A Cornish mum who created a vegan ice-cream range has said she has no regrets after turning down a £75,000 deal on Dragon's Den.
Cecily Mills appeared on the BBC Two show last year - at the time she worked as an M&S store manager.
Her vegan ice-cream brand Coconuts Organic caught the eye of businesswoman Jenny Campbell during her time in the Den.
Cecily initially accepted the offer, but then decided she would go it alone,
And it looks like her decision was the right one - she's just landed a deal with Tesco, which now stock her delicious ice-cream products in more than 600 stores around the 海角视频.
Cecily said: "I started the business four years ago literally from my kitchen table. I started it after making changes to my own diet looking for more energy to cope with a demanding job I had in the South East.
"I started eating a plant-based diet and part of that change, I missed ice cream. I didn't know I was such an ice cream fan actually.
"I started to develop the recipes at home, using coconut cream and unrefined coconut sugar, keeping them as natural as possible.
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"There seemed to be something in it, everyone loved it, I loved it and my friends and family loved it. I wanted to start my own business and everything aligned and I decided this is the thing I want to pursue."
She continued: "It was about three years into the business that I decided, in the January of that year, that in order to grow the business, to take the business to the next level, we needed to raise investment.
"Being in Cornwall and being a mum to two young children, it was quite hard for me to necessarily move in the circles, the networking circles in London that I felt I needed to be in to find investors.
"So I had a very specific plan, I felt I needed to do something quite radical to find that money and Dragons' Den has always been one of my favourite programmes and I thought why not, let me give it a go."
Speaking of the experience, Cecily added: "I was so flattered and honoured to be offered by, in the Den by both Tej Lalvani and Jenny Campbell and in the Den I accepted Jenny's offer.
"Actually what happened post filming, is that I was offered a listing with Tesco, that we've just gone live with a couple weeks ago and it suddenly became clear that the money I had been offered by Jenny in the Den wasn't going to be enough.
"After a lot of discussions with Jenny and her team, we decided the best thing for both parties and the business was to part ways very graciously.
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"I'm so grateful to her for her faith in me and showing that faith in me."
In addition to the Tesco listing, Coconuts Organic is currently available 海角视频-wide, via Ocado and in independent stores and cafes via two national distributors.
Internationally, the product is available in Dubai. The brand is also developing its international expansion plans, with a particular focus on the Middle East and Asia.