# Charity-friendly Internet start-ups

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/02/11/charityfriendly-internet-startups/
- Published: 2000-02-11T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

While established IT entrepreneurs have been making generous donations recently
it is encouraging to see Internet start-ups working with charities.

BlueCycle, whose launch was featured [last month](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/news/2000/01/index.html#bluecycle)
by UK Fundraising, is holding a charity auction on St valentine’s Day at the Voodoo
Lounge in London’s Leicester Square. Auction proceeds and half of the ticket price
will go to Macmillan Cancer Relief and Imperial Cancer Research Fund.

Moonfruit, a new online community building site, recently teamed up with the Battersea
Courage Trust to raise £4,000 in a [Blind Date](http://www.blinddate.moonfruit.com)
night. A gay Blind Date fundraising event is planned for April.

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