James Caan joined the investment panel of the British programme Dragon's Den in 2007.
Caan became one of the programme's investors during its early years, bringing experience from recruitment and business investment to the panel. His television role made him familiar to a broad audience beyond the business community and placed his investment decisions within the programme's competitive pitch-room format.
His tenure is distinct from the later appearances of other investors who joined as the panel changed. Dragon's Den has regularly refreshed its cast, so the year in which a particular Dragon joined is a useful way to separate one period of the programme from another.
The date is sometimes confused with the programme's 2005 launch or with the years when other investors entered. Caan did not belong to the original launch panel; his arrival occurred two years after the UK series began.