What Numero does

Numero is an all-in-one political fundraising software platform purpose-built for Democratic campaigns at every level of American politics, from city council to U.S. President. Founded in 2018 by a 2018 Congressional candidate (Brian Forde, CEO), a CTO (Karan Jain), and a CFO (Susie Keeler) after experiencing firsthand the performance and usability limitations of incumbent platform NGP 8 during their own campaign, the company unifies five products — Donor Database, Call Time App, Contribution Forms, Event Tools, and Email — into a single workflow covering the full campaign fundraising cycle from prospect identification through pledge fulfillment and donor retention. Reported technical components include fast prospect filtering, smart-match duplicate prevention, a swipe-based mobile call time app, 1-click contribution auto-fill from a claimed 100 million donor profiles, and FEC-compliant event management; the company integrates with ActBlue for contribution processing and offers a white-glove migration path from NGPVAN.

The business model is subscription SaaS with a deliberately flat pricing structure: $1,080/month (or $800/month on annual billing) across all contact tiers from 10,000 to 100,000 contacts, with unlimited users included — positioned explicitly against competitors NGPVAN, Pingdex, and Calltime, whose per-contact pricing scales upward and whose ownership and development footprint Numero contrasts against its all-American engineering team and absence of Saudi sovereign-wealth investors. Go-to-market is sales-led, with two Sales Leads (Craig Grella and Cassidy) offering personalized Zoom demos to campaign decision-makers, supplemented by a self-serve pricing page and an extensive content-marketing blog covering campaign operations, fundraising, and voter contact.

Since founding, Numero reports serving 1,000+ campaigns and 8,000+ campaign staff; named customers include Congressman Mark Takano, Congressman Andy Kim, Adam Schiff for Senate, Congressman Tom Malinowski, and Congressman Pete Aguilar. The company states that campaigns using Numero have collectively raised more than $2 billion in contributions, with $400 million of that attributed to post-switching lifts per Numero's own claims. The company is privately held, headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, has raised seed funding from Initialized Capital and Y Combinator (March 2019), and operates with a 16-person team.

Name

Numero

Legal name

Numero, Inc.

Website

https://numero.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Numero is an all-in-one political fundraising software platform for Democratic campaigns at every level, offering donor database, call time, contribution forms, event tools, and email on a flat-rate subscription with unlimited users and 60-minute support.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Political Fundraising Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Creator Monetization & Tipping Platforms (MPACABAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Billing, Payments & Subscription Management (MPAHAJAC)

Keywords

• Political fundraising software
• Donor database platform
• Campaign call time app
• Democratic campaign tools
• Contribution processing software

Headquarters

HQ city

Irvine

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Subscription - Contact-Based Pricing: Per-contact subscription model with pricing tiers based on contact database size. Same pricing regardless of tier starting at 10K contacts ($1,080/month or $800/month annual). Unlimited users included. Competitors charge significantly more for similar contact volumes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Numero provides an all-in-one political fundraising software platform for Democratic campaigns that combines a Donor Database, Call Time App, Contribution Forms, Event Tools, and Email Fundraising into a single subscription product. It manages payment processing, accounting, and FEC compliance for campaigns, with per-contact subscription pricing that includes unlimited users and a 60-minute customer support response guarantee.

Product overview

Numero is a unified all-in-one political fundraising platform combining a Donor Database, Call Time App, Contribution Forms, Event Tools, and Email modules. These integrated products work together to help Democratic campaigns manage donor relationships, automate pledge fulfillment, process contributions, coordinate events, and execute email fundraising—all within a single platform with 60-minute customer support response.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Donor Database Centralized all-in-one donor database with blazingly fast filters to find the best prospects in seconds, auto-merging duplicates on import, automatic pledge fulfillment, custom domains, smart-match duplicate prevention, and raiser links for hosts and bundlers. Designed for Democratic campaigns that need to identify max-out donors and clean prospect lists quickly.
• Call Time App
• Contribution Forms High-converting digital contribution forms backed by 100 million 1-click donor profiles, with auto-fill donor info and the fastest loading speeds in the category, designed to maximize donation conversion rates for political campaigns.
• Event Tools
• Email Fundraising

Quantifiable outcome

• Campaigns raised $400M more after switching to Numero
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• NGPVANcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration/compatibility partner. NGPVAN is a competing donor database platform, but Numero offers white-glove service to switch from NGP. Campaigns commonly migrate from NGP to Numero with assisted onboarding.
• ActBluecoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration/compatibility partner for contribution processing. ActBlue is a Democratic fundraising platform that Numero integrates with for payment processing and contribution tracking.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ActBlue: Dominant Democratic online fundraising and contribution processing platform. While Numero integrates with ActBlue today, ActBlue is itself a critical piece of the Democratic campaign stack and competes for the same budget allocation from small-dollar fundraising campaigns.
• NGP VAN (Bonterra): Incumbent Democratic campaign technology platform with donor database, voter contact tools, and deep DNC/DCCC integrations. Numero explicitly positions itself as the faster, cheaper, better-supported replacement for NGP VAN, making it the most direct head-to-head competitor.
• Pingdex: Campaign fundraising and donor management platform listed by Numero in its competitor comparison. Offers similar donor database and call time functionality targeting political campaigns, making it a like-for-like alternative.
• Calltime.ai: Direct call time management application competitor referenced by Numero in its comparison table. Targets the same campaign fundraising workflow (call time, donor contact) with overlapping features like prospect prioritization and call scripts.

Broad incumbents

• Anedot: Online fundraising and donor management platform serving political campaigns, PACs, and nonprofits across the spectrum. Provides similar donation forms, compliance, and CRM functionality with bipartisan customer base, broadly overlapping with Numero's feature set.
• WinRed: Republican counterpart to ActBlue, dominating GOP online fundraising infrastructure. Not a direct competitor today (different party) but the natural analog and potential expansion target if Numero ever pursued cross-partisan productization.
• Salsa Labs (by Bonterra): Digital engagement, fundraising, and advocacy platform commonly used by nonprofits and progressive organizations. Adjacent customer base (progressive nonprofits vs Democratic campaigns) with overlapping email, donation, and CRM functionality.

Emerging players

• Funraise: Modern nonprofit fundraising platform with donor database, donation forms, and email tools. Overlaps with Numero's donation forms and donor management modules; primarily serves 501(c)(3) nonprofits rather than political campaigns but increasingly used by politically adjacent organizations.
• Hustle: Peer-to-peer texting and communication platform for political campaigns, advocacy groups, and nonprofits. Provides adjacent outreach capabilities to Numero's call time and event tools, and is frequently bundled into progressive campaign tech stacks.
• ActionKit (by BSD Tools): Online organizing, fundraising, and advocacy tool used by Democratic campaigns and progressive groups. Targets a similar audience as Numero (progressive/Democrat) with comparable donation and CRM features but historically focused more on list management than call time.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/numeroai

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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