Andrea Lo (born 1986) is an American Internet entrepreneur best known for co-founding the children's fundraising website

Piggybackr Piggybackr is an American crowdfunding website for students and youth teams to fundraise for their schools, projects, and causes online. It is compliant with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, meaning that children under the age of 13 ...

. In 2012, Andrea was named one of “6 Women Entrepreneurs to Watch” by

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for founding Piggybackr as a

crowdfunding Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising money from a large number of people, typically via the internet. Crowdfunding is a form of crowdsourcing and alternative finance. In 2015, over was raised worldwide by crow ...

site to help “teens raise money for a cause...”

Early life

Andrea grew up in

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, where she attended Franklin Elementary School and

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. She attended

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and has worked as a consultant. She is also a graduate of the Silicon Valley Founder Institute.

Piggybackr

In 2012, Andrea founded the crowdfunding site

. The site is devoted to helping young students raise money for causes and school projects. Andrea was inspired to start Piggybackr when she helped her younger sister at age 11, raise $370 for rainforest preservation by selling bracelets on-line. Lo said “If you can inspire and teach a young kid at age 11 to raise money or to realize they can make an impact, I just think that there are so many greater implications.” The site is also noted for the speed at which projects can be set up. Validation takes place in 48 hours and web sites can be set up in 5 minutes. Andrea has been honored by Forbes, appeared on "Good Morning Vail" and recognized internationally for her efforts with Piggybackr.

References

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