Announcing Our $25M Series A

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Today, GovWell is announcing our $25 million Series A led by Insight Partners, with participation from existing investors Work-Bench and Bienville Capital. Max Wolff from Insight will be joining our board, bringing deep experience scaling companies selling to the public sector. This round brings GovWell's total funding to $35 million.

In addition, our Series A included angel investments from three operators who have previously built successful companies selling to local government: David Reeves, former President and CRO of OpenGov; Andreas Huber, Founder and CEO of First Due; and Chris Bullock, Founder and former CEO of ClearGov.

As we mark this milestone, we remain as committed as ever to our mission of helping Americans to believe in government again.

Where we started

We first met 3 years ago, having seen the same problem from two different sides. Troy first experienced government technology while working in the US Senate. Policies were moving fast, but the software used by public servants was often slowing things down.

Ben saw the same problem while supporting his father, who ran a contracting business in Florida. Pulling permits often meant multiple trips to city hall and weeks of waiting for an answer that should have taken minutes.

Together, we came to the same conclusion: government can work better if the technology isn't standing in the way.

The problem of trust

We're not alone in losing faith in government. In 1964, 77% of Americans said they trusted the federal government. Today, that number is under 20%. The decline has persisted through every administration and every Congress for sixty years.

This country used to build great things. We built the interstate highway system. 19 million people enrolled in Medicare in its first year. We put a human on the moon within a decade.

GovWell exists because we want to get back to building. It starts with the everyday interaction between government and the people it serves: one permit, one inspection, one public interaction at a time.

Where we are today

In just over three years, GovWell has gone from an idea to the operating system for 150+ agencies in 35+ states, serving millions of residents. Customers report cutting permit and license processing times by up to 95%.

The numbers are only part of the story. Chuck Ralls, City Manager of Collinsville, Oklahoma, put it this way: "GovWell has been the most beneficial and functional software program I have implemented in over a decade. The level of efficiency it has brought to my staff is amazing and the citizens love it too."

That is the outcome we work for: staff members getting time back in their day to better serve their communities, and community members getting a faster answer and a better experience from their government.

What this raise lets us do

Today's announcement and this funding accelerates two things.

The first is our product. We are doubling down on permitting, licensing, planning and zoning, and code enforcement, and we are investing aggressively in the AI capabilities that make those workflows so powerful in GovWell. This includes AutoCheck, which reviews every application automatically for errors, and our Community Assistant, which provides live support to the public, 24/7.

The second is the team that stands behind the product. We're growing across the board — engineering, deployment, and go-to-market. For our customers, this means a larger Deployment and Product Support team behind the partnership our customers count on.

What comes next

Community development is where GovWell started, but it is not where we finish. Governments run dozens of mission-critical functions on the same outdated software — public works, benefits, finance, and more. As we earn trust, we plan to take on more of them.

In 1962, President Kennedy stood at Rice University and told an audience why America was going to the moon. "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things," he said, "not because they are easy, but because they are hard." He may have been talking about space, but he was also stating what this country is capable of when it decides something matters enough to build.

Join us

Modernizing American government is not something we will achieve alone. If you are motivated by hard problems and want to put your talent toward something larger than yourself, we are hiring.

Join our movement at govwell.com/careers.