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7 Fathoms productDeal made in the Den

Dragons' Den Canada Season 20 · Episode 4

7 Fathoms

seaweed-based skincare harvested off the Newfoundland coast

Still sellingFashion and Beauty

A husband-and-wife team from Grates Cove pitched seaweed skincare in season 20. We confirm the deal they took and that the shop is still live.

The ask$100,000for 12% of the business
Implied valuation$833Kask / equity
On-air resultDeal agreed
Still sellingFounders: Courtney Howell, Terrence Howell

The pitch

What walked into the Den

From the tiny community of Grates Cove, Courtney and Terrence Howell brought 7 Fathoms and its coastal seaweed skincare to the season 20 panel in episode 4.

Wanted $100,000 in return for 12 percent, pricing the business at roughly $833,333.

After the show

What happened next

Business coverage of the episode has Manjit Minhas countering at $100,000 for 20 percent, which the couple accepted. The money stayed the same while the ownership stake they parted with grew by two-thirds, a common Den trade of control for a believer at the table.

The brand is trading today: when we loaded its site in July 2026 we found a working Shopify shop with items running from $25 to $63 and free shipping over $150, so we can attach a verified availability note here.

Our read

The Hub verdict

This is a textbook Den equity squeeze. The Howells opened wanting a tenth of the company for their raise, and Manjit Minhas kept the cheque identical while lifting the stake she took to a fifth, which quietly repriced the business down to half a million. Same money, two-thirds more ownership gone.

For a coastal skincare brand that harvests its own raw material, absorbing that haircut in exchange for an operator like Minhas is a reasonable trade, and the aftermath backs the decision, with a live storefront running products from roughly twenty-five to sixty dollars. The accepted terms come from a business-news writeup of the aired segment, so we present them as reported rather than as a figure we watched get signed.

Minhas held the cash and nearly doubled the equity taken.

Worth knowing: The accepted terms come from a business-news writeup of the aired segment; a live shop in 2026 confirms sales, not that the round closed exactly as announced.