FF News Logo
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Fintech Meetup | FFNews

Dragon Steven Bartlett pledges £100,000 to community lending platform

The community lending platform JustLend has caught the eye of technology entrepreneur and Dragons’ Den celebrity Steven Bartlett. He offered £100,000 for a 10% stake to the start-up’s co-founder Craig Smith in the second episode of the new season of BBC One’s Dragons’ Den, which aired at 8pm on Thursday 12 January.

CEO and Co-founder Craig Smith went into the Den hoping to attract Bartlett’s attention, impressed with his experience in social media, tech and brand building.

“I can’t believe we got offers from both Steven Bartlett and Deborah Meaden. We’re beyond chuffed and thankful for the experience and Steven’s offer. I can’t wait to help more people around the UK access fair and safe peer-to-peer banking,” said Smith.

JustLend is over the moon about welcoming Steven Bartlett to the investment and advisory team.

People In This Post

Companies In This Post

  1. ClearToken Launches Regulated Stablecoin FX and Tokenised Settlement on Canton Network with Three Institutional DAPs Read more
  2. Teciem welcomes Didier Bouillard as Chairman of Board of Directors Read more
  3. Granite Receives Financial Regulatory Approval to Launch USD Fixed Income Fund Read more
  4. Orca Fraud Raises $2.35m to Scale Real-Time Fraud Intelligence Across Emerging Markets Read more
  5. Payment Fintech Njiapay Closes $2.1 Million Seed Investment Read more
TBSCONF26AMS x FFNews