Paddle8 Got A Lift From Charity Auctions -- Now It Needs To Make Real Money

It's 9.30pm on a Wednesday in Manhattan's trendy Buddakan restaurant and the dining floor is filled with well-dressed New Yorkers fervently bidding on works of art. The occasion is a star-studded charity event for the Lunchbox Fund, run by Paddle8, an online auction house that has risen in ranks by operating philanthropic fundraisers.