Change.org Gets $25M
San Francisco-based Change.org, which allows people to voice their opinions on different social issues by voting up petitions submitted by users, has raised $25M in a Series C funding. The company said the funding came from Richard Branson, Bill Gates, Reid Hoffman, Arianna Huffington, Ashton Kutcher & Guy Oseary, Jeff Weiner, Evan Williams, and Jerry Yang, along with Omidyar Network and many others. The company said it wil use the round to scale the company. Change.org is led by Ben Rattray.
posted on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 (Link to more information)
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