Civoren, a New York-based civic technology startup building what it describes as a centralized platform for U.S. elections, has raised a seed funding round to accelerate the development of its election infrastructure platform, strengthen its engineering capabilities, and expand nationwide ahead of the 2026 U.S. midterm elections.

While the company has not publicly disclosed the size of the financing, founder and CEO Adam Rose recently confirmed that Civoren is backed by advisors and investors including Timothy Chi, Amy Gutmann, Reginald (Reggie) Love, and Zach Leighton. The backing comes as the startup continues to develop technology aimed at simplifying how voters discover candidates while giving campaigns tools to reach constituents more effectively.

Founded by Adam Rose and co-founder and CTO Sam Alston, Civoren is focused on addressing what the founders see as a fragmented election information ecosystem in the United States. The platform aggregates election data from across federal, state, and local races, allowing voters to search for candidates by name, locate races based on their address, and explore elections through an interactive geographic interface. Candidates, meanwhile, can claim verified profiles, publish campaign information, communicate their policy positions, collect endorsements, and monitor engagement from prospective voters.

According to the company, the platform has rapidly expanded its reach since launch. Civoren says it has indexed more than 20,000 candidates spanning federal, state, and local elections while generating more than 250,000 organic candidate page views. The company also reports that more than 700 campaigns have signed up to use its tools, reflecting growing interest among candidates seeking alternatives to traditional campaign websites and fragmented voter outreach channels.

Rose has described the company’s long-term ambition as creating the foundational infrastructure layer for American elections rather than simply another campaign website builder or voter guide. Civoren combines search infrastructure, entity resolution, geospatial matching, and neural network technologies to connect election information from numerous public sources into a searchable platform designed for both voters and candidates.

The latest investment is expected to support continued product development as the company prepares for broader national expansion. Civoren currently operates across several metropolitan regions and plans to expand coverage across all 50 states as the 2026 election cycle progresses. The startup is also investing in engineering talent, recently announcing hiring efforts to support development of AI-native election technologies and scalable web infrastructure.

Beyond its product roadmap, Civoren has assembled an advisory network with experience spanning technology, government, education, and public service. Timothy Chi previously co-founded Blackboard and later founded The Knot. Amy Gutmann served as president of the University of Pennsylvania before becoming the U.S. ambassador to Germany. Reginald Love served as a senior advisor at Apollo Global Management after working in the Obama administration, while Zach Leighton has held senior leadership roles in both government and the technology sector.

The company says its platform is designed to remain nonpartisan, providing standardized candidate information while allowing campaigns to present their own messages directly to voters. By combining verified campaign profiles with structured election data, Civoren aims to improve transparency and make local, state, and federal elections easier to navigate for voters who often struggle to locate reliable information about down-ballot races.

As digital tools increasingly shape civic engagement, Civoren believes modern election infrastructure can improve participation by making candidate information more accessible while reducing the complexity surrounding local elections. With fresh capital and a growing user base, the company is positioning itself to become a central destination for election discovery and campaign engagement as the United States enters another busy national election cycle.

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