Gates, Huffington Headline Change.org's $25 Million Series C Round

A slew of tech and media luminaries participated in a $25 million Series C funding round for Change.org, the website said in a news release Tuesday. Investors in the financing round included Huffington Post co-founder Arianna Huffington; Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates; Virgin Group founder Richard Branson; and the Omidyar Network, an investment firm backed by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. Change.org expects to use the funding to develop its mobile applications. The website has more than 80 million users in 196 countries.