Cork inventor aces it with €100k Dragons' Den investment

Noel Marshall's fitness device is used by tennis ace Roger Federer

Irish inventor, Noel Marshall of Muscle Ballers Ltd pitching on BBC One's 'Dragons' Den' on Thursday night, with Olympian Marilyn Chinwenwa Okoro demonstrating his BackBaller product.

An Irish inventor whose fitness device is used by tennis ace Roger Federer hopes to target the US market after he walked out of the BBC's Dragons' Den on Thursday night with a €100,000 investment.

Noel Marshall, 45, persuaded dragon Sara Davies to invest in his company, MuscleBallers Ltd, which makes the BackBaller foam roller device, and which now plans to launch the larger BodyBaller device.