GovTech Startups

BallotReady provides nonpartisan data on ballots, elections, and elected officials, along with tools for voter registration, polling place lookup, contacting officials, and running for office. It serves voters and civic participants across the United States with comprehensive, researched information covering local, state, and federal government.

6 investors

Blerify provides technology for issuing, verifying, and using cryptographic identity credentials through identity wallets with post-quantum and deepfake-resistant verification. The platform serves governments, enterprises, and identity providers needing to authenticate users via standards-based credentials (W3C, ISO 18013-5) without exposing biometric data or relying on central databases.

6 investors

coUrbanize provides community engagement software for real estate, municipal, and planning teams. The platform helps organize public outreach and facilitate productive conversations between developers and community members to build support for real estate projects.

6 investors

CrowdForce operates a mobile app enabling small merchants across Africa to function as banking service points without establishing formal branch infrastructure.

6 investors

Defense Unicorns delivers secure, vendor-lock-free software deployment solutions for the U.S. Department of Defense and mission-critical environments. The company helps government agencies and system integrators accelerate software delivery in air-gapped and classified networks while maintaining security compliance.

6 investors

Eightfold AI builds a talent-intelligence platform that uses deep learning on global workforce data to help enterprises hire, retain and upskill employees, and to match candidates to roles.

6 investors

Fairly (also referred to as Asenion) provides an AI governance platform for managing trust, risk, security, and compliance in AI systems across their entire lifecycle. The platform serves startups, enterprises, and regulated organizations in finance, legal, healthcare, and insurance that need assurance and governance for AI systems used in customer-facing or decision-making applications.

6 investors

Forerunner offers a software platform for local government floodplain management teams to map flood risk, centralize records like Elevation Certificates and permits, run AI-powered document validation, conduct mobile inspections, and track Substantial Improvement/Substantial Damage compliance. It also provides a resident-facing portal to share flood risk information with the public, serving U.S. municipalities, counties, and parishes.

6 investors

GovDash provides a CRM and proposal development platform for government contractors (GovCon), offering structured bid evaluation, competitor intelligence, pricing analysis, and win tracking features for capture managers.

6 investors

GreenLite provides construction permitting services using AI and human expertise to accelerate the approval process for builders and developers. The company handles the full permitting lifecycle, from intake to final approval, serving the construction and real estate development industry.

6 investors

GridMatrix builds software and hardware to renew and improve American infrastructure, with work spanning fiber optic cable installation and rail transit scheduling. The company draws on expertise in wireless technology, autonomous vehicles, transportation, cloud-based software, and hardware mass production.

6 investors

LaunchVic is Victoria's startup agency that funds accelerator programs and provides support to founders, investors, and startup programs across the Australian state. It builds capability in the local technology-driven startup ecosystem through resources, mentorship, and go-to-market support.

6 investors

PayIt provides digital payment and online services platforms to government agencies, helping residents pay bills and renew services online. The company serves state and local government agencies across North America.

6 investors

Pentagroup publishes research and advisory content on how Large Language Models portray brands across stakeholder groups, analyzing chatbot responses to inform Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) strategies. The company appears to work with brands on communications and reputation in the context of AI-driven search.

6 investors

Plural is an AI-powered policy intelligence platform that helps enterprises and organizations track, summarize, and analyze state and federal legislation. It provides bill analysis, predictive insights, stakeholder intelligence, and cross-jurisdiction bill search for public policy and government relations professionals.

6 investors

Populix is an Indonesian consumer insights and market research company that connects businesses, startups, MSMEs, multinational companies, academics, and policymakers with targeted respondent panels across Indonesia. It offers end-to-end research services—from survey design and respondent recruitment to data analysis and recommendations—covering consumer behavior, industry trends, and public sentiment in Southeast Asia.

6 investors

Stotles offers a platform that helps suppliers find and connect with public sector buyers, aiming to make public procurement more transparent and accessible. It serves businesses selling to government and focuses on the UK public procurement market.

6 investors

Symbium builds an instant permitting service for residential decarbonization projects such as solar panels, energy storage, and heat pumps, letting homeowners and contractors understand what is possible on a property and submit and manage permit applications. Its proprietary Complaw technology mechanizes regulatory analysis in a TurboTax-like way, serving the citizen-to-government permitting market with an initial focus on the US.

6 investors

Token Transit offers a fare payment and mobile ticketing platform for public transportation agencies and cities. It handles transit payments in over 200 cities across the United States and Canada and integrates with trip-planning apps such as Transit, Moovit, and Google Maps.

6 investors

Trustible provides an AI governance platform designed to help enterprises manage the full lifecycle of AI systems—from intake and risk assessment through monitoring and regulatory compliance. The platform serves enterprise teams overseeing AI deployments and supports compliance with frameworks like the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and ISO 42001.

6 investors

Usul builds a repository of primes and vendors in government contracting, helping contractors identify team members with relevant past performance, agency relationships, and certifications for specific pursuits. The platform surfaces subcontracting relationships, customer trust signals, and emerging competitors to help assemble winning teams for bids.

6 investors

Voatz develops a secure remote voting platform that uses hardware-based security, biometrics, and blockchain technology to enable voters to cast ballots from anywhere while maintaining election integrity through voter-verifiable audit trails.

6 investors

Aclima operates a network of mobile and stationary sensors that measure air pollution and greenhouse gases at block-by-block resolution, and offers analytics software (Aclima Pro) and a free consumer app (air.health) that turn these measurements into environmental data for governments, companies, and communities. The company focuses on hyperlocal air quality and climate pollution mapping.

5 investors

Arrive operates an urban mobility platform that helps cities, fleet operators, and policymakers manage city movement through solutions such as parking, public transport, and mobility data analysis. It serves city operators, decision-makers, and businesses working to make urban travel easier to manage.

5 investors