Project Agape Gets $5 Million for Online Political/Social Activism

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 31, 2008 - 7:27am.

Berkeley, Calif. - Project Agape, which is developing "a platform for large-scale political and social activism on the Internet," has raised $5 million in its second round of venture capital financing, PEHub.com reported, citing a regulatory filing.

Investors included Founders Fund, which also backed the company's $2.35 million first round; Project Agape co-founder Sean Parker is a partner at Founders Fund.

Berkeley, Calif.-based Project Agape created a Facebook application called Causes, which allows users to bring attention to various charities, and create online fundraising campaigns.

http://www.project-agape.com