A 27-year-old inventor, Zak Marks, faced a life-threatening peanut allergy reaction which led him to create Kitt Medical—a wall-mounted emergency kit with adrenaline syringes for allergy sufferers. During a recent appearance on BBC's Dragon's Den, Zak and his partner secured a £75,000 investment from Deborah Meaden and Steven Bartlett. Their innovative product aims to improve safety for individuals with severe food allergies. Following the show, they received ongoing advice and mentorship from the investors, which has included installing one kit in Bartlett's office. Zak emphasizes the importance of vigilance in daily conversations about allergies.
"It was terrifying! It’s a TV show, but the part where you are called into the den is not TV, it’s real. You have a two-minute pitch, which we had practised and practised so you are on autopilot."
"I was at my friend's house and offered peanut butter on toast. I had instinctively never liked it so I asked for just toast and butter, but the same knife was used and it caused me to have a severe reaction."
Collection
[
|
...
]