Democracia En Red

What Democracia En Red does

Democracia En Red is an Argentine non-profit organization (NGO) founded in 2013 and headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that develops open-source civic technology and delivers participatory democracy programs for governments, legislative bodies, and civil society organizations across Latin America. The organization's core product is DemocracyOS, an open-source civic platform built in Node.js that supports multiple participation modules including Presupuesto Participativo (Participatory Budgeting), Consultas Digitales (Digital Consultations), Co-construcción de leyes (Co-construction of Laws), and Seguimiento de metas (Goal Tracking). The platform has been translated into 15+ languages, has over 70 open-source contributors and 1.7K GitHub stars, and has been implemented across municipalities, national governments, and legislative bodies in Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, and Ecuador. Notable civic outcomes include the Rosario Participatory Budget 2018 with 100,000+ voters.

The organization's go-to-market combines direct sales to government and institutional clients with a community-led open-source distribution model, leveraging international networks (People Powered, Abrelatam, Red de Parlamento Abierto) and civil society coalitions (CELS, ODIA, Vía Libre) for demand generation. Revenue is grant-driven from a diversified portfolio of foundations (Open Society Foundation, Luminate, AVINA, Y Combinator), multilateral development banks (IDB/BID, CAF), government cooperation agencies (EU, KAS, FES), and corporates (Google, Microsoft), supplemented by bespoke institutional platform implementation contracts with no public pricing disclosed. Beyond the core platform, Democracia En Red operates advocacy and education initiatives including the (Re)surgentes Climate Assemblies network, Alerta Spyware (digital rights), Diálogos Dateros (feminist data), Reconóceme (facial recognition rights), and #MeRepresenta (political party comparison). The organization has approximately 20 team members and is governed by a board of directors including co-directors, president, and vice president, with no disclosed parent company, venture capital backing, or formal equity structure.

Name

Democracia En Red

Legal name

Democracia en Red

Website

https://democraciaenred.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Democracia En Red is an Argentine NGO that develops the open-source DemocracyOS civic platform and delivers participatory democracy programs for governments, legislative bodies, and civil society organizations across Latin America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civic Technology / Participatory Democracy Software

NAICS

Public Administration (92)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Democratic Governance & Public Administration Reform (BPADAGAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Digital Development & ICT4D / GovTech Technical Assistance (BPADAEAL), Civic, Citizenship & Community Engagement Education (EDAAAEAI)

Keywords

• Civic technology
• Participatory budgeting
• Open government
• Digital democracy
• Citizen participation

Headquarters

HQ city

Buenos Aires

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Revenue model

1. Institutional Platform Licensing and Implementation: Democracia en Red offers its DemocracyOS-based solutions to governments, legislative bodies, and institutions. Revenue appears to come from platform implementation contracts with public sector clients.
2. Grants and International Funding: The organization receives funding from international foundations and development organizations including Open Society Foundation, Luminate, BID (IDB), AVINA, EU, KAS, Y Combinator, CAF, and others. These grants fund both technology development and civic programs.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Democracia En Red develops and deploys DemocracyOS, an open-source civic technology platform built in Node.js that enables governments, legislative bodies, and civil society organizations to run participatory democracy processes. The platform is offered as four main modules: Presupuesto Participativo (Participatory Budgeting), Consultas Digitales (Digital Consultations), Co-construcción de leyes (Co-construction of Laws), and Seguimiento de metas (Goal Tracking). Implementation is accompanied by strategic territorial and political-strategy consulting to ensure active citizen use.

Product overview

Democracia En Red is an NGO that develops civic technology solutions for citizen participation. The core offering is the open-source platform DemocraciaOS, which serves as the foundational technology for multiple participation modules including Presupuesto Participativo (Participatory Budgeting), Consultas Digitales (Digital Consultations), Co-construcción de leyes (Co-creation of laws), and Seguimiento de metas (Goal Tracking). These solutions are offered to governments, legislative bodies, decentralized organizations, political parties, and civil society organizations. In addition to technology products, the organization runs advocacy initiatives and educational resources such as Reconóceme (facial recognition rights), Asambleas Climáticas (Climate Assemblies), #MeRepresenta (political party comparison tool), and Datos en Fuga (cybersecurity advocacy).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DemocraciaOS: Open-source civic technology platform providing tools for digital consultations (Consultas Digitales), participatory budgeting (Presupuesto Participativo), and collaborative law drafting (Co-construcción de leyes).

