The Capitol Forum

What The Capitol Forum does

The Capitol Forum is a Washington, D.C.-based subscription intelligence platform that delivers investigative reporting and analysis on regulatory developments affecting market competition, with primary coverage of antitrust enforcement, mergers and acquisitions, corporate investigations, trade policy, and labor. The company's distinguishing methodology is parallel investigations that follow each major regulatory matter from announcement through litigation or settlement, producing a longitudinal proprietary archive of thousands of articles accessible to subscribers alongside conference calls with industry and policy experts, video content, podcasts, transcripts, and executive briefings. The platform targets senior decision-makers at major law firms, investment firms, corporations, and government agencies, positioning itself as a workflow-embedded intelligence service rather than a general news outlet.

The business model is exclusively recurring subscription revenue under quote-based, undisclosed annual and multi-year contracts priced by organization type, with no third-party resellers, distribution platforms, or app distribution. Go-to-market is sales-led enterprise, with a Managing Director of Sales, Director of Business Development, Business Development Managers, and a European commercial lead in London, supplemented by a self-serve 'Request a Trial' web form. Marketing channels combine top-of-funnel thought leadership (The Forum newsletter, TCF Investigates podcast, LinkedIn presence), mid-funnel virtual events (Tech Policy Briefings, conference partnerships including FGS Global in April 2025 and the ABA Spring Meeting interview series), and earned media.

The company is privately held with no disclosed outside funding, parent company, or institutional investment. It is led by Teddy Downey (Executive Editor & CEO), with senior editors doubling as CFO (Trevor Baine), COO (Jake Williams), and General Counsel (Nate Soderstrom), a CRO (Josep Alba), a CTO (Matt Probus), and a 30+ employee team distributed across Washington D.C., London, Brussels, and Hong Kong. Coverage areas, executive bench, and convening activity indicate an operation that has scaled from a US-focused beat into a multi-continent regulatory franchise, though financials remain undisclosed.

Name

The Capitol Forum

Legal name

The Capitol Forum

Website

https://thecapitolforum.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regulatory Intelligence & Business Journalism

NAICS

Broadcasting and Content Providers (516), Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro primary industry

News, Politics & Current Affairs Magazines (MPAJAEAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Executive Summits & Invitation-Only Forums (MPAGAGAK), Government, Public Policy & Regulatory Congresses (THAHAJAF)

Keywords

• Regulatory news analysis
• Antitrust intelligence
• Merger coverage reporting
• Policy intelligence platform
• Investigative business journalism

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue: The Capitol Forum generates revenue through annual and multi-year subscription plans that provide access to their platform containing thousands of high-impact investigative articles, conference calls with industry experts, video content, podcasts, and transcripts. The subscription-based model serves a global community of leading investors, top law firms, and major corporations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Capitol Forum is a subscription-based investigative media platform delivering news and analysis on regulatory developments and their impact on markets. Subscribers receive access to a library of articles, conference calls with industry experts, video content, podcasts, transcripts, and executive briefings across coverage areas including antitrust, mergers & acquisitions, corporate investigations, trade, and labor. The service targets senior decision-makers at leading law firms, investment firms, corporations, and government agencies with reporting spanning the U.S., Europe, and China.

Product overview

The Capitol Forum is a subscription-based investigative media platform delivering news and analysis on regulatory developments affecting markets. The platform offers access to articles, conference calls with experts, videos, podcasts, transcripts, executive briefings, and a thought leadership publication called 'The Forum'. Coverage areas include Antitrust, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Investigations, Trade, and Labor. The service targets investors, law firms, policymakers, and corporate stakeholders seeking insights on competition policy and regulatory risk.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Capitol Forum Subscription Platform Subscription-based access to thousands of high-impact investigative articles, expert conference calls, video content, podcasts, transcripts, and executive briefings covering antitrust, M&A, corporate investigations, trade, and labor. Designed for senior decision-makers at law firms, investment firms, corporations, and government agencies who need authoritative regulatory intelligence.
• Tech Policy Briefing Series Virtual event series hosted by Executive Editor Teddy Downey featuring weekly discussions on consequential regulatory and policy developments impacting capital markets and key industries.
• ABA Spring Meeting Interview Series In-depth video interview series with 17 leading antitrust voices at the ABA Spring Meeting, covering key issues shaping the competition landscape.
• TCF Investigates Podcast Original investigative podcast series featuring in-depth reporting on regulatory and business topics, including special series on consumer protection, privacy, and digital regulation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Collaborative reporting with ProPublica earned 2024 Gerald Loeb Award for Excellence in Business Journalism
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• FGS GlobalnotableStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 April 2025FGS Global partnered with The Capitol Forum to host an April 2025 event featuring Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson and Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ's Antitrust Division Gail Slater, who outlined their enforcement priorities. The partnership brought together FTC, DOJ, and global antitrust leaders for a conference on enforcement priorities.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Politico Pro: Subscription-based policy and regulatory intelligence platform serving the same enterprise buyers (law firms, lobbyists, government affairs teams). Overlaps directly with Capitol Forum's antitrust, trade, and tech policy coverage and competes for the same Washington-driven subscription budgets.
• MLex: Specialized subscription news and analysis service focused on competition/antitrust, regulatory, and policy risk globally. Closest pure-play competitor to Capitol Forum with similar customer profile (law firms, corporates) and beat coverage (antitrust, M&A, digital regulation).
• Axios Pro: Subscription-based, niche vertical news products targeted at professionals in specific industries and policy areas. Mirrors Capitol Forum's model of combining investigative reporting with subscriber-only analysis and events.
• ProPublica: Investigative journalism organization that has partnered with Capitol Forum on award-winning reporting. Comparable in journalistic depth and nonprofit-grade investigative rigor, though it operates on a different funding model (donations vs. subscriptions).
• The Information: Subscription-based technology and business news service targeting professionals, with a similar premium-pricing, in-depth reporting model. Less overlap on antitrust specifically but comparable business model and buyer profile (investors, executives, lawyers).

Broad incumbents

• Bloomberg Law: Full-stack legal and regulatory intelligence platform with broad coverage areas and deep enterprise distribution. Bundles antitrust/competition coverage into wider subscriptions, posing a cross-sell threat to Capitol Forum's specialist positioning.
• Law360: Legal news service widely used by law firm antitrust and competition practices. Provides broader coverage and a larger subscriber base but at lower analytical depth than Capitol Forum, making it an alternative rather than a like-for-like replacement.
• Reuters Regulatory Intelligence: Enterprise regulatory intelligence offering from Reuters covering compliance and policy risk for financial institutions and corporates. Overlaps with Capitol Forum on competition and trade topics but serves a broader compliance buyer base.
• CQ Roll Call: Established Washington-based policy and congressional news organization serving government affairs and lobbying professionals. Competes for the same Washington policy-intelligence subscription budget but with a broader legislative rather than antitrust focus.
• Financial Times (FT): Global business news organization with deep M&A, antitrust, and regulatory coverage read by the same investor and corporate law-firm audience. Functions as a substitute or complement to Capitol Forum for enterprise subscribers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Capitol_Forum
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@TheCapitolForum
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-capitol-forum

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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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