Who invested in Change.org

5 rounds we have observed, with the 29 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$87Mraised across 5 rounds since 2012, from 5 sources

$2.0MSeries A$15MSeries B$15MSeries A$25MSeries C$30MRound

Latest round: Round, $30MMay 2017
Step-upi: 1.2×
Investors: 29

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

201220132014201520162017

$2.0MSeries A$15MSeries B$15MSeries A$25MSeries C$30MRound

First round: Series A, $2.0M
Biggest round: $30M
Usual gap between rounds: 19 months

The rounds

May 2017
Round$30M3 returning
Source recorded
Dec 2014
Series C$25M21 new
- Slow Ventures
- Obvious Ventures
- Sam Altman
- Reid Hoffman
- Kevin Colleran
- Ali Partovi
- Ashton Kutcher
- Bill Gates
- Hadi Partovi
- Ariel Poler
- Richard Branson
- Jeff Weiner
- Guy Oseary
- Nicolas Berggruen
- Gideon Yu
- Bradley Horowitz
- Katie Stanton
- Diane Tang
- James Currier
- Arianna Huffington
- Lorna Borenstein
From a historical funding record
May 2013
Series B$15M8 new
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $3.4M sold, first sale Mar 2012
May 2013
Series A$15M2 returning
- Omidyar Network
- Pierre Omidyar
Reported by techcrunch.comSEC filing: $3.4M sold, first sale Mar 2012
Jan 2012
Series A$2.0M
No investor was named in the report.
From a historical funding record

Founders and team

From Change.org's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 1 founder, 44 on the team.

Ben RattrayFounder & Chief Executive OfficerNamed on its 2013 Form D

Barbara CvenicChief of Staff to the CEO
Michelle NielsonChief of Staff to the President
Benjamin Joffe-WaltChief Operating Officer
Brad HenricksonChief Technology Officer
Meg McCleanChief of Staff to the CMO
Meg SawatzkeChief of Staff to the CPO
Sarah LockwoodChief of Staff to the COO
Steve DziedzicChief Product Officer
Charlotte LevittVP of Marketing & Comms
Danny MoldovanVP of Policy and Legal
David LifsonVP of Product
Duncan LockardVP of Finance and Strategy
Erika Soto LambInterim VP of Marketing & Comms
Fabrice RobiniVP of Engineering
Hamish ChandraVP of Design and Research
Jaime RodasVP of Engineering
Jeff KnightVP of Engineering
Kajal OdedraVP of Communications

And 26 more on the team.

On the board, as filediRajiv Gupta

Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

Series A2012Series B2013Series A2013Series C2014Round2017

Omidyar NetworkSam Altman

Reid HoffmanBill GatesPierre Omidyar

Slow Ventures

AngelList

Obvious VenturesKevin ColleranAli Partovi

Everyone who backed them

Omidyar NetworkFamily office2rounds

Sam AltmanAngel2rounds

Reid HoffmanVC firm2rounds

Bill GatesVC firm2rounds

Pierre OmidyarAngel2rounds

Slow VenturesVC firm1round

AngelListAngel network1round

Obvious VenturesAccelerator1round

Kevin ColleranVC firm1round

Ali PartoviVC firm1round

Ashton KutcherVC firm1round

Hadi PartoviAngel1round

Anthony SalehVC firm1round

Ariel PolerAngel1round

Nasir JonesVC firm1round

Richard BransonAngel1round

Emagen Investment Group, Inc.VC firm1round

Jeff WeinerVC firm1round

Guy OsearyVC firm1round

Nicolas BerggruenAngel1round

Gideon YuVC firm1round

Summit ActionVC firm1round

Scott HeifermanAngel1round

Bradley HorowitzVC firm1round

Katie StantonAngel1round

Diane TangAngel1round

James CurrierAngel1round

Arianna Huffingtonno record of our own yet1round

Lorna Borensteinno record of our own yet1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 5 firms list Change.org as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.