Existing Category
Civic-Tech
Civic and Community Engagement
The Civic-Tech sector revolves around technology-driven solutions for civic and community engagement. It includes digital democracy platforms, citizen participation tools, and government transparency initiatives.
- Developing mobile apps and platforms that enable citizens to engage with local governments, report issues, and participate in decision-making processes.
- Implementing digital tools for transparent and accessible government services, such as online tax filing and permit applications.
- Utilizing data analytics and visualization to improve urban planning and resource allocation in cities.
Example leaders: OpenGov, SeeClickFix, Neighborland
Existing Category
Gov-Tech
Government and Governance
The Gov-Tech sector encompasses technological solutions and innovations in government services and governance. It includes e-governance platforms, citizen engagement tools, and data-driven decision-making systems.
- Implementing digital government platforms and portals to provide online services, information, and citizen engagement opportunities.
- Utilizing data analytics and AI to improve government decision-making, policy formulation, and resource allocation.
- Enhancing cybersecurity measures and systems to protect government networks, infrastructure, and sensitive data.
Example leaders: OpenGov, Accela, Granicus
New Category
Border-Tech
Border Security, Immigration Processing, and Secure Travel
The Border-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on border security, immigration processing, and secure travel. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.
- Building practical products that help customers solve problems in border security, immigration processing, and secure travel with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
- Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the public sector, civic & government technology sector.
- Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.
Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.
New Category
Emergency-Tech
Emergency Response, Crisis Coordination, and Disaster Response
The Emergency-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on emergency response, crisis coordination, and disaster response. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.
- Building practical products that help customers solve problems in emergency response, crisis coordination, and disaster response with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
- Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the public sector, civic & government technology sector.
- Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.
Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.
New Category
Democracy-Tech
Elections, Civic Trust, Transparency, and Public Participation
The Democracy-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on elections, civic trust, transparency, and public participation. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.
- Building practical products that help customers solve problems in elections, civic trust, transparency, and public participation with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
- Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the public sector, civic & government technology sector.
- Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.
Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.
New Category
Anti-Corruption-Tech
Transparency, Procurement Monitoring, and Whistleblowing
The Anti-Corruption-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on transparency, procurement monitoring, and whistleblowing. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.
- Building practical products that help customers solve problems in transparency, procurement monitoring, and whistleblowing with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
- Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the public sector, civic & government technology sector.
- Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.
Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.
New Category
Prison-Tech
Corrections, Rehabilitation, Re-Entry, and Justice Support
The Prison-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on corrections, rehabilitation, re-entry, and justice support. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.
- Building practical products that help customers solve problems in corrections, rehabilitation, re-entry, and justice support with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
- Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the public sector, civic & government technology sector.
- Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.
Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.
New Category
Police-Tech
Public Safety Tools, Dispatch, Evidence, and Accountability
The Police-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on public safety tools, dispatch, evidence, and accountability. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.
- Building practical products that help customers solve problems in public safety tools, dispatch, evidence, and accountability with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
- Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the public sector, civic & government technology sector.
- Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.
Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.
