GovTech Startups

The Dayton Economic Development Corporation promotes Dayton, TX as a business location, highlighting logistics access via interstates, Class I rail, and proximity to the Port of Houston, and supports local companies with site expansion and workforce assistance. It also invests in community infrastructure such as parks and recreation to attract residents and businesses to the Houston-area city.

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DebtBook offers cloud-based treasury, debt, cash, investment, lease, subscription, and contract management software for public finance teams, with tools for GASB 31/40/72/87/96 compliance and financial reporting. It serves state and local governments, higher education, healthcare, and nonprofit accounting teams.

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Decision Lens offers an AI-driven decision science platform for government resource allocation and portfolio planning, helping leaders structure, prioritize, and optimize funding tradeoffs while keeping an auditable record. It serves federal, state, and local agencies including the Department of Defense, with FedRAMP certification and support for IL-levels up to IL6.

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DeepWalk uses iPhone LiDAR scanning and a mobile/web application to inspect sidewalks and curb ramps for condition and accessibility issues, generating 3D models and automated measurements. It serves cities, towns, and consultants managing pedestrian infrastructure, providing map-ready GIS data for inspection management, work orders, and sidewalk improvement planning.

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Delve Deeper offers a platform that tracks legislation, political signals, and media across jurisdictions, connecting policy, media, and stakeholder insights in one place. It serves government affairs and public affairs professionals, associations, and consultants who need to monitor policy risk and brief leadership.

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A web-based tool for downloading TikTok videos, audio, photo slideshows, and stories in HD quality without watermarks directly to a user's device through a browser.

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The Denton Economic Development Partnership promotes business investment and growth in Denton, Texas, connecting companies to local resources, partners, and university collaborations. It positions the city within the DFW Metroplex as a location for headquarters, entrepreneurship, and research.

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Department of Better Technology builds open-source software that gives public sector teams workflow and decision-making tools. Its products support processes such as procurement, permitting, and regulatory enforcement, and are designed to meet government compliance and security requirements while replacing manual paperwork.

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A South Australian state government portal that directs businesses and individuals to government services covering business support, migration, exports, investment, skills training, and industrial transformation programs. It serves businesses, workers, and prospective migrants in South Australia.

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A South Australian government department that supports businesses to start and grow, connects them to government services, and promotes trade, investment, migration, skills training, and industrial transformation. It operates a range of state government portals covering business support, exports, investment attraction, and workforce development.

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Dependbuild builds software to help municipal staff manage projects and infrastructure. The platform targets community leaders and local government teams facing resource constraints and infrastructure challenges.

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Juganu provides a smart city dashboard that allows municipalities to monitor infrastructure and citizen needs 24/7 using light-based sensing technology. The platform helps cities and businesses improve sustainability and operational efficiency.

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DeSoto Economic Development Corporation promotes business investment and site selection in DeSoto, Texas, marketing shovel-ready sites, workforce, and a location south of Dallas to companies in logistics, retail, and life sciences.

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D&I Solutions develops technology to detect and interdict unauthorized wireless communications, targeting contraband cell phone use by inmates in correctional facilities. The system focuses on identifying and blocking unauthorized cellular calls made from within prisons.

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The Danville-Boyle County Development Corporation (DBCDC), operating under the "Develop Danville" identity, is the lead economic development organization for Boyle County, Kentucky. It works with local governments and public and private organizations to support business growth, attract investment, and prepare sites for economic development.

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Dili provides AI-powered compliance automation for developers and engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firms managing federally funded projects in construction, energy, and infrastructure. The platform automates prevailing wage tracking, apprenticeship monitoring, and project compliance across subcontractor networks.

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DIN (Deutsches Institut für Normung e. V.) is the German national standards organization that develops technical norms and standards and enables stakeholders to participate in and apply them. It offers membership, networking for standards users, and an online shop (via DIN Media) for purchasing standards, covering topics such as artificial intelligence, hydrogen technologies, and digital construction.

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DineSafe is a food safety platform that crowdsources reports from consumers and provides daily alerts to public health agencies across the United States for outbreak detection and inspection planning. The platform serves over 400 public health agencies and food businesses including grocers and restaurants.

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Dirigent develops AI-powered operational infrastructure designed to help defend open societies against narrative manipulation and information warfare. The platform combines agentic AI capabilities with real-time data integration to enable security operations at scale for government and institutional customers.

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DNX Solutions is a cloud-native consultancy and systems integrator that helps Australian organisations modernise technology platforms and improve operational governance. The firm specializes in cloud migration, data foundations, and infrastructure optimization for enterprises in financial services, healthcare, government, and SaaS sectors.

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Drivio is a US company with a mobile app for handling parking tickets. Drivers can look up citations, pay them through the app and set reminders ahead of deadlines. It is aimed at individual motorists who want to keep track of parking fines.

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Droplet is a document automation platform for K–12 education that replaces paper forms with digital forms, automated approval workflows, and e-signatures (DropletSign). It serves school and district departments such as Finance, HR, IT, and Transportation, with FERPA and SOC 2 compliance.

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The Dunn County Job Development Authority (JDA) is a government economic development agency for Dunn County, North Dakota, offering loan and grant programs to support business growth, workforce development, and tourism. It serves as a one-stop resource for residents starting new businesses and enterprises relocating to the county.

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DV Consulting is a Russian consultancy that helps technology and industrial companies obtain government support, including Skolkovo residency, grants, IT accreditation, and inclusion in state registries (Minpromtorg, Mincifry software registry). It also provides intellectual property registration, accounting, and legal services for tech and manufacturing firms across Russia.

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