Company timeline

• 2008
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  October

  Jim Gilliam launches White House 2, an open source precursor to NationBuilder

• 2009
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  October

  Jim Gilliam writes the first line of code for what will become NationBuilder

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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

• 2010
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  February

  Co-Founder Jesse Haff joins the team

• May

  Lea Endres and Jim start working on his memoir The Internet is My Religion

• October

  Private Beta with 5 customers

• 2011
• April

  Public beta; 20 paying customers in the first month

• 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

• 2012
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  February

  Co-Founder Lea Endres joins the team

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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

• April

  The NationBuilder Architects certification program is launched for design partners

• July

  1000 paying customers

• 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

• 2013
• May

  Organization plan is launched

• 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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  September

  Chief Strategy Officer Hilary Doe joins the team; DC field office opens

• October

  NationBuilder Platform and API launches

• 2014
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  April

  VP of Professional Services Gina Davis joins the team

• September

  The NationBuilder developer certification program launches

• November

  Vancouver field office opens

• 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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  July

  Founder and CEO Jim Gilliam's book, The Internet is My Religion, is published.

• 2016
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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

• 2017
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  January

  VP of Business Development Jon Bratsis joins the team

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  July

  Annie Mosbacher becomes VP of Customer Engagement

• October

  Founder Jim Gilliam becomes Executive Chairman and Co-Founder Lea Endres becomes CEO

• 2018
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  August

  VP of Organizing Cristina Pacheco joins the team

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  October

  General Counsel Melody Williams Dapp joins the team

• 2019
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  January

  VP of Engineering Jerald Lo joins the team

• February

  The new NationBuilder control panel limited beta launches

• April

  The new NationBuilder control panel becomes available to all customers