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Online business

Entrepreneurs

Lots of potential for MadBid.com

Despite starting his company, MadBid.com, in 2008 during uncertain times Juha Koski has grown the business to a stage where it is posting a turnover of around £15 million.

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Groupalia adds $26 million for global growth

Index Ventures, the London-based technology investor, has joined a $26 million (£15.9 million) financing for online group buying business Groupalia.

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Mark Pearson invests £250,000 in ShareMyPlaylists

The founder of online discount business MyVoucherCodes, Mark Pearson, has continued a move into angel investing, committing £250,000 in growth capital to online music organiser ShareMyPlaylists.

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ISIS exits Getting Personal

Private equity firm ISIS Equity Partners has sold its investment in online personalised gifts retailer Getting Personal to Card Factory.

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Greetings card chain Card Factory says hello to online retailing

Budget greetings card chain Card Factory has moved into online retailing with the acquisition of personalised gifts and cards retailer GettingPersonal.co.uk. GettingPersonal.co.uk has been sold by its founders to Yorkshire-based rival Card Factory for an undisclosed sum.
Round-up of today's M&A deals

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Consumers find online grocery shopping a chore

Consumers are abandoning online grocery shopping, says new research, suggesting that supermarkets need to improve the online experience.

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Index Ventures joins as a backer of Groupalia

London-based technology investor Index Ventures has backed group buying website Groupalia in a $15 million (£9.1 million) funding round.

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Cupid expands its reach with IndianDating.com acquisition

UK online dating company Cupid has acquired IndianDating.com for £125,000 in an effort to reach new markets.

Entrepreneurs

Still Flying: David Soskin

Former Cheapflights CEO David Soskin, now an investor in promising web companies, reveals to GB why internet entrepreneurs don’t have to be under 25 to succeed.

PR and Marketing Strategy

Online Presence – How websites should reflect your brand

Four entrepreneurs discuss how their website reflects their brand.

PR and Marketing Strategy

Selling more online

Entrepreneurs reveal their top tips for boosting web-based revenues.

Technology

Tomorrow’s world wide web

The internet has created opportunities for entrepreneurs everywhere. GrowthBusiness talks to some of them about burgeoning trends in online business.