<s>
NationBuilder	B-Application
is	O
a	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
based	O
technology	O
start-up	O
that	O
develops	O
content	O
management	O
and	O
customer	O
relationship	O
management	O
(	O
CRM	O
)	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
other	O
features	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
enables	O
users	O
to	O
quickly	O
create	O
websites	O
,	O
build	O
databases	O
through	O
registrations	O
,	O
send	O
targeted	O
newsletters	O
,	O
analyse	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
from	O
multiple	O
sources	O
and	O
leverage	O
micro-donations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NationBuilder	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2009	O
in	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
by	O
Jim	O
Gilliam	O
and	O
launched	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
Joe	O
Green	O
joined	O
NationBuilder	B-Application
as	O
co-founder	O
and	O
president	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gilliam	O
was	O
previously	O
a	O
movie-maker	B-Application
who	O
co-founded	O
Brave	O
New	O
Films	O
with	O
Robert	O
Greenwald	O
and	O
had	O
sought	O
funding	O
for	O
his	O
films	O
through	O
crowd-sourcing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Green	O
,	O
who	O
studied	O
organizing	O
at	O
Harvard	O
and	O
was	O
Mark	O
Zuckerberg	O
's	O
roommate	O
,	O
is	O
also	O
the	O
co-founder	O
of	O
the	O
Causes	O
Facebook	B-Application
app	O
;	O
he	O
left	O
NationBuilder	B-Application
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
NationBuilder	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
1,000	O
subscribers	O
have	O
used	O
its	O
software	O
to	O
amass	O
2.5	O
million	O
supporters	O
and	O
raise	O
$12	O
million	O
in	O
campaign	O
donations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scottish	O
National	O
Party	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
political	O
party	O
to	O
use	O
NationBuilder	B-Application
,	O
harvesting	O
vast	O
amounts	O
of	O
data	O
pertaining	O
to	O
voter	O
activity	O
via	O
websites	O
such	O
as	O
Facebook	B-Application
and	O
Twitter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Investors	O
in	O
NationBuilder	B-Application
include	O
Chris	O
Hughes	O
-	O
the	B-Application
Facebook	I-Application
co-founder	O
,	O
Sean	O
Parker	O
-	O
first	O
president	O
of	O
Facebook	B-Application
and	O
co-founder	O
of	O
Napster	B-Application
and	O
Causes	O
,	O
Dan	O
Senor	O
-	O
the	O
former	O
Republican	O
foreign-policy	O
adviser	O
and	O
Ben	O
Horowitz	O
,	O
co-founder	O
of	O
Andreessen	O
Horowitz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
La	O
République	O
En	O
Marche	O
used	O
NationBuilder	B-Application
to	O
help	O
in	O
the	O
2017	O
National	O
Assembly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NationBuilder	B-Application
's	O
services	O
were	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
campaigns	O
of	O
both	O
the	O
National	O
and	O
Labour	O
parties	O
in	O
the	O
2017	O
New	O
Zealand	O
general	O
election	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
better	O
data	O
protection	O
and	O
privacy	O
laws	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
and	O
EU	O
,	O
NationBuilder	B-Application
was	O
used	O
to	O
significant	O
impact	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
UK	O
elections	O
,	O
most	O
notably	O
in	O
the	O
2016	O
campaign	O
for	O
withdrawal	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
from	O
the	O
European	O
Union	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NationBuilder	B-Application
was	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
Donald	O
Trump	O
presidential	O
campaign	O
to	O
advance	O
his	O
election	O
efforts	O
and	O
eventually	O
win	O
the	O
2016	O
presidential	O
race	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jill	O
Stein	O
of	O
the	O
Green	O
Party	O
,	O
Republican	O
Rick	O
Santorum	O
,	O
and	O
independent	O
supporters	O
of	O
various	O
candidates	O
all	O
used	O
NationBuilder	B-Application
during	O
their	O
2016	O
runs	O
for	O
president	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
2018	O
US	O
election	O
cycle	O
,	O
political	O
entities	O
paid	O
more	O
than	O
$1	O
million	O
for	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
NationBuilder	B-Application
.	O
</s>
