ChangeX has potential for global impact, says Twitter backer

A partner in New York-based Union Square Ventures, an early backer of Twitter, Tumblr and Etsy, says the Irish start-up has developed a 'new model' for donors to charities

Albert Wenger

Albert Wenger, a partner in New York-based Union Square Ventures, an early backer of Twitter, Tumblr and Etsy, has described the Irish start-up ChangeX as having developed a “new model for donors”.

Wenger, an investor in the Irish non-profit along with Dermot Desmond and Jerry Greenfield, a co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s, said in a blog post that ChangeX had “built a true technology platform to make social programmes more impactful and help ...