The pitch
What walked into the Den
Charith Perera and Mubin Vaid built TDot Performance, an online retailer of automotive performance and aftermarket parts, in Toronto, Ontario.
They pitched in Season 10, episode 8, which aired in 2015, asking for $1,000,000 for 25%. That set the implied valuation at $4,000,000 for the parts business.
After the show
What happened next
The founders closed a $1,000,000 deal with Michele Romanow, according to Toronto Metropolitan University's own alumni-stories page about Perera. It is one of the larger cheques in our Season 10 files.
The company was no overnight startup; it had been trading since 2009, years before the pitch, and bills itself as Canada's largest car-performance-parts retailer. The shop is live, with a working checkout confirmed on July 23, 2026.
Our read
The Hub verdict
A seven-figure ask stands out in this batch: $1,000,000 for 25%, a $4,000,000 valuation. What makes it credible is that this was no fledgling startup but a parts retailer already trading since 2009.
The sourced result, a $1,000,000 deal with Romanow, matches the cash the founders wanted, though the alumni write-up never breaks out the final equity, so we name only the cheque and the investor. A business with that much runway before the pitch is exactly the profile that can carry a million-dollar ask.
A million-dollar deal backed by a company that predated its own pitch.
Worth knowing: The alumni source confirms a million-dollar deal with Romanow but does not separately itemize the final equity, so we report the cash figure and investor only.
