What 413 does

413, LLC is a privately held, SBA HUBZone-certified Woman-Owned Small Business founded in 2017 and headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with a secondary office in Silver Spring, Maryland. The company was co-founded by Dr. Jessica Lee (CEO) and others originating from work at the U.S. Department of State — the firm name derives from the door code of a State Department mother's room. 413 delivers an integrated suite of professional services to U.S. federal clients, organized around eight practice areas: Monitoring and Evaluation, Management Consulting, Exercises, Data Collection and Field Research, Needs and Impact Assessments, Pre-deployment and Readiness Training, Interagency and Stakeholder Integration, and Strategy and Planning.

The firm has no proprietary technology platform; its offering is human-capital-delivered consulting, with a team that combines former U.S. Army, Department of State, and Department of Defense personnel alongside academics credentialed in anthropology, security studies, and international relations, supported by multilingual field-research capability. Named customers are the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of State, and the U.S. Institute of Peace, with engagements spanning security cooperation M&E, bilateral and multilateral program implementation, pre-deployment training, and security-sector research in Ukraine and East Africa.

413 makes money exclusively through U.S. Government consulting contracts, accessed via direct procurement, set-aside opportunities available through its HUBZone and WOSB certifications, and applications to regional development committees (most notably a $20.5M+ funding application for a SCIF project in Dayton, Ohio). The firm is founder-controlled, reports no external venture or private equity investment, and operates at 11-50 employees, positioning it as a small boutique federal contractor competing for niche monitoring, evaluation, and security cooperation work against larger primes.

Name

413

Legal name

413, LLC

Website

https://413.works

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

413, LLC is an SBA HUBZone-certified, Woman-Owned Small Business providing monitoring and evaluation, management consulting, exercises, training, and field research services to U.S. federal agencies, primarily the Department of Defense, Department of State, and U.S. Institute of Peace.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Colorado Springs

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. U.S. Government Consulting Contracts: 413 generates revenue through federal government consulting and professional services contracts, providing monitoring and evaluation, analytics, management consulting, and technical support to U.S. Government entities including the Department of Defense, Department of State, and U.S. Institute of Peace. Revenue is derived from contract awards for program implementation, field research, needs assessments, and interagency integration services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

413 is a professional services firm that delivers monitoring and evaluation, management consulting, exercises, data collection and field research, needs and impact assessments, pre-deployment and readiness training, interagency and stakeholder integration, and strategy and planning services to U.S. Government entities, principally the Department of Defense, Department of State, and the U.S. Institute of Peace. Engagements span security cooperation programs, foreign policy implementation, and capacity-building initiatives. Revenue is generated through federal professional-services contracts awarded via standard procurement and small-business set-aside channels.

Product overview

413 is a professional services firm offering an integrated suite of government consulting services to U.S. Government entities. The company provides eight interconnected service areas: Monitoring and Evaluation, Management Consulting, Exercises, Data Collection and Field Research, Needs and Impact Assessments, Pre-deployment and Readiness Training, Interagency and Stakeholder Integration, and Strategy and Planning. These services work together to empower partners through data-driven, practical solutions that build capacity to innovate and grow. The company functions as a single unified service offering rather than a software product platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Monitoring and Evaluation Monitoring and evaluation services for U.S. Government programs, including performance measurement throughout the program lifecycle, course modification, and evaluation of short- and long-term impacts. Designed for federal program offices such as the Department of Defense and Department of State that require independent, data-driven program assessment.
• Management Consulting Strategic management consulting that provides tools to improve how partners and stakeholders work, integrating learning and processes to reduce redundancy and gain efficiency for U.S. Government clients.
• Exercises Planning, coordination, and facilitation of exercises for military, defense, and government organizations to build momentum and catalyze progress on operational and policy initiatives.
• Data Collection and Field Research Field research and data collection services for U.S. Government programs, including stakeholder mapping and capability identification, conducted by a multilingual research team.
• Needs and Impact Assessments Assessment services to evaluate program needs, measure impact, and inform stakeholders for programmatic and policy decision making across defense and diplomatic programs.
• Pre-deployment and Readiness Training Training services to prepare U.S. Government personnel for deployment, including pre-deployment readiness training for Civil Affairs and other deploying personnel operating in sensitive regions.
• Interagency and Stakeholder Integration Coordination services to integrate efforts across interagency partners and donors, including bilateral and multilateral program implementation for Department of State and related federal clients.
• Strategy and Planning Strategic planning services to help U.S. Government organizations define objectives, identify stakeholders, and create actionable plans for implementation across defense and diplomatic programs.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Guidehouse: Guidehouse (formerly Navigant) is a major advisory firm with substantial federal civilian and defense practices in management consulting and program support. It is comparable to 413 as a wider professional services incumbent competing in adjacent federal markets.
• ICF International: ICF is a large public-sector advisory firm with deep federal M&E, health, energy, and international development practices. It is comparable to 413 as a federal professional services peer offering M&E, analytics, and program support to DoD, DoS, USAID, and other agencies.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Booz Allen Hamilton is a top-tier federal consulting prime serving DoD, intelligence, and civilian agencies with strategy, analytics, and operations support. It represents the scale ceiling 413 would face if it grows into larger vehicles.

Direct peers

• LMI: LMI is a non-profit federal consulting firm serving DoD, DHS, and the intelligence community with management consulting and M&E services. It is comparable to 413 as a focused government management/M&E peer operating in national security.
• Abt Associates: Abt Associates delivers research, evaluation, and program implementation for federal health, defense, and international clients. It is comparable to 413 as a research- and evaluation-driven federal contractor with strong international development and security sector work.
• DAI: DAI is an international development company implementing donor-funded programs in governance, security, and stabilization—directly mirroring 413's security cooperation and interagency integration work for DoS and DoD.
• Chemonics International: Chemonics is a major USAID and DoD implementer focused on democracy, governance, and security-sector assistance worldwide. It is comparable to 413 in the security cooperation and foreign assistance consulting space, especially in fragile-state programming.
• Mathematica Policy Research: Mathematica is a nonpartisan research and evaluation firm conducting program evaluation, impact assessment, and policy analysis for federal agencies. It is comparable to 413 in its core M&E and policy-research focus, though at much greater scale and breadth.
• Dexis Consulting Group: Dexis is a mid-sized federal contractor specializing in stabilization, conflict mitigation, and M&E for DoS, USAID, and DoD. It is one of the closest small-to-mid-tier peers to 413 in the security-sector M&E niche.
• Creative Associates International: Creative Associates implements education, governance, and stabilization programs for USAID and DoD in fragile states. It is comparable to 413 in international development and security-sector program delivery.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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