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Previous investments

I have been investing in companies for many years, long before my Dragons' Den days. Here are details of just two of my successful ventures.

To read more about my involvement in other current and exited investments, please visit the website of my private equity firm, Hamilton Bradshaw

Eden Brown

Eden Brown is one of the UK's leading professional recruitment consultancies. It specialises in the placement of candidates in permanent, temporary and contract roles with the best employers across both the public and private sector.
 

Avanta

Avanta is a business centre owner and operator, currently operating three sites in Central London. The management team, led by David Alberto, has over 20 years experience in running business centres and includes the former Managing, Finance and Sales Directors of MWB Business Exchange.

Avanta aims to provide ideal workspace solutions to accommodate changing business needs by providing a flexible offering and commitment to quality.


 

 

 

                  

 


Recent articles

  I may be a Dragon, but even I'm getting my fingers burnt. Sunday Times 28th September
Sep 29, 2008

I may be a Dragon, but even I'm getting my fingers burnt.
Sunday Times, 28-Sep-2008, page 19

My Week. Interview with James Caan hears opinions about the credit crisis, his attempts to balance work and family life and his new book: The Real Deal.
  "Why Dragons' Den star James Caan took out a £30k bank loan to win his wife", Daily Mail, 20th September
Sep 22, 2008


Why Dragons' Den star James Caan took out a £30k bank loan to win his wife
Daily Mail, September 20th 2008

The Daily Mail printed a small extract from James's book, "The Real Deal: My story from Brick Lane to Dragons' Den".

  "My Band of Gold" Andy Harsley, Daily Mirror, 18th September
Sep 18, 2008


My Band of gold
Daily Mirror, 18th September 2008
Dragons' Den contestant Andrew Harsley won't be strapped for cash anymore - after a £36million deal for a little plastic tie. The "amazingly simple" device which hooks on to itself, was snapped up by a leading plastic distributor which has ordered a billion. Andrew, 35, has now become by far the most successful wannabe on the BBC2 programme. Viewers saw him secure a £150,000 investment in his company from Dragons James Caan and Duncan Bannatyne in return for 50 per cent of it.

 
  Daily Mail, Andy Harsley, 17th Sept
Sep 18, 2008


"I've got my £36m contract all tied up"
Daily Mail, 17-Sep-2008, page 18
One of the world's leading plastics distributors has ordered one billion of Andrew Harsley "Rapstraps", which have been billed as the 'next generation cable tie'. Over the next three years, the deal will net £36million for Mr Harsley and Dragons James Caan and Duncan Bannatyne, who made a joint bid for 50 per cent of his firm.

  "The Case for Career Coaching." the guardian, 17th September 2008
Sep 18, 2008


"The case for career coaching"
Guardian (Housing), 17th September, Page 4
Heather Salway, a career trainer at Eden Brown quoted.