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Tech leaders put money into petition site Change.org

The startup lets users create online petitions that call on govts and firms to act on specific issues

Published Tue, Dec 9, 2014 · 09:50 PM
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IN a twist on how Silicon Valley companies are financed, several technology luminaries have banded together to effectively do the work of a traditional venture-capital firm.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, Twitter co-founder Evan Williams and others have invested US$25 million in Change.org, the petitions website, to help it expand.

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