Entrepreneurs

Polly Gowers is CEO and co-founder of search engine Everyclick.com, a “social business” that gives 50 per cent of its revenue to charity.

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Zeus Private Equity has bought a majority stake in online floral and gift company Flowers Direct.

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Social networking company 4D Telecom has been bought by its management.

Entrepreneurs

It’s a brave man who becomes CEO of internet colossus Friends Reunited at a time when its phenomenal growth appears to be stalling. But from day one, Michael Murphy set about strengthening the brand, turning a potential one-trick wonder into an attractive acquisition for media giant ITV.

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Benchmark Capital, an early backer of internet success story eBay, has contributed a multi-million pound investment in commercial music licensor Ricall.

Venture Capital Funding

There was a time, as the new millennium hove into view, when anyone with a dotcom suffix attached trailer-like to the back of their business imagined their fabulous future was assured. Raising money was easy even without a business plan, as business angels, venture capitalists and investment banks fell over themselves to stump up bundles of cash with the hope of backing the next worldwide web sensation.