Neighborland

What Neighborland does

Neighborland was a Boulder, Colorado-based public engagement platform that operated from 2010 until 2023, serving government agencies, place-makers, and civic organizations with software for participatory planning and community input on neighborhood development. The platform enabled residents to contribute to urban planning, infrastructure, and capital improvement decisions and was deployed across major U.S. metros including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta, Mesa, Orlando, and New Orleans, accumulating over 3 million participants and facilitating projects with $700 billion+ in associated social and economic impact per the company's reporting.

The company's core product was a single, unified civic participation platform differentiated by domain specialization in government engagement rather than general-purpose communication tooling. It supported projects ranging from SCAG's $638B+ 2020 Long Range Transportation Plan and the City and County of San Francisco's $35B 10-year capital plan to the Housing Authority of Los Angeles's $1B annual affordable housing budget and Allegheny County's $897M annual human services budget. In March 2019, just before the Nextdoor acquisition, Neighborland acquired IdeaMapr to broaden its technology stack, and later in 2019 the company itself was acquired by Nextdoor. Neighborland operated as a B2G, sales-led business with subscription-style platform services negotiated directly with government clients, and was supported by a single 2012 seed round led by True Ventures and Obvious Corporation.

Name

Neighborland

Legal name

Neighborland

Website

https://neighborland.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Neighborland was a public engagement platform, founded in 2010 and acquired by Nextdoor in 2019, that served government agencies, place-makers, and civic organizations by enabling residents to participate in neighborhood development and urban planning projects.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civic Engagement Software

NAICS

Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Development & Neighborhood Revitalization (CDBG, Place-Based Initiatives) (BPAIANAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Urban & Regional Planning (Land Use, Zoning, Master Planning) (BPAIANAD)

Keywords

• Civic engagement platform
• Public participation software
• Community engagement tools
• Urban planning software
• Government civic technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Boulder

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Platform Services to Government: Neighborland provided public engagement platform services to government agencies, place-makers, and civic organizations for civic planning and community participation initiatives

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Neighborland operated a software-based public engagement platform that enabled residents to participate in shaping neighborhood development and civic planning initiatives. The platform was used by government agencies, place-makers, and civic organizations to collect community input on capital improvement plans, strategic plans, participatory budgeting processes, and urban development projects. The company was acquired by Nextdoor in 2019 and ceased operations in 2023.

Product overview

Neighborland was a single, unified public engagement platform designed for government agencies, place-makers, and civic organizations. The platform enabled residents to participate in shaping neighborhood development through collaborative engagement tools. Over 3 million people participated on the platform, and projects facilitated through Neighborland generated over $700 billion in social and economic impact. The company operated from 2010 until 2023 and was acquired by Nextdoor in 2019.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Neighborland Public Engagement Platform A public engagement software platform that enabled government agencies, place-makers, and civic organizations to collect community input from residents on civic planning, capital improvement plans, strategic plans, participatory budgeting processes, and urban development projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $700 billion in social and economic impact to date from partner projects
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 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

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• NextdoorflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Neighborland was acquired by Nextdoor in 2019, integrating its public engagement capabilities into the Nextdoor platform.
• Tulane University Social Entrepreneurship ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011Tulane University's Social Entrepreneurship Program provided support for developing Neighborland in 2011, based in New Orleans.
• Rockefeller FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011Rockefeller Foundation provided support for developing Neighborland in 2011, based in New Orleans.
• University of Colorado Entrepreneurial Law ClinicminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011University of Colorado's Entrepreneurial Law Clinic assisted with creating founding documents for Neighborland.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• PublicInput: A civic engagement SaaS platform focused on helping government agencies collect community feedback, manage public meetings, and run participatory processes — overlaps with Neighborland's B2G engagement workflow.
• CitizenLab: A community engagement platform serving cities and governments worldwide to involve residents in local decision-making — comparable in core function though stronger in European markets.
• Polco: A civic engagement and analytics platform for local governments, combining resident surveys, performance benchmarking, and participatory tools — overlapping with Neighborland's community input and participatory budgeting use cases.
• PlaceSpeak: A location-verified civic engagement platform connecting governments with residents for consultations on planning, infrastructure, and policy — comparable in focus on trusted, place-based public input.
• Bang the Table (EngagementHQ): Provides EngagementHQ, a dedicated civic engagement platform used by hundreds of governments globally for community consultation — directly analogous in product offering and target customer.
• MindMixer (CivicPlus): A civic engagement platform acquired by CivicPlus that helps municipalities gather resident input on projects, budgets, and planning — directly comparable to Neighborland's core use case for government public participation.

Broad incumbents

• CivicPlus: One of the largest providers of integrated government technology platforms, including civic engagement (via MindMixer), website, and 311 solutions — a broader incumbent competing across Neighborland's niche.
• Granicus: A scaled government technology suite covering communications, meetings, and civic engagement. Granicus is a broad incumbent serving the same B2G customer base as Neighborland but across a much wider product portfolio.

Emerging players

• Zencity: An emerging civic analytics platform using community feedback data to help local governments prioritize decisions — adjacent to Neighborland's mission though more analytics-focused than participatory-planning focused.
• SeeClickFix (CivicPlus): A resident issue reporting and civic engagement tool acquired by CivicPlus, allowing citizens to flag non-emergency issues — overlapping in citizen-government communication though narrower than Neighborland's participatory planning focus.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/neighborland
• Facebookfacebook.com/Neighborland
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/neighborland

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors6 records

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

M&A1 record

Investments

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

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