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Omidyar Network

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Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay, and his wife, Pam, established Omidyar Network based on the belief that every person has the potential to make a difference. Since 2004, they have worked with their partners to create opportunities for people to tap that potential, enabling them to improve their lives and make powerful contributions to their communities.

They support, scale, and champion the work of their partners in order to maximize social impact. As a philanthropic investment firm, they make both investments and grants, identifying like-minded organizations that they support, help scale, and collaborate with to help realize their full potential. Their efforts are organized around two investment initiatives—Access to Capital, and Media, Markets and Transparency.

Milestones

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  Omidyar Network invested in Aspiring Minds. (11/9/11)
  Posted 11/9/11 at 8:59pm via finsmes.com
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  Omidyar Network invested in Subtext. (10/24/11)
  Posted 10/25/11 at 1:54am via techcrunch.com
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  Omidyar Network invested in Finestrella. (9/7/11)
  Posted 9/7/11 at 9:04pm via dowjones.com
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  Omidyar Network invested in CouchSurfing International . (8/24/11)
  Posted 8/24/11 at 7:46pm via techcrunch.com
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  Omidyar Network invested in ViKi. (12/8/10)
  Posted 12/8/10 at 8:04am via techcrunch.com
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  Omidyar Network invested in Sunlight Foundation. (1/1/11)
  Posted 2/26/11 at 11:23am via sunlightfoundation.com
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  Omidyar Network invested in SeeClickFix. (1/14/11)
  Posted 1/30/11 at 9:21pm via allthingsd.com
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  Omidyar Network invested in Praekelt Foundation. (12/7/10)
  Posted 1/14/11 at 5:01am via praekeltfoundation.org
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  Omidyar Network invested in Jumo. (11/1/10)
  Posted 11/30/10 at 1:13am via techcrunch.com
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  Omidyar Network invested in SpikeSource. (5/26/05)
  Posted 10/5/10 at 7:10am via bizjournals.com
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  Omidyar Network invested in Prosper. (2/3/10)
  Posted 7/22/10 at 3:04am via americanbankingnews.com
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  Omidyar Network invested in mySociety. (7/6/10)
  Posted 7/7/10 at 5:48pm via paidcontent.org
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  Omidyar Network invested in YouthNoise. (6/25/06)
  Posted 4/12/10 at 3:18am via wordpress.com
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  Omidyar Network invested in Krugle. (5/31/06)
  Posted 3/30/10 at 7:05pm via thefreelibrary.com
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  Omidyar Network invested in InnoCentive. (2/2/06)
  Posted 3/29/10 at 12:30am via innocentive.com
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  Omidyar Network invested in Wikia. (3/1/06)
  Posted 7/30/07 at 10:27pm via wikia.com

Investments

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1. Omidyar Network Hands $2.3M In Grants To Global Voices, mySociety and The XYZ Show (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. Aspiring Minds Raises Series A Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
3. Subtext Raises $3 Million From Google Ventures & More To Make eBook Reading Social (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. Finestrella Gains $13.8M Series B For Mobile-Service Plans (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
5. CouchSurfing Raises $7.6 M; Will Users Cry “Sell Out”? (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. Pothole-Reporting App SeeClickFix Raises $1.5 Million to Help You Be a Squeakier Wheel (voices.allthingsd.com) [edit]
7. How We Are Funded (sunlightfoundation.com) [edit]
8. ViKi Raises $4.3 Million from VC All-Stars to Translate the World’s Video (techcrunch.com) [edit]
9. Omidyar Network Supports Innovations in Mobile Technology with Grant to Praekelt Foundation in Africa (praekeltfoundation.org) [edit]
10. techcrunch.com [edit]
11. Politics Hackers MySociety Get $575k From Omidyar Network (paidcontent.org) [edit]
12. Prosper Marketplace Announces $2 Million in Bridge Financing as Bankruptcy Fears Loom (americanbankingnews.com) [edit]
13. Omidyar Network puts $2.4 million into government transparency abroad (venturebeat.com) [edit]
14. Wikipedia gets $2M from Omidyar Network (digital.venturebeat.com) [edit]
15. Socialtext Raises Fourth Round (pehub.com) [edit]
16. Updated: Goodmail Systems Adds $5 Million To Third Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
17. Sriram Raghavan founded Comat Technologies raises $15 Million (siliconindia.com) [edit]
18. press release (techcrunch.com) []
19. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) []
20. Rumor: Ad network Federated Media raises $50M from Oak Hill Capital Partners, at $200M valuation (venturebeat.com) [edit]
21. media.cleantech.com [edit]
22. MetaWeb Gets $42 Million Second Round For Online Database (paidcontent.org) [edit]
23. venturebeat.com [edit]
24. Federated Media Raises $4.5M In Series B (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
25. Citation Needed [add]
26. techcrunch.com [edit]
27. marketingvox.com []
28. World of Good raises $4M for “fair trade” goods (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
29. about.eventful.com [edit]
30. Social Action Network YouthNoise Raises $1.5 Million From Omidyar, Others (ezro.wordpress.com) [edit]
31. Krugle Secures $6.1 Million in Series B Funding Led by Rustic Canyon Partners. (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
32. FM Financing Release (blog.federatedmedia.net) [edit]
33. eBay's Affinity for Meetup.com (businessweek.com) [edit]
34. 'Second Life' scores $11 million in funding (news.com) [edit]
35. Citation Needed [add]
36. wikia.com [edit]
37. InnoCentive Secures $9 Million in Venture Capital Funding Led by Spencer Trask Ventures, Inc. (innocentive.com) [edit]
38. Citation Needed [add]
39. techcrunch.com [edit]
40. goliath.ecnext.com []
41. FM Financing (blog.federatedmedia.net) [edit]
42. Fidelity backs SpikeSource in $12M VC round (boston.bizjournals.com) [edit]
43. about.eventful.com [edit]
44. Second Life Boosted with $8 Million in New Financing; Linden Lab and Benchmark Capital Aim for the Metaverse (allbusiness.com) [edit]
45. Veni, Vidi ...Wiki? (forbes.com) [edit]
46. Citation Needed [add]