Civic Eagle, a political technology startup, announced Wednesday it raised $10 million in Series A financing, which included an investment from former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
The round was led by S3 Ventures, with new investment coming from Menlo Ventures, Consonance Capital, Debut Capital and Everlaw CEO AJ Shankar. Returning investors included Backstage Capital, ffVC, M25, Camelback Ventures and Higher Ground Labs.
The St. Paul-based company said the money would go towards expanding sales and marketing and broadening product development.
Civic Eagle's flagship product, Enview, is a platform for government affairs and advocacy groups that makes searching legislature records easier. Its customers include Comcast, Google and Fredrikson & Byron.
The company was targeted at consumers until 2019, when it realized that a B2B app would better attract investors. All of the $14 million the company has raised in venture funding has come after that pivot.
“The future of Civic Eagle will continue to be driven by our values: exercising transparency, being people-first, and practicing audacious thinking,” co-founder and CEO Damola Ogunidpe said in a statement. “As we scale, we’ll continue to invest in our people and our products as we build a world-class public policy data and software company.”
This isn’t the first time Kaepernick has invested in a startup. Earlier this spring, he provided a seed investment to Kinló, a skincare company founded by professional tennis player Naomi Osaka.
Civic Eagle currently has several job openings, including a senior data engineer, people operations manager and talent acquisition manager.
