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The pitch
Jeffrey Zajac from Vaughan, ON, pitched Solus Robots in Season 11, Episode 7, asking the Dragons for $1.5M for 25% of the company.
- Asked for$1.5M for 25%
- Valuation$6Mimplied by the ask
- OutcomeNo deal
Offers in the Den
| Dragon | Offer | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Joe Mimran | No offer, felt the robot was still too low tech | Out |
| Jim Treliving | No offer, said this is way behind the times | Out |
| Michael Wekerle | No offer, felt it was a monumental failure and money already flushed away | Out |
| Manjit Minhas | No offer, did not want to invest $1.5 million into old technology | Out |
| Michele Romanow | No offer, said robots are the future but this is not close enough | Out |
Jeffrey Zajac, from Vaughan, ON, asked for $1,500,000 for 25% of Solus Robots, a company he founded two years ago as a spinoff of his software company. Solus is a customer service robot intended for retail environments such as big box hardware stores, using facial recognition and digital signage, with plans for teleconferencing features operated by remote staff. Jeffrey Zajac had invested over $500,000 in the company, was pre-revenue except for one two-day rental, and needed the requested funds for marketing and further robot development.
All five Dragons went out. They cited the poor live demonstration, the robot requiring multiple people to operate rather than functioning autonomously, outdated technology compared to advances in robotics, and the lack of a developed product or revenue to justify the high valuation. No deal was made.
Pitch details from CBC’s Dragons’ Den pitch page.
Solus Robots today
- StatusOut of businessLast checked September 2026
Solus Robots appears to have closed. Its products may no longer be available.