Silicon Valley Leaders Behind Nerdz4Hillary Fundraising Campaign
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A group of self-described nerds from Silicon Valley has banded together for one goal: elect Hillary Clinton.
Nerdz4Hillary, a fundraising campaign spearheaded by venture capitalist Dave McClure, is aiming to raise $100,000 to contribute to the Democrat’s bid for the presidency. It has already received commitments totaling $50,000 from Eric Ries, author of “The Lean Startup” who’s developing a stock exchange for private companies; Leanne Pittsford, founder of advocacy group Lesbians Who Tech; and staff from PayPal Holdings and other technology companies.
Mr. McClure, a founding partner at VC firm 500 Startups and “chief troublemaker” at Nerdz4Hillary, is reaching out to what he calls the “average Joe” nerds in the tech community for the rest. He expects them to contribute smaller donations of $100 to $500 each.
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