Which Dragon's Den investor founded the technology company Outsourcery?
Answer
Piers Linney
Dragon's Den investor Piers Linney founded the technology company Outsourcery.
Outsourcery was a cloud-computing and communications business that supplied hosted technology services to small and medium-sized companies. Linney founded the company as part of his career in technology entrepreneurship and business services.
Linney joined Dragon's Den as a dragon in 2013. His appearance added a specialist perspective on software, telecommunications and scalable technology businesses to the panel. He left the show after two series.
The company name is sometimes confused with ordinary outsourcing firms, but Outsourcery's focus was cloud-based business communications and hosted services. Linney is also easily mixed up with Steven Bartlett, a later technology-focused dragon whose best-known company is Social Chain.