Dragons' Den panel speechless by 'heart-wrenching' pitch from Ukrainian refugee A Ukrainian refugee stunned the panel on Dragons' Den last night with a "heart-wrenching" pitch for her distribution business.
The company now buys and sells authentic Ukrainian clothes for international wholesale and Yana, who currently lives in Leeds, told the panel she hoped to sell her wares in luxury retailers such as Harrods and Harvey Nichols.
Delivering her pitch, she said: "Our mission is to help Ukrainian companies increase sales and support the economy by taxes and also create new work places for Ukrainian refugees in the UK.
Yana Smaglo managed to secure a rare four offers on the BBC programme, which told how the entrepreneur was forced to flee her country two years ago following Russia's invasion.
Yana had told the business tycoons the chances of getting a loan in the UK were slim to none, and she had "no family left".
