About NationBuilder
Los Angeles, CA 90071
2017 customer statistics
Board
of Andreessen Horowitz
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Press
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@nationbuilder /nationbuilder @nb_leaders /nationbuilderLeadership Team
Michael Batchelor
VP of Engineering
Jon Bratsis
VP of Business Development
Toni Cowan-Brown
VP of European Business Development
Gina Davis
VP of Professional Services
Hilary Doe
VP of Strategy
Lea Endres
Co-Founder and CEO
Jim Gilliam
Founder and Executive Chairman
Jesse Haff
Co-Founder and
VP of Design
Ben Handzo
VP of Product
Laura Harris
VP of Film
Lisa Hwang
VP of People and Operations
Gabi Loeb
Chief Financial Officer
Annie Mosbacher
VP of Customer Engagement
Cameron Orr
VP of Worldwide Sales
J. Michael Schmidt
Chief Community Scientist
Emily Schwartz
VP of Organizing
Jeanine Percival Wright
General Counsel
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Brand resourcesCompany timeline
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2008
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October
Jim Gilliam launches White House 2, an open source precursor to NationBuilder
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2009
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November 1, 2009
NationBuilder is founded by CEO Jim Gilliam, self funded with $250,000; Alpha customer Reshma Saujani launches on the platform
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2010
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February
Co-Founder Jesse Haff joins the team
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May
Lea Endres and Jim start working on his memoir The Internet is My Religion
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October
Private Beta with 5 customers
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2011
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April
Public beta; 20 paying customers in the first month
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May
The company receives $500,000 in angel funding; NationBuilder begins offering free voter data to all subscribers
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June
Jim Gilliam gives his well known speech, “The Internet is My Religion”, at the Personal Democracy Forum
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2012
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March
NationBuilder closes their Series A round of funding; Ben Horowitz and Sean Parker join the Board of Directors; NationBuilder moves into offices at Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles
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April
The NationBuilder Architects certification program is launched for design partners
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July
1000 paying customers
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September
The NationBuilder Elections Center is launched, providing free voter file downloads to qualified candidates and campaigns, including API for developers to create third party applications
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2013
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May
Enterprise edition is launched
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June
NationBuilder receives $8 million in Series B funding from Omidyar Network and Andreessen Horowitz; Omidyar partner Todor Tashev joins the Board of Directors
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2014
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November
Vancouver field office opens
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September
The NationBuilder developer certification program launches
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April
VP of Professional Services Gina Davis joins the team
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2015
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February
NationBuilder opens new headquarters in the second floor of the historic Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles
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March
VP of European Business Development Toni Cowan-Brown joins the team
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October
Ben Handzo becomes VP of Product
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2016
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May
VP of Worldwide Sales Cameron Orr joins the team
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September
VP of People and Operations Lisa Hwang joins the team
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October
Chief Community Scientist J. Michael Schmidt joins the team
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2017
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January
VP of Business Development Jon Bratsis joins the team
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June
Michael Batchelor becomes VP of Engineering
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July
Annie Mosbacher becomes VP of Customer Engagement
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October
Founder Jim Gilliam becomes Executive Chairman and Co-Founder Lea Endres becomes CEO
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November
General Counsel Jeanine Percival Wright joins the team
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2018
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February
Cheif Financial Officer Gabi Loeb joins the team
