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Raising $9.5M from Insight Partners to disrupt "GovTech" with Mike Weiland, Co founder and CEO of Govly
Government contracting is a totally different language, but it's unique, complex, and near recession proof.
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Episode Description
Mike Weiland, Co founder and CEO of Govly, joins the show to talk about
- Why selling to the government is really hard and how Govly makes that easier for businesses contracting with the government.
- Raising $9.5M Series A from Insight, fundraising for a government tech startup, and the advantages of picking a more unique venture vertical that is recession proof.
- Raising the bar and challenging employees to achieve more, and how Govly did that to hit their revenue milestones ahead of raising their Series A.
- Founder/VC fit, and some of the proof points that validated that Insight was the right partner to help Govly scale its company.
Episode Transcript
Mike Weiland
CEO and Co founder
Mike Weiland is the Founder and CEO of Govly. Govly is modernizing how government contract gets done. Over 300 organizations are already on the Govly platform networking, sharing and bidding on government opportunities in addition to gaining market intelligence on their competitors. In addition to his role at Govly, Mike is an angel investor and managing partner with MW Investment Group. Prior to founding Govly, he was the VP of Operations at Alvarez.
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