Rachel Stern

Founder + Managing Partner, Govtech Ventures | Pre-seed + seed state & local GovTech | 15 yrs lobbying + GTM |#SternTalk Weekly Govtech GTM Video

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 13 investments📅 3 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2026
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Jun 2026
Solonic is a startup in stealth mode.
Investor
May 2026
One in four Americans lives in a medically underserved area, with insufficient access to traditional preventative care. Paralign enables health plans to reach and proactively treat these patients with local health care resources that are already on the ground, embedded in fire departments and EMS agencies.
Investor
Jan 2026
Madison AI is an AI knowledge assistant built from your governments institutional knowledge. We build custom LLMs to automate repetitive tasks so government leaders can give more time to front-line service. Madison AI reduces the administrative burden on our government leaders and staff.
Investor, SPV Lead
Apr 2025
Civio gives business teams superhuman capabilities by using AI to tackle complex, multi-step workflows like RFPs—boosting efficiency, cutting costs, and accelerating growth. By integrating RFP management directly into the go-to-market process, Civio creates a fully orchestrated workflow that connects deal sourcing, qualification, and response, ensuring teams move faster and companies can pursue more revenue opportunities.
Board Member
Feb 2025
CivStart believes solving societys biggest problems starts at the local level. CivStart is a nonprofit with a mission to spark innovation with local government leaders and nurture the growth of emerging govtech startups in our inclusive ecosystem. We are creating a world where local governments have the tools, networks, and resources to best serve their communities and the challenges they face.
Investor
Oct 2024
AI for People & Property to Mitigate Risk From Climate Disasters. Customers can run simulations of disaster scenarios before they occur, promote community awareness, and help professional services firms bid on disaster planning work. For more information, visit https://www.ladris.com or contact Ladris at info@ladris.com.
Advisor, Investor
May 2024
Ignatius is a low-code enterprise application development platform that connects government agencies with the communities they serve.
Investor
Jul 2023
Streamline develops affordable internet technologies that make local government compliance easy and safe. Streamline Web is an elegant-looking, powerful, yet easy-to-use content management system built for special districts. Our website engine is simple to maintain yet robust in its features and tools to communicate with constituents. Streamlines Compliance Tools are designed to help keep public agencies in compliance with new laws and regulations. We work through the challenging legislative requirements to create a technology solution to help mitigate the burdens put on local agencies.
Investor
Jun 2023
Repd is the first AI-powered video chatbot for government agencies. Repd is built on the belief that vibrant, trusting communities are created not through anonymous posts or walls of text, but by enabling real people-names, faces, and voices-to engage directly, honestly, and respectfully.
Angel Investor
Jun 2023
We invest in founders who are reshaping outdated industries. We believe in a world where top tier fintech products help the 99% grow their wealth and build businesses. Where everyday people have transparent, efficient, and attentive healthcare experiences. Where managers and front-line employees in legacy industries have tools that save time, increase transparency, and take minutes to learn (vertical SaaS).
Investor
Jan 2023
Polco is the trusted civic engagement and data platform that empowers public-sector leaders to hear from residents, leverage AI, and make smarter decisions—all while ensuring transparency, privacy, and inclusivity. Founded in 2015 by military veterans Alex Pedersen and Nick Mastronardi, former economists at the Congressional Budget Office and White House Council of Economic Advisers, Polco blends public service experience with modern tech to bridge the gap between governments and the communities they serve. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗲 𝗗𝗼 • ENGAGE local community members through surveys, polls, budget simulations, and live events. • ASSESS community performance via benchmarked surveys like The National Community Survey™, backed by 25+ years of trusted data. • TRACK key metrics and trends with intuitive analytics dashboards powered by our GPAL framework (Government Performance, Action & Learning). • GUIDE decision-makers with AI-powered assistants (Polly, Grace, and Annie) for insights, grant writing, and strategic guidance. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗨𝘀 𝗔𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 • Veteran Owned + Trusted Polco is veteran-founded and shaped by public servants who know the value of service, accountability, and integrity. That legacy of trust drives everything we build. • Backed by Science With the National Research Center (NRC) on board since 2019, Polco offers scientifically grounded, statistically valid benchmarks that local governments rely on. • Enhancing Transparency & Equity Our platform emphasizes civil, verified online engagement that protects privacy and promotes broad participation across diverse communities. • Accessible For All Governments Whether a large city, school district, small town, or state agency, Polco’s solutions scale. They help communities address budgets, aging populations, policing, economic growth, housing, and more.
Experience · 15 entries
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2026
Investor
Jun 2026
Solonic is a startup in stealth mode.
Investor
May 2026
One in four Americans lives in a medically underserved area, with insufficient access to traditional preventative care. Paralign enables health plans to reach and proactively treat these patients with local health care resources that are already on the ground, embedded in fire departments and EMS agencies.
Investor
Apr 2026
Bluevoice is a specialist Interior consultancy with extensive experience of helping private and public sector clients identify and meet their requirements for well designed, high quality Interior fit-out’s and refurbishment’s. Through evaluation, planning and stringent cost control Bluevoice will deliver transformational environments, which in turn will help to deliver key organisational objectives. Our experience encompasses both the commercial and educational sector enabling the cross fertilisation of ideas across both sectors. Our aim is to create spaces in which people feel inspired to succeed. Our approach provides creative engagement with the client, innovative use of space, effective cost management and successful project delivery. The Bluevoice portfolio encompasses a wide range of clients and projects including leading construction companies, financial institutions, commercial offices, landmark buildings in Central London, high profile public sector contracts and award winning education projects in Primary and Secondary Schools, Academies, Further Education Colleges and Universities.
Investor
Jan 2026
Madison AI is an AI knowledge assistant built from your governments institutional knowledge. We build custom LLMs to automate repetitive tasks so government leaders can give more time to front-line service. Madison AI reduces the administrative burden on our government leaders and staff.
2025
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