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Munger has bankrolled several political reform efforts in California, including ballot measures in 2008 and 2010 that established independent redistricting and shifted the state’s primary system to a top-two, nonpartisan system.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025

Since the early 1990s, Bigelow has bankrolled a voluminous stream of pseudoscience on modern-day UFO lore—investigating everything from crop circles and cattle mutilations to alien abductions and UFO crashes.

From Scientific American • Aug. 25, 2023

Also in November, multi-stage fund Index Ventures, which has bankrolled Facebook, Etsy and Skype, launched its second Origins fund, which will invest $300 million in early-stage startups.

From Reuters • Jan. 3, 2023

Al-Khelaifi is chairman of Qatar Sports Investments, which has bankrolled PSG since 2011 and has been accused of 'sportswashing'.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2022

Of their six rivals in the Belgian second division, four are the playthings of foreign investors: the Thai owners of Leicester City, the Russian billionaire who has bankrolled A.S.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2017