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Plural, formerly Civic Eagle, develops software enabling policy professionals to efficiently track, research, and analyze legislation and regulations. The platform automates complex legislative intelligence, providing streamlined access to critical policy data. It assists organizations in monitoring governmental decisions and understanding their impact, simplifying engagement with the legislative process.
Founded in 2015 by Damola Ogundipe, Yemi Adewunmi, and Shawntera Hardy, the company emerged from recognizing public policy inefficiencies. They aimed to enhance legislative transparency and civic engagement through technology. Their vision centered on using data and software to demystify policymaking, fostering a more informed and participatory democratic landscape.
Plural serves diverse policy professionals, including advocacy groups, corporations, and government affairs teams, enabling clearer legislative navigation. The company’s long-term vision is to improve democracy by making policy information accessible and actionable. It refines its platform to empower users to proactively engage with public policy, fostering a more transparent and responsive political environment.
Civic Eagle has raised $11.0M across 2 funding rounds.
Civic Eagle has raised $11.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Civic Eagle, now rebranded as Plural, is a technology company building AI-powered software for legislative tracking and policy analysis. Its core product, Enview (evolving under Plural), automates the discovery, tracking, analysis, and collaboration on federal and state legislation, serving lobbyists, government relations (GR) teams, nonprofits, law firms, and advocacy groups like Comcast, Google, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Common Cause, and Sierra Club[1][2][3][5][6]. The platform solves the problem of manual, time-intensive policy research amid fast-changing regulations, using natural language processing (NLP) and AI to synthesize bill data, identify similar legislation, and enable efficient workflows for better democratic outcomes[1][4][6]. With over $400,000 in annual recurring revenue by 2020, 2,000+ users and 100 clients by 2022, and $10M in Series A funding in 2022 (totaling $14M+), Civic Eagle/Plural demonstrates strong growth in the $6.5B lobbying and advocacy market[1][3][5].
Civic Eagle was cofounded in 2015 by Damola Ogundipe (CEO), Yemi Adewunmi (COO), and Shawntera Hardy (Advisor), an all-Black founding team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with a fully remote workforce[1][3][4][5]. Ogundipe, a Nigerian immigrant who navigated the U.S. legal system and struggled with the Affordable Care Act in healthcare, self-funded the initial app-based B2C service without external capital for two years; his vision stemmed from a desire to scale positive impact on democracy by automating policy work[1][5]. Adewunmi brought policy expertise as a former New York State Assembly analyst with a Master's in Public Administration[4]. Pivotal moments included the 2017 Google for Startups residency, $25K from Backstage Capital's Arlan Hamilton, the 2019 Techstars Anywhere Accelerator, post-George Floyd free services for racial justice groups, and a $10M Series A in 2022 led by S3 Ventures with investors like Menlo Ventures and Colin Kaepernick[1][3][5].
Civic Eagle/Plural rides the AI-driven civic tech wave, automating the $6.5B lobbying market amid accelerating legislation from pandemics, elections, and social movements like civil rights actions[1][4]. Timing aligns with rising demand for data-driven advocacy as policy complexity grows, enabling nonprofits, corporations, and activists to influence outcomes efficiently rather than drown in manual tracking[1][5][6]. Market forces favoring it include open civic data trends, AI advancements in NLP for bill similarity detection, and remote work normalization, which Plural leverages as a pioneer[1][6]. It influences the ecosystem by democratizing policy access—shifting power from elite researchers to broader voices—powering orgs like Fair Fight Action and The Nature Conservancy while fostering innovation in public policy tech[2][5][6].
Plural is poised to expand globally as a political tech leader, building on $14M+ funding to enhance AI for deeper insights, committee tracking, and cross-jurisdiction analysis while entering new markets[1][3][6]. Trends like AI automation in governance, collaborative advocacy platforms, and open data mandates will propel it, potentially scaling to thousands more users amid election cycles and regulatory flux. Its influence may evolve from U.S.-focused tracker to a global enabler of people-powered policymaking, tying back to its origins in streamlining complex policy for scalable democratic impact[1][6].
Civic Eagle has raised $11.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Civic Eagle's investors include S3 Ventures, Colin Kaepernick, Backstage Capital, Debut Capital, ff Venture Capital, Higher Ground Labs, M25, Menlo Ventures, 468 Capital, Altimeter Capital, Benchmark, Bread and Butter Ventures.
Civic Eagle has raised $11.0M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $10.0M Series A in May 2022.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2022 | $10.0M Series A | S3 Ventures | Colin Kaepernick, Backstage Capital, Debut Capital, ff Venture Capital, Higher Ground Labs, M25, Menlo Ventures |
| Jan 1, 2020 | $1.0M Seed | 468 Capital, Altimeter Capital, Benchmark, Bread and Butter Ventures, Cedar Capital Group, FirstMark Capital, Hanabi Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Work-Bench |
