the panel.
