Jenna Meek joins Dragons’ Den as founders pitch dating app, kids’ headphones and campervan awnings
jenna meek appears as a guest Dragon on tonight’s episode of Dragons’ Den, sitting alongside Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden, Touker Suleyman and Steven Bartlett as entrepreneurs pitch a phone-call-first dating app, sustainable children’s headphones, fermented foods and campervan awnings.
Jenna Meek returns for episode 5
Guest Dragon Jenna Meek returned for episode 5 tonight; she is Refy’s co-founder and the CEO and co-founder of REFY Beauty, and is billed as a cosmetic powerhouse who made her fiery debut earlier in the series. The Independent described the programme as "the ’s best business show (alongside The Apprentice, of course)" and its page noted that notifications can be managed in browser preferences, asked readers to refresh their browser to be logged in and referenced its Privacy notice.
Phone-call first dating app wins backing and £48 in revenue
Zaahirah Adam pitched hati, a dating app launched in 2025 that bans text messaging and pushes matched users to make a five-minute phone call to test chemistry. Users create voice and video profiles rather than static photos and must be verified and vouched for by three friends to reduce catfishing. Steven Bartlett backed hati on the show; BusinessCloud noted the app had £48 revenue.
Glawning revamps the campervan awning
James and Sarah Martin presented Glawning, a family business founded in 2013 that sells luxury cotton bell-tent awnings for campervans. The tents are described as durable, waterproof and flame-retardant and are fast-pitch in under 10 minutes; the founders also say they take only 10 minutes to pitch. Glawning has expanded into car awnings, wood burners, tarps and more and positions the tents for driveaway awning use or as standalone structures for garden parties and camping.
Club Cultured pushes a fermentation revolution
Three school friends—James, Harry and Connor, a former Ritz Hotel and Michelin-star trained chef—are behind Club Cultured, a London-based fermented food company founded in 2018. The brand focuses on plant-based, gut-focused products such as tempeh, kimchi, mooli and pickles and promotes what it calls a "fermentation revolution. " In 2020 they opened London’s first tempeh factory in Hackney and have supplied ferments to other UK food brands, including Wagamama.
Kibu headphones for kids teach repair and STEM
Kibu is a joint venture between design consultancy Morrama and 3D printing company Batch. Works that creates sustainable, modular headphones for children aged 5–11. The headphones are designed without screws or glue so they can be easily taken apart, repaired and recycled, and the product carries a STEM angle by teaching kids hands-on skills in building and assembling.
What viewers will see and what’s next
The episode brings a mix of consumer tech, food and outdoor-living pitches to the Den, with Jenna Meek and the regular Dragons probing business models and product claims. BusinessCloud posted its write-up on February 26, 2026, by Jonathan Symcox, summarising the same line-up of pitches. Viewers will see the Dragons decide whether to offer investment or push back; the episode also highlights where some founders say their products are available for purchase.
Down the line, the next confirmed milestone is the remainder of the series’ scheduled episodes, with tonight’s episode 5 featuring these founders and the Dragons resolving deals and rejections on air.
