Jim Treliving

Former Dragon

Jim Treliving

Chairman and co-owner, Boston Pizza

  • 87 deals
  • $38.3M invested
  • 72% still in business

What Jim is known for

Jim Treliving is a former RCMP officer who bought a Boston Pizza franchise in Penticton, B.C., in the late 1960s. With business partner George Melville he later bought the whole chain and built Boston Pizza into one of Canada's largest casual dining brands. The pair also own Mr. Lube, the quick-lube chain.

On Dragons’ Den

Jim Treliving was an original Dragon, on the panel from the first season in 2006 through Season 15, the longest run of any Dragon at the time. He left before Season 16 in 2021.

Jim’s deals

All Dragons

$1Mfor 10%

Excir Works

Stephen Foley, Graham Fritz, Hiwa Salimi, Loghman Moradi

Calgary, AB

Valued at $10M

Deal: $1M for 18%

Closed

$600Kfor 30%

Selfie Stick It

Sage & Wayne Fromm

Toronto, ON

Valued at $2M

Deal: $600K

Closed

$500Kfor 20%

Brash87

Jibin Joseph & Donald Brashear

Kingston, ON

Valued at $2.5M

Deal: $500K for 40%

Closed

$400Kfor 33%

Smart Lite

Marty Vanderhoek

Langley, BC

Valued at $1.21M

Deal: $400K for 33%

Closed

$400Kfor 8%

Ramea Barrier Walls

Francis Allard and Oliver Payette

Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, QC

Valued at $5M

Deal: $400K for 15%

Closed

$125Kfor 20%

Gimme360

Josiah Crombie, Lucas Bruno & Daniel Bokun

Toronto, ON

Valued at $625K

Deal: $250K for 30%

Closed

$225Kfor 20%

Pure Infused Maple Syrup

Leanne Dobrota and Chris & Anna Hutchison

Lake Paul, NS

Valued at $1.13M

Deal: $225K for 30%

Closed

$200Kfor 10%

SnowPeeler

Benoit Mercier

Quebec City, QC

Valued at $2M

Deal: $200K for 10%

Closed

$150Kfor 10%

Braaamp

Donny & Dean Jackow

Prince Albert, SK

Valued at $1.5M

Deal: $150K

Closed

150K for 10

Country Liberty

Sawyer Hannay

Rexton-Mundleville, NB

Deal: $150K for 20%

Status unknown

$100Kfor 15%

Totalup

Jim Chung

Brampton, ON

Valued at $667K

Deal: $100K for 50%

Closed

$100Kfor 15%

StockJocks

Ruwan Silva, Ammar Dayani & Nader Mohamed

Toronto, ON

Valued at $667K

Deal: $100K for 10%

Closed

$100Kfor 12.5%

Kanevas

Mylène Cusson and Marie-Hélène David

Quebec City, QC

Valued at $800K

Deal: $100K for 15%

Closed

$75Kfor 30%

FluteSpa

Andrea Merlano

Montreal, QC

Valued at $250K

Deal: $75K for 30%

Closed

$50Kfor 20%

Big Balls

Myles Doak

Newmarket, ON

Valued at $250K

Deal: $50K for 20%

Status unknown

$30Kfor 25%

Operation Take Two

Keneisha Charles, Aaliyah Charles, Ashley Ciardullo, and Theresa Schwab

Kelowna, BC

Valued at $120K

Deal: $30K for 25%

Closed

$21,700for 50%

NuOne

Kevin Puri

Richmond, BC

Valued at $43K

Deal: $25K for 50%

Closed

$25Kfor 25%

HiRide

Akshat Soni, Shivani Sharma, Lors Kushtov, Keerthi Ravichandran

Waterloo, ON

Valued at $100K

Deal: $25K for 25%

Closed