Julie Meyer joins new Dragons' Den panel

The BBC have revealed that entrepreneur Julie Meyer is one of the new panellists for the recently unveiled online version of Dragons' Den.

The web version of the hit television show will begin its weekly broadcast on the 30th of March, where aspiring entrepreneurs will have the chance to secure up to £50,000 worth of investment.

Meyer is the head of investment firm Ariadne Capital and has worked with some of the most successful internet firms of the last decade, such as Lastminute.com.

"I've worked to demystify entrepreneur-led economic growth since I arrived in the UK ten years ago, through my businesses and my writing and speaking," said the new Dragon.

Meyer is joined by Shaf Rasul, who set-up his own optical-media distribution company in 2000 and has also developed a venture capital investment portfolio worth around £30m.