Civic Tech Startups funded by Y Combinator (YC) 2026

Rescript helps regulatory compliance and advocacy teams effortlessly track the constant stream of legal developments to always stay ahead and compliant. Rescript intelligently scans the web and analyzes regulatory changes and emerging issues, enabling teams to respond proactively and efficiently. Rescript helps Fortune 100 compliance officers juggling multi-state regulations, lobbyists tracking late-night amendments on the Hill, and trade association analysts scanning dozens of agencies at once. We’re profitable and backed by seed funding from YC, General Catalyst, and Floodgate.

Ontra Mobility is founded by two former Googler engineers with PhDs in operations research. Ontra helps cities and other transit agencies increase ridership through data-driven planning and real-time optimization. The founders developed the software that powered MARTA Reach in Atlanta, GA and CAT SMART in Savannah, GA.

Recidiviz is a non-profit technology company that drives meaningful changes in criminal justice systems and improved outcomes for justice-impacted individuals. Criminal justice data today is inefficient and ineffective: researchers, advocates, policymakers and practitioners each need funding and time for data collection and cleaning (for almost any data at all), and most data collected is too stale by the time it’s compiled to be useful. Recidiviz has built an open-source platform to ingest data from across data silos, link it, standardize it, and expose it in usable formats to the ecosystem. We provide products and analyses on top of this platform to help government agencies understand how their justice systems are functioning, set and track progress towards goals, drive evidence-based improvements to practice and policy, and ensure justice-impacted folks reenter their communities as safely and quickly as they can.

AnnieCannons (AC) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to training survivors of human trafficking and gender-based violence to be programmers, giving them both the economic and technological empowerment to invent solutions to overcome the hardships they have survived, and the capacity to support themselves and their families.

A smart city technology platform that helps state and local governments take a data-driven approach to ensure safe, stable, and affordable housing.

DemocracyOS is an online space for deliberation and voting on political proposals. It is a platform for a more open and participatory government.The software aims to stimulate better arguments and come to better rulings, as peers.

Impactive, backed by YCombinator and Higher Ground Labs, was founded in 2017 as a get-out-the-vote tool for Democrats. The Impactive product has since expanded to become a full-service platform allowing any campaign or cause to engage in distributed organizing. In the 2018 midterms, volunteers contacted over 1 million voters using Impactive. In 2020, we scaled significantly to meet the demand of this unprecedented election cycle. We’ve worked with over 500 clients nationwide, and volunteers have sent over 100 million text messages on behalf of Planned Parenthood, the DCCC, SEIU, Community Change, When We All Vote, Greenpeace, and campaigns up and down the ballot. Our work has been featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, TechCrunch, Fast Company, and many more. In 2021, Impactive will expand its platform further into nonprofit, advocacy, and additional markets. This will be an exciting time to play a critical role in helping shape the direction for what’s coming next. We will continue to prioritize our progressive values while building a feature-rich platform that will broaden our reach across the impact space.

SimpleCitizen is here to make applying for citizenship in the United States as simple as filling out an online application for a job. Taking 20 minutes to answer just 20 questions can save you thousands in lawyer fees. SimpleCitizen is here to help you make the most important decision in your life SIMPLE.