[1] Crowdpac was co-founded in 2014 by Steve Hilton, a former political advisor to British Prime Minister David Cameron,[2][3] along with Adam Bonica, Gisel Kordestani, and Paul Hilder.

[3][6] The website also uses an algorithm built by researchers at Stanford University to track political candidates' sources of funding to predict how ideologically partisan they are.

[7] In May 2018, Crowdpac announced that it was suspending fundraising for Republican candidates on its platform because of issues with "hate speech and the rhetoric and actions used to stir up racial animosity legitimized by the President of the United States".

[10] Crowdpac was criticized for promoting endorsements by Ron Conway, one of its investors and a candidate for office, in a 2015 election in San Francisco.

"[12][1] Thomas cited an example of a neo-Nazi candidate, who was kicked out of the Republican convention, attempting to raise money through the website.