Puberry lands $130K on Greece's Dragons' Den at €6M valuation
What's the deal? PuberryDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a Greek HealthTech startup building an interactive health-education platform for children and teenagers, secured $130,000 in angel funding from investors Yiannis Tsioris and Maria Hatzistefani. The deal, struck on the ΣΚΑΪ broadcast of Dragons' Den that aired October 30, 2026, buys a 2% equity stake plus 7% in advisory shares and values the company at €6 million.
How it happened: Founders Dimitra Malliou and Ismini Drosoforidi drew competing interest from several judges, including Kostas Halkias, Eleftheria Zourou, and Hatzistefani. Tsioris then teamed up with Hatzistefani to close the joint deal.
What stands out: The €6 million valuation is high relative to the size of the raise — among the most notable figures from the season's early episodes. It ranks in roughly the bottom third of comparable angel rounds by amount, placing Puberry's cheque at the smaller end even as its implied valuation turns heads.
The wider field: Of 18 businesses pitched across the first three episodes, six secured deals. The season's agreements are modest: barber-booking platform E-Barber took €100,000 for 12.5% from Halkias, while laundry-sheet maker Kerkini raised €150,000 for 15%. The more interesting signal is the spread of early-stage businesses attracting investor interest.
What could go wrong? On-air agreements are not completed funding. Final terms and closing are not established by the broadcast coverage, so Puberry's deal remains subject to confirmation.
The signal: Greek startup funding improved in aggregate in 2026, but that total is skewed by a few large, later-stage rounds — notably Axelera AI's $250 million financing. Small televised deals like Puberry's are a sign of appetite for early-stage ideas, not evidence that modest startups broadly enjoy easy access to capital.
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