<s>
NGP	B-Application
VAN	I-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
is	O
an	O
American	O
privately	O
owned	O
voter	B-Application
database	I-Application
and	O
web	O
hosting	O
service	O
provider	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
Democratic	O
Party	O
,	O
Democratic	O
campaigns	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
non-profit	O
organizations	O
authorized	O
by	O
the	O
Democratic	O
Party	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NGP	B-Application
VAN	I-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
was	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Voter	B-Application
Activation	I-Application
Network	I-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
and	O
changed	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
NGP	B-Application
VAN	I-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
January	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NGP	B-Application
VAN	I-Application
was	O
created	O
in	O
November	O
2010	O
by	O
the	O
merger	O
of	O
its	O
two	O
predecessor	O
companies	O
:	O
NGP	O
Software	O
(	O
founded	O
in	O
1997	O
by	O
Nathaniel	O
Pearlman	O
,	O
who	O
later	O
served	O
as	O
chief	O
technology	O
officer	O
for	O
Hillary	O
Clinton	O
's	O
2008	O
presidential	O
campaign	O
,	O
in	O
his	O
attic	O
in	O
Washington	O
,	O
DC	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Voter	B-Application
Activation	I-Application
Network	I-Application
(	O
founded	O
in	O
2001	O
by	O
Mark	O
Sullivan	O
,	O
in	O
his	O
study	O
in	O
Cambridge	O
,	O
Massachusetts	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2014	O
,	O
NGP	B-Application
VAN	I-Application
launched	O
their	O
EveryAction	O
fundraising	O
management	O
platform	O
for	O
non-profits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
NGP	B-Application
VAN	I-Application
's	O
parent	O
company	O
,	O
EveryAction	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
London-based	O
private	O
equity	O
firm	O
Apax	O
Partners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
also	O
named	O
Amanda	O
Coulombe	O
President	O
of	O
NGP	B-Application
VAN	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MiniVAN	O
–	O
A	O
mobile	B-Application
canvassing	O
application	O
that	O
allows	O
for	O
campaigns	O
and	O
organizations	O
to	O
contact	O
voters	O
or	O
supporters	O
,	O
collect	O
data	O
,	O
and	O
sync	O
the	O
information	O
back	O
to	O
their	O
VAN	O
or	O
EveryAction	O
database	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VoteBuilder	O
–	O
A	O
web-based	O
service	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
Democratic	O
Party	O
and	O
associated	O
campaigns	O
to	O
track	O
interactions	O
with	O
potential	B-Application
voters	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Wednesday	O
,	O
December	O
16	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
NGP	B-Application
VAN	I-Application
released	O
a	O
code	O
update	O
to	O
their	O
Votebuilder	O
application	O
which	O
contained	O
a	O
bug	B-Error_Name
that	O
allowed	O
two	O
campaigns	O
to	O
see	O
proprietary	O
analytical	O
scores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Innovation	O
Platform	O
–	O
A	O
series	O
of	O
APIs	B-Application
and	O
integrations	O
that	O
was	O
rolled	O
out	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
