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Best GovTech Companies in Washington, DC, United States

The 38 best GovTech companies in Washington, DC, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Indigov.

38companies tracked
$85.7Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
13have raised

Ranked: Best GovTech companies in Washington, DC

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Indigov
Cloud-based platform for communication with elected representatives
$38M51 mo agoAcquired—2012Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365TypeScript+23——
2Procurated
Provider of a platform for vendor performance feedback and spend analytics
$21M18 mo agoSeries ADavid Yarkin
Founder and CEO
2019———
3Procurement Sciences
Provides data-driven bid intelligence platform for government contractors using AI and ML technology
$11M10 mo agoSeries BChristian Ferreira
Founder & CEO
2022WebflowSentrySalesforce+21——
4GovPort
Contract management software for government agencies
$5M25 mo agoSeedBrendon DiBella
Co-Founder
2022———
5Cell Detect
Cell phone detection solution for prisons & jails
$4M80 mo agoDeadpooledChris Defant
CEO
2015———
6Bazze
Online marketplace platform for government organizations
$3M33 mo agoSeries ASamuel Semwangu
CEO
2018Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceMapbox GL JS+6——
7In8 Development
Case management system for investigations
$675K110 mo agoSeedJared Halper
Co-Founder
2016———
8Netvote
Open source voting protocol
$500K97 mo agoDeadpooledJonathan Alexander
Co-Founder & Director
2017———
9Raheem
Chat-bot for police accountability tracking
$250K110 mo agoFunding RaisedBrandon D. Anderson
Founder
2014———
10GovPredict
Provider of an online government data platform unifying various sources of government information
$120K132 mo agoAcquired—2015———

Top 12 GovTech companies in Washington, DC

#1
Series B · Washington, DC, District of Columbia · founded 2022
$11.4Mraised
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Provides data-driven bid intelligence platform for government contractors using AI and ML technology.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 8k LinkedIn followers — 15.9% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2025Series B$30M
  • Mar 2024Series A$11.4M
Founders & team
Christian FerreiraFounder & CEO
Investors
Battery Ventures, Tower Research Capital, K Street Capital, Blu Venture Investors, Catalyst Investors, Robert Bosch Venture Capital
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookieyesCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle Analytics
#2
Series A · Washington, DC, District of Columbia · founded 2019
$21.3Mraised
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Provider of a platform for vendor performance feedback and spend analytics. The platform offers tools for procurement teams to gain visibility into vendor performance. It allows for sharing feedback, identifying trends, and ensuring accountability. The platform also provides insights to improve procurement processes and build stronger communities.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2025Series A$8.8M
  • Oct 2021Series A$10M
  • Jun 2019Seed$2.5M
Founders & team
David YarkinFounder and CEO
Investors
Greycroft, Tribeca Venture Partners, TDF Ventures, Limerick Hill, FIVE Holdings
#3
Seed · Washington, DC, District of Columbia · founded 2022
$5.3Mraised
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Contract management software for government agencies. It provides a solution to ensure prime contract flowdowns are always up-to-date and compliant. It also provides a centralized, secure file vault for easy access to important documents. It is a platform for managing subcontractor files, ensuring data protection and privacy.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers — 2.6% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2024Seed$2.8M
  • Feb 2023Seed$2.5M
Founders & team
Brendon DiBellaCo-FounderJason MitchellCo-Founder
Investors
QED Investors, Humba Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners, Cambrian Fintech, PruVen Capital, Fin Capital
#4
Acquired · Washington, DC, District of Columbia · founded 2012 · 54 employees
$38.3Mraised
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Cloud-based platform for communication with elected representatives. It provides software for elected officials to communicate with constituents. It offers tools for automated email responses, web forms, and phone calls. It also offers tools to create, approve and send messages. Other features include tools to create information-providing websites.

