Nick Denton, 35
What does it do? Aggregates news sources from 1,500 company websites.
How it's gone: Has secured the backing of Reuters, admits times are tougher, but claims Moreover has enough cash to see it through to profitability. Pocketed a few hundred thousand pounds from the sale last summer of network ing club, First Tuesday.
Valuation: Paper fortune of around £10m, up from £3m, but not yet turned into cash.