Causes

Causes

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Overview

Causes.com is the world's largest online campaigning platform. We connect people who support a common cause and empower them to take action together. Causes members have raised over $48M for charities, collected 34M signatures for grassroots campaigns, and organized thousands of awareness campaigns. Since launching in 2007, Causes has helped over 186M people in 156 countries connect with their cause. Investors include Sean Parker, Founders Fund, the Case Foundation and NEA.

Causes, launched in May 2007, applies viral principles to altruism and social causes. The company was founded by Sean Parker and Joe Green and is designed to help passionate supporters of causes—charities, religions, political parties and candidates, etc.—organize online movements to raise awareness, advocate and fundraise.

The company that delivers Causes is called Philotic, Inc., and is run day-to-day by President, Matt Mahan.

Highlights

Founded

2007

Industry

Apps

Employees

51-100

Investment

8

Lead Investment

1

Exits

3

Stages

Early Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed

Investor Type

N/A

Location

United States, North America

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

Causes, established in 2007 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Early Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed investments across Social Media, Law Enforcement, Politics, Financial Services, Venture Capital, Finance, Music, Marketing, Brand Marketing, Media and Entertainment. The organization boasts a portfolio of 8 investments, with an average round size of $17.9M and 3 successful exits. Their recent investments include Votizen, A-Grade Investments, Atom Factory, AFSquare, NationBuilder. The highest investment round they participated in was $10.0B. Among their most notable exits are Votizen and A-Grade Investments. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

N/A

Investment portfolio

Causes has made 8 investments. Their most recent investment was on Mar 29, 2017, when Emoticast raised $5.0M.

Causes has made 4 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Aug 11, 2016, when Thrive Global raised $11.5M.

investments

8

Diversity investments

4

Lead investments

1

Number of exits

3

Investments

8

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Dec 16, 2013
Tilt Tilt
Internet23.0M
Nov 17, 2015
University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco
Biotechnology10.0M
Aug 11, 2016
Thrive Global Thrive Global
Software11.5M
Mar 29, 2017
Emoticast Emoticast
Music5.0M

Exits

3

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

8

Investors

11

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

8

Causes has raised 8 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Mar 29, 2017 from a Seed Round - Emoticast round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Dec 16, 2013
Series B - Tilt Series B - Tilt
-23.0M-
Nov 17, 2015
Grant - University of California, San Francisco Grant - University of California, San Francisco
-10.0M-
Aug 11, 2016
Series A - Thrive Global Series A - Thrive Global
-11.5M-
Mar 29, 2017
Seed Round - Emoticast Seed Round - Emoticast
-5.0M-

Investors

5

Causes is funded by 5 investor(s). New Enterprise Associates and Founders Fund Kantor are the most recent investors.

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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