Products and services

• DemocraciaOS Open-source civic technology platform that enables governments and civil society organizations to facilitate citizen participation, collective decision-making, and participatory democracy processes. Underpins the modules Presupuesto Participativo, Consultas Digitales, Co-construcción de leyes, and Seguimiento de metas.
• Presupuesto Participativo (Participatory Budgeting) Digital platform enabling integral management of participatory budgeting processes, generating instances of dialogue between citizens and governments. Allows citizens to propose, discuss, and vote on how public funds should be allocated. Record 100,000+ voters in Rosario 2018.
• Consultas Digitales (Digital Consultations)

Quantifiable outcome

• 100,000+ voters in Rosario Participatory Budget 2018
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered major, core, moderate and minor.

• CELS (Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeading Argentine human rights organization collaborating on digital rights, surveillance, and civic space projects including the joint Alerta Spyware initiative.
• ODIA (Observatorio de Derecho Informático de Argentina)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDigital rights organization collaborating with Democracia en Red on surveillance, data protection, and civic space advocacy.
• Fundación Vía LibremajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDigital rights foundation collaborating on spyware research, data protection, and digital policy advocacy in Argentina.
• People PoweredcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal network of civic participation organizations, of which Democracia en Red is a member, promoting participatory democracy worldwide.
• AbrelatammoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerLatin American network focused on open data, transparency, and civic technology, part of the broader ecosystem of partner organizations.
• Red de Parlamento AbiertomoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork promoting open parliament standards and civic participation in legislative processes across Latin America.
• ILDA (Iniciativa Latinoamericana de Datos Abiertos)moderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerLatin American initiative on open data collaborating on the Diálogos Dateros project with a feminist data perspective.
• Municipalidad de General Pueyrredon (Mar del Plata)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal government partner collaborating on the first Climate Assembly in Argentina, implementing civic deliberation on climate policy.
• XR (Extinction Rebellion)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClimate activism movement part of the organizational ecosystem for climate assemblies and civic mobilization.
• Rosario City GovernmentmajorTechnology or IntegrationImplementation partner for participatory budgeting platform, with record 100,000+ voters in 2018.
• Vicente Lopez MunicipalitymajorTechnology or IntegrationMunicipality implementing the Foros Vecinales Barriales participatory forum platform.
• Argentine Chamber of DeputiesmajorTechnology or IntegrationLegislative body using DemocracyOS for citizen consultation and co-construction of laws.
• ACIJ (Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCivil rights organization part of the civic ecosystem working on transparency and civic participation.
• Fundeps (Fundación podminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCivil society organization part of the civic ecosystem and advocacy networks.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Consul: Open-source citizen participation platform developed by the Madrid City Council, with overlapping modules for participatory budgeting, debates, and proposals. Comparable technology stack, customer base (municipalities), and open-source licensing model.
• CitizenLab: Commercial civic engagement platform used by 300+ governments for participatory budgeting, ideation, and consultations. Competes directly for the same municipal RFPs as Democracia en Red but with a more commercial SaaS model.
• LiquidFeedback: Open-source liquid democracy software originally developed by the German Pirate Party. Comparable open-source civic-tech positioning with a different deliberation model, competing for activist and party customers seeking digital decision-making tools.
• Decidim: Open-source participatory democracy platform originating from Barcelona, Spain. Offers participatory budgeting, consultations, and legislative modules directly comparable to DemocraciaOS, and is its most direct functional competitor in Spanish-speaking markets.

Broad incumbents

• OpenGov: US-based GovTech incumbent offering budgeting, transparency, and civic engagement modules to state and local governments. Operates in the same space as Democracia en Red with a broader product suite and significantly larger scale.
• Delib: Provider of digital engagement and consultation tools for UK and global local governments. Competes for the same institutional buyers of civic consultation software.
• Bang the Table (Citizen Space): Established civic engagement platform serving hundreds of governments globally with consultation and deliberation tools. Comparable target customers (local governments) but a much larger commercial operation.

Emerging players

• Loomio: Open-source collaborative decision-making platform for groups, organizations, and cooperatives. Adjacent in the participatory decision-making category but oriented more toward organizational governance than government deployments.
• g0v (vTaiwan / civic-tech movement): Taiwanese civic-tech community that built vTaiwan and other participation tools using an open-source contributor model similar to DemocracyOS. Comparable open-source civic-tech culture, focused on Asian government use cases.
• Your Priorities: Open-source citizen participation platform used by the OECD and various governments for crowdsourced policy input. Comparable participatory democracy focus with a smaller reference base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/DemocracyOS/democracyos
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/democraciaenred
• Instagraminstagram.com/democraciaenred
• Xx.com/fundacionDER
• Facebookfacebook.com/democraciaenred

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Investors

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M&A

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