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Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay, and his wife, Pam, established Omidyar Network based on the belief that every person has the potential to make a difference. Since 2004, we have worked with our partners to create opportunities for people to tap that potential, enabling them to improve their lives and make powerful contributions to their communities. As a philanthropic investment firm, we make both investments and grants, identifying likeminded organizations that we support, help scale, and collaborate with to help realize their full potential. Our efforts are organized around two investment initiatives—Access to Capital, and Media, Markets and Transparency. Through Access to Capital, we work to create economic opportunity for people in emerging markets. By opening new doors to financial services and property rights, we're helping to foster entrepreneurial behavior, economic activity, and job creation. Specifically, we focus on microfinance, small-to-medium enterprise, emerging market ventures, and property rights. Within microfinance, we seek to extend access to high-quality, affordable financial services to the poor. To read more about our work, please visit www.omidyar.net. Hide