# Donr secures second round of investment funding and helps charities raise over £1 million in donations

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/05/05/donr-secures-second-round-of-investment-funding-helps-charities-raise-over-1m-in-donations/
- Published: 2020-05-05T08:00:14+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Tech for good company Donr has secured its second round of investment funding,
and has also now helped charities to raise over £1m in donations through its text
donation service.**

The investment funding, worth £350,000, comes from equity investment from the [North East Innovation Fund](https://www.northstarventures.co.uk/funds/north-east-innovation-fund),
supported by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by [Northstar Ventures,](https://www.northstarventures.co.uk/)
and from Angel Investor, Andrew Robson. Northstar previously invested £300,000 in
the business in Q2 2019.

[Donr](https://www.donr.com/) also recently hit the milestone of helping its community
of 2,500 charities to raise over £1 million in aid of their causes, less than 18
months after launching the text-to-give service.

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Increased usage of the service during the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in a 400%
increase in donations for the platform, with one charity, [Newcastle Dog and Cat Shelter](https://www.dogandcatshelter.com/),
which has made text giving a key part of its emergency coronavirus appeal, so far
receiving donations from over 5,000 supporters.

Donr’s platform has also supported FareShare’s fundraising activities during its
Covid-19 response campaign, which saw donations from over 25,000 supporters received
and processed in a couple of weeks.

With the backing of a second round of investment, Donr plans to focus on product
development.

Chris Newell, CEO of Donr said:

> “On average, we check our smartphones every 12 minutes – they’re always in our
> immediate reach. Text giving is a really simple and accessible way for anyone 
> to make a one-off or monthly donation to a charity in less than a minute.
> “We’re really proud that we’re in a position to help charities continue their 
> fundraising efforts during this difficult time and will now look to expand our
> platform further. We’re happy that both Andrew and Northstar share our vision 
> of the critical role that text giving can play in securing donations for so many
> brilliant causes.”

Richard Charnley, Investment Manager at Northstar Ventures, said:

> “We firmly believe in the power of tech-for-good and the significant role that
> mobile giving will play in a more flexible, more digital future for fundraising.
> We continue to support Donr on their mission – particularly during this challenging
> period of uncertainty the sector is facing.”

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