4 Dragons’ Den companies to know this week: Bottleshot cold brew, TurboRocks rocker plates and more

First in the den was Annie Mitchell, founder of cold brew coffee company Bottleshot, who walked away with Peter Jones’s £80,000. The company sells two kinds of cold brews. The main one is the iced black coffee, which the company says is “made from 100 per cent freshly ground arabica beans”. These beans have been “brewed low and slow and mixed with filtered water”. One can is the equivalent of two espresso shots.

Bottleshot was acquired by Grind in early 2023, and you can only find a pack of 12 bottles on Amazon’s website.

Businesses centred around sustainability tend to do well in the den, especially with Deborah Meaden, but it wasn’t to be for Vahid Nagori and Thibault Denis, co-founders of Green Bell Packaging, a company which makes plant-based bags made out of cassava instead of plastic. It seemed like there were too many holes in the business for any dragon to invest, but if you’re interested, the company currently sells plant-based mailing bags on its website.

Deb? Debbie? Deborah? Steven Murr, the founder of TurboRocks couldn’t quite get Deborah Meaden’s name right, but he did walk away with £80,000 and two new business partners in the form of Sara Davies and Touker Suleyman.

TurboRocks makes rocker plates for indoor bikes. They more accurately simulate the act of riding outdoors, with your bike swaying left to right as you cycle. The brand sells a number of different rocker plates at different price points.