Govtech Ventures — Seed & Pre-Seed VC Firm ($500K–$1.5M Checks)
Govtech Ventures is a Seed, Pre-Seed venture capital firm investing in Other, EdTech, SaaS. The firm typically writes $500K–$1.5M checks and has 8 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$1.5M
- Portfolio
- 8 companies on record
- Partners
- 4 listed
- Stage
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- Other, EdTech, SaaS, Healthcare, AI / ML
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-10-14
Seed, Pre-Seed
$500K – $1.5M
8+ companies
4 partners
Investment Thesis
Solo GP fund focused on government technology at the state and local level, backing early-stage software companies modernizing public-sector workflows. Operates as a specialist GovTech investor with a micro-fund structure and pre-seed/seed mandate.
How Govtech Ventures invests
Govtech Ventures is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Seed, Pre-Seed stages, with a focus on Other, EdTech, SaaS, Healthcare, AI / ML.
Govtech Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$1.5M per investment.
Govtech Ventures has backed 8 companies in our records, including PayIt, Ignatius, Polco.
Partners & Team
Steven Ross
Operations Lead
Matthew Kendrick
Business Development Lead
Paul Forrest
Strategy Investment Lead
Rachel Stern
GP
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (8)
Other
PayIt
Digital payments and transactions platform for state and local governments.
Ignatius
Public-sector software company focused on government workflows and operations.
Polco
Civic engagement and resident feedback platform for local governments.
Ladris Technologies, Inc.
Disaster simulation and decision-support software for emergency planning and response.
Rep’d
Public-sector sales and proposal automation software.
Blue Voice
Voice and communication product for public-sector use cases.
Paralign Health
Healthtech company serving public-sector or government-adjacent healthcare workflows.
Madison AI
AI company with a govtech-oriented investor record.
- •Raising at Seed, Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, EdTech, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $1.5M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Steven Ross, Operations Lead.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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