Funding rounds
  • May 2022Series B$25M
  • Jun 2021Series B$13.2M
Investors
TVP, Valor Equity Partners, 8VC, Align Ventures, Wicklow Capital, Alumni Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApolloApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#5
Series A · Washington, DC, District of Columbia · founded 2018 · 3 employees
$3.3Mraised
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Online marketplace platform for government organizations. It provides a platform to access global data. It offers tools to address foreign policy and tracks the Covid 19 impact on foreign aid.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2023Series A$3.3M
Founders & team
Samuel SemwanguCEO
Investors
DataFrame Ventures, DataPower Ventures, RiverPark Ventures, Differential Ventures
#6
Deadpooled · Washington, DC, District of Columbia · founded 2015
$4.5Mraised
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Cell Detect is a provider of cell phone detection solution for prisons & jails. The product offering includes Cell Trax is a cloud-based system that collects the radio frequency signals emitted from the mobiles to the system alerting the authorities.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2020Seed$4.5M
Founders & team
Chris DefantCEO
#7
Seed · Washington, DC, District of Columbia · founded 2016 · 6 employees
$675Kraised
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In8 Development provides a case management system for investigations. The software offered by the company provides a solution such as streamline the investigative process and organize all aspects of investigations.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2017Seed$675K
Founders & team
Jared HalperCo-FounderMike PayneCo-FounderJames DanielsCo-Founder & CEO
Tech stack
HstsCloudflareHttp/3
#8
Deadpooled · Washington, DC, District of Columbia · founded 2017
$500Kraised
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NetVote is an open source voting protocol for governments, corporations and organizations. Claims to provide decoy PINs for coercion resistance; Zero-Knowledge proofs for voter registrations; portability across blockchains; ability to integrate with chosen ID provider, token holder elections; write-in votes and designated voter rewards. Also provides associated dApps and developer libraries.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2018Seed$500K
Founders & team
Jonathan AlexanderCo-Founder & DirectorSteven LandersCo-FounderSam VaccaCo-Founder
#9
Funding Raised · Washington, DC, District of Columbia · founded 2014 · 5 employees
$250Kraised
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Raheem is a Facebook Messenger based chatbot to track the police interaction activity. It tracks and rates user's experience with police officers and make it public. Based on these data they will create Police performance dashboard tools for citizens & government. As of April 2017, it is in beta test mode.

Funding rounds
  • 2017Grant (prize money)$250K
Founders & team
Brandon D. AndersonFounder
Investors
Fast Forward, Village Capital
#10
Acquired · Washington, DC, District of Columbia · founded 2015 · 30 employees
$120Kraised
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Provider of an online government data platform unifying various sources of government information. It provides government affairs teams with a unified view of legislative, regulatory and issues monitoring solutions. It helps track lobbyist registrations, bill activity, and other government data to inform public affairs campaigns.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2015Seed$120K
Investors
Y Combinator, Early Light Ventures, Harlem Capital
Tech stack
Amazon ElbAmazon Web ServicesAws Certificate Manager
#11
Funding Raised · Washington, DC, District of Columbia · founded 2013 · 5 employees
$50Kraised
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Cloud-based end-to-end platform for policy crowdsourcing. Its products are policy engagement tools for government, regulatory affairs, communications, grassroots advocacy, fundraising, track bill is to track legislation, ignite advocacy is to engage advocates, trackregs is to track regulations, donationrocket is for donor engagement, etc.

Funding rounds
  • May 2013Grant (prize money)$50K
Investors
Arch Grants, Serra Ventures, Cultivation Capital
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCookieyes
#12
Seed · Washington, DC, District of Columbia · founded 2014 · 3 employees
$20Kraised
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ZeroCycle is a plug & play analytical software to optimize waste collection and recycling activities. Software solution consists of proprietary algorithms which analyze waste collected, recycled & composted data to provide real-time insights of waste processed. The reports are shared with the communities. The company encourages a sense of competition in public so that people would improve recycling rates.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2015Seed$20K

Funding & investor landscape

$85.7Mtotal disclosed funding
12companies funded
17disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Higher Ground Labs2 rounds
8VC1 rounds
Align Ventures1 rounds
Alumni Ventures1 rounds
Arch Grants1 rounds
Battery Ventures1 rounds
Blu Venture Investors1 rounds
C5 Accelerate1 rounds
CMY Ventures1 rounds
Cambrian Fintech1 rounds

Notable founders

Christian Ferreira
Founder & CEO · Procurement Sciences
David Yarkin
Founder and CEO · Procurated
Brendon DiBella
Co-Founder · GovPort
Jason Mitchell
Co-Founder · GovPort
Samuel Semwangu
CEO · Bazze
Chris Defant
CEO · Cell Detect
Jared Halper
Co-Founder · In8 Development
Mike Payne
Co-Founder · In8 Development
Jonathan Alexander
Co-Founder & Director · Netvote
Steven Landers
Co-Founder · Netvote
Brandon D. Anderson
Founder · Raheem
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 11,182,217 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of GovTech coverage by sub-theme.

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Funding & growth over time

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Common questions

How many GovTech companies are there in Washington, DC, United States?
Radar tracks 38 indexable GovTech companies headquartered in Washington, DC, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by GovTech companies in Washington, DC, United States?
The GovTech companies in Washington, DC, United States on this list have raised a combined $85.7M in disclosed equity funding across 12 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded GovTech company in Washington, DC, United States?
Indigov is the highest-funded GovTech company in Washington, DC, United States, with $38.3M in disclosed equity funding.
How many GovTech companies in Washington, DC, United States are funded?
12 of the 38 GovTech companies in Washington, DC, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many GovTech unicorns are there in Washington, DC, United States?
None of the GovTech companies in Washington, DC, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Washington, DC, United States GovTech companies?
The most active investors in Washington, DC, United States GovTech companies on this list include Higher Ground Labs, 8VC, Align Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Arch Grants.
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