To help turbocharge civic startups — companies that develop tech-focused products specifically for local governments — the Code for America fellowship program earlier this year launched its own accelerator program.
“The purpose is to truly accelerate — to find companies in what we call the civic technology space,” said Ron Bouganim, the director of Code for America’s accelerator program. “That’s the intersection of technology and government.”
Code for America representatives selected top companies from hundreds that applied to participate. While some of the selected companies have not yet been publicly announced, the companies are slated to participate in a demo day during the end of October, for the purpose of highlighting the work they’ve done in the accelerator program. The end goal is to attract potential investors.
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