Raise Your Voice wants to help citizens better engage with legislators
Raise Your Voice founder Dan Busse shares how his new civic venture wants to change the way citizens and legislators engage with one another. Give us the 140-character elevator pitch. We are a tool,...
View ArticleInstead of butting heads, citizens and government can start mixing minds
MindMixer is working with the San Francisco, Los Angeles and other local communities to help crowdsource ideas for civic improvement. CEO and Co-Founder Nick Bowden discusses his venture and the value...
View ArticleHelp government communicate better
Measured Voice President Jed Sundwall writes “Why We’re a Civic Startup” on the company’s blog to highlight why it applied to the Code for America Accelerator program. Kudos to him for openly...
View ArticleCivic kickstart: Citizinvestor wants to help your local project get funded
Citizinvestor is the latest startup to tackle public budget woes by offsetting lack of public funding with crowdsourced citizen donations targeted to specific projects. Citizinvestor founders Tony...
View ArticleGovFresh Q&A: Neighbor.ly
Neighbor.ly GovFresh highlights the products and start-ups powering the civic revolution. Learn how you can get featured. What Neighbor.ly Give us the 140-character elevator pitch. Neighbor.ly is a...
View ArticleRevelstone brings ‘Moneyball’ to government
GovFresh highlights the products and start-ups powering the civic revolution. Learn how you can get featured. Note: This is not a product promotion or endorsement. Give us the 140-character elevator...
View Article‘We see this digital space of empowering our citizens as the next generation...
Great “Connected Empowerment” video featuring San Francisco Chief Innovation Officer Jay Nath and civic action platform, Neighborland. Nath: “Cities and government, in general, we’re really factories...
View ArticleCaptricity frees government data from paper captivity
Captricity co-founder Kuang Chen. (Photo: Captricity) GovFresh highlights the products and start-ups powering the civic revolution. Note: This is not a product promotion or endorsement. Learn how you...
View ArticleNationBuilder brings community software to government
GovFresh highlights the products and start-ups powering the civic revolution. Note: This is not a product promotion or endorsement. Learn how you can get featured. NationBuilder Vice President of...
View ArticlePark.IT or ticket
GovFresh highlights the products and start-ups powering the civic revolution. Note: This is not a product promotion or endorsement. Learn how you can get featured. Co-founder Manohar Kamath shares his...
View ArticleRevelstone shares lesson learned from the civic startup trenches
After a few years in the civic startup trenches, Revelstone has learned a thing or two about building a new business targeting government’s analytical needs. We asked Chief Operating Officer Mark...
View ArticlePublicStuff builds a civic network that connects government and citizens
GovFresh highlights the products and start-ups powering the civic revolution. Note: This is not a product promotion or endorsement. Learn how you can get featured. Co-founder and CEO Lily Liu...
View ArticleAn open letter to venture capitalists frustrated with the federal government...
Photo: historilla Lately, what’s happening between both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue is starting to catch the ire of some venture capitalists who, like many Americans already, are starting to publicly...
View ArticleArchiveSocial helps keep government social media on the record books
GovFresh highlights the products and start-ups powering the civic revolution. Learn how you can get featured. What ArchiveSocial Give us the 140-character elevator pitch. ArchiveSocial enables public...
View ArticleStartup.civ: SmartProcure
‘Startup.civ’ is a regular GovFresh feature highlighting the startups powering the civic movement. What SmartProcure Give us the 140-character elevator pitch. SmartProcure is a government purchasing...
View ArticleStartup.civ: StreetCred
Nick Selby, co-founder and CEO, StreetCred (Photo: Code for America) ‘Startup.civ’ is a regular GovFresh feature highlighting the startups powering the civic movement. What StreetCred Software, Inc....
View ArticleWith Screendoor, DOBT makes simple web forms key to better government
Image: DOBT After Adam Becker and Clay Johnson completed their stints as White House Presidential Innovation Fellows working together on Project RFP-EZ, they were inspired to scale IT simplicity so...
View Articlee.Republic expands model to venture capitalism, funds first startup
Government media and events company e.Republic is expanding its business operations to include funding civic-focused startups, in hopes of leveraging its Rolodex of government officials to help serve...
View ArticleY Combinator issues request for government-focused startups
Y Combinator (Photo: Paul Miller Leading Silicon Valley accelerator Y Combinator posted a list of sectors it’s interested in hearing pitches from in a “request for startups” that includes...
View ArticleDoubling down on government technology
Photo: Luke Fretwell We’ve recently seen an uptick in venture capital interest around government and civic technology startups, but before we enthusiastically celebrate these investments, we must ask...
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