Polinova

What Polinova does

Polinova is a privately held, early-stage company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Cohasset, Massachusetts. Per its own brief description, the company develops technology intended to make political engagement more accessible to a broader population across more geographies — a framing consistent with civic-tech or voter-engagement software. The CEO is Max Murphy, and headcount is reported in the 1-10 range.

No substantive product, technology, or commercial detail is available in the source material. The company's primary web property, policampus.com, currently resolves to a generic OVHcloud "Site en construction" (under construction) placeholder page with no product information, pricing, customer references, or company narrative. No partnerships, certifications, integrations, app listings, or social profiles are documented. The company's GTM motion, revenue model, and target customer segments are therefore not observable from public sources.

The only documented capital event is a single seed round of approximately $50,000 dated September 2018, with investors and lead undisclosed. Given the placeholder website, the absence of any post-2018 funding or product signals, and the small team size, the company's current operational and commercial status cannot be confirmed from the available data.

Name

Polinova

Website

https://policampus.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Polinova is a privately held, early-stage civic technology company founded in 2017 in Cohasset, Massachusetts, whose stated mission is to broaden political participation through technology, though no product or commercial activity is publicly observable.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civic Technology

NAICS

Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services (5418), Public Relations Agencies (54182), Other Services Related to Advertising (54189)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

PR, Reputation Management & Earned Media Platforms (BPAMALAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Democracy, Voting Rights & Civic Participation Advocacy (BPAGAFAJ), Civic Participation & Leadership Development (Voting, Advocacy, Community Leadership) (EDAAADAL)

Keywords

• Civic engagement software
• Political participation tools
• Civic technology platforms
• Voter engagement solutions
• Democratic engagement technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Cohasset

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D

Core offering

Polinova develops a technology platform intended to enable broader and more inclusive political engagement among citizens across different geographies. The company's stated mission is to make it possible for more people, in more places, to become more politically engaged through technology-enabled tools and solutions.

Product overview

Unable to determine product and service offerings. The website at policampus.com displays only a placeholder 'Site en construction' (under construction) page with no substantive company, product, or service information available.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Broad incumbents

• NGP VAN: Dominant Democratic political-tech platform offering fundraising, organizing, and constituent management software. Directly comparable to Polinova's civic/political engagement mission at much larger scale.
• ActBlue: Online fundraising platform for Democratic and progressive campaigns and organizations. Comparable as a political engagement technology provider serving the same end-market of campaigns and advocacy groups.

Direct peers

• Mobilize: Volunteer and event mobilization platform for political and advocacy organizations. Closest direct peer given Polinova's stated mission of increasing political participation through technology.
• Quorum Analytics: Public affairs and political engagement software for advocacy, government, and corporate affairs teams. Comparable SaaS platform serving political and civic engagement workflows.
• Hustle: Peer-to-peer texting and messaging platform for political campaigns, advocacy groups, and nonprofits. Comparable as technology infrastructure for scaling political engagement outreach.
• TargetSmart: Political data and voter engagement platform providing targeting, analytics, and outreach tools. Comparable technology stack and end customers in political engagement.
• Ecanvasser: Civic engagement and canvassing app for political campaigns, advocacy groups, and local governments. Directly comparable use case (canvassing/community political engagement) and customer base.

Emerging players

• Outvote: Mobile voter and volunteer engagement tool for campaigns and progressive organizations. Comparable niche focus on individual-level political engagement via technology.
• Impactive: All-in-one organizing platform for campaigns and advocacy groups covering texting, phone banking, and relational organizing. Comparable integrated engagement workflow.

Regional players

• iConstituent: Constituent engagement platform for elected officials and government offices. Comparable technology category (civic participation tools) but oriented to legislative offices rather than grassroots engagement.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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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