Dragons' Den (Canadian TV series) Dragons' Den (Canadian TV series) Dragons' Den is a Canadian television reality show based on the internationally franchised "Dragons' Den" format which began in Japan. The show debuted on October 3, 2006 on CBC Television, and is hosted by Dianne Buckner. Aspiring Canadian entrepreneurs pitch business and investment ideas to a panel of venture capitalists (termed "Dragons") in the hope of securing business financing and partnerships. Auditions for the 13th season began on February 10 in Toronto, Ontario and ended on April 7. As of April 5, 2018, 216 episodes of Dragons' Den have aired. Dragons' Den was added to
Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme with full access to resource centres. Application for the Programme opens every year on January 1 and closes on March 1. On 6 May 2015, The White House announced an event that would highlight global entrepreneurs as part of the Spark Initiative to ignite entrepreneurship in emerging markets. The Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme is an official partner of Spark and Tony O. Elumelu participated in an entrepreneurship panel discussion at the White House that was moderated by US. Secretary of State, Penny Pritzker. The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) invited the now CEO of the Foundation, Parminder Vir to speak