Atlas Crossing

What Atlas Crossing does

Atlas Crossing is a Washington, D.C.-based bipartisan public affairs and strategic communications firm founded by Sean Joyce and headquartered on Capitol Hill. The firm serves Fortune 500 companies, startups, trade associations, and non-profits requiring advocacy, coalition management, and political intelligence in Washington, with a particularly deep footprint in transportation, supply chain, food and beverage, retail, healthcare, defense technology, and emerging technology policy. Its five core service lines — Public Affairs, Strategic Communications, Coalition Management, Political Intelligence, and Events — are integrated to take policy ideas through drafting, coalition building, communications, and legislative execution; the firm notably manages the Shippers Coalition of 80+ companies and has been credited with preventing the elimination of an entire industry sector (Southern Airways Express) and helping grow the Global Digital Asset and Cryptocurrency Association from new entrant to established Washington player in under a year.

Atlas Crossing operates as a high-touch, direct-engagement professional services firm, pricing on an engagement-specific basis with no publicly disclosed rates. The firm is privately held, founder-controlled, and has no disclosed external investors, funding rounds, or acquisition history. Its distribution is relationship-driven: client acquisition flows from personal Hill relationships, referrals, and the firm's standing on Bloomberg Government's 'Top Performing Lobbying Firm' list (six consecutive years, 2020-2025) and TheHill's Top Lobbyists list (four consecutive years, 2021-2024). The team of approximately 13 is concentrated in former senior Congressional and Executive Branch staff, including former Chiefs of Staff, Committee staff directors, and senior Pentagon legislative affairs officials, with current leadership credentials spanning the House Intelligence, Judiciary, Armed Services, and Transportation & Infrastructure committees. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, and the firm shows no technology product surface (no API, SDK, app, or AI/ML capability), positioning it as a pure-play advisory and advocacy business whose value is delivered entirely through human capital and institutional relationships.

Name

Atlas Crossing

Legal name

Atlas Crossing

Website

https://atlascrossing.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Atlas Crossing is a Washington, D.C.-based bipartisan public affairs and strategic communications firm serving Fortune 500 companies, startups, trade associations, and non-profits with advocacy, coalition management, political intelligence, and event services, anchored by a team of ~13 former senior Congressional and Executive Branch staff.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Public Affairs Advisory Services: Consulting fees for strategic counsel, policy campaigns, coalition management, and political intelligence services. Revenue is generated through professional service engagements with corporate clients, associations, and non-profits.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Atlas Crossing is a bipartisan public affairs and strategic communications firm that advises startups, non-profits, Fortune 500 companies, and trade associations on navigating Congress and the Administration. Its core deliverables include strategic public affairs counsel, legislative text and policy proposal drafting, crisis and strategic communications, large-scale coalition management, real-time political intelligence monitoring, and planning of Congressional briefings, fly-ins, and industry events. The firm is designed to help clients convert policy ideas into legislation, regulation, and law through integrated advocacy campaigns.

Product overview

Atlas Crossing is a public affairs and strategic communications firm offering five integrated service modules: Public Affairs (strategic advisory and legislative outreach), Strategic Communications (crisis communications and media management), Coalition Management (industry coalition building and advocacy campaign management), Political Intelligence (real-time legislative/regulatory monitoring), and Events (Congressional briefings, fly-ins, and industry event coordination). These services work together to help clients turn policy ideas into legislation, regulation, and law through robust communications programs and political outreach.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Public Affairs Strategic advisory services helping startups, non-profits, and Fortune 50 companies build brand awareness in Washington, DC. Includes drafting white papers, policy proposals, and legislative text, and coordinating outreach to Congress and the Administration.
• Strategic Communications Crisis communications and real-time counsel services, including content creation through traditional, digital, and social media outlets, planning Congressional staff briefings, press conferences, and industry demo day events.
• Coalition Management Management of large industry coalitions and associations, overseeing legislative strategy, political, and logistical operations, including building effective coalitions inside and outside government.
• Political Intelligence Real-time monitoring and analysis of legislation, executive orders, and agency rulemaking processes to help clients identify business opportunities and mitigate risk.
• Events Design, planning, and hosting of industry events, Congressional briefings, press conferences, CODELs, STAFFDELs, Washington fly-ins, and salon dinners with government officials.

Quantifiable outcome

• Turned policy ideas into legislation, regulation, and law for multiple clients
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers60 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 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.

• Shippers CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAtlas Crossing Founder Sean Joyce serves as Executive Director for the Shippers Coalition, a coalition of 80+ companies including major shippers, retailers, manufacturers, and agricultural producers. Atlas Crossing manages all legislative strategy, political operations, and logistical functions for the coalition. The coalition advocates on transportation, trade, and economic policy issues affecting supply chain and shipping industries.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Subject Matter: Subject Matter is a bipartisan government affairs and strategic communications firm founded by former Capitol Hill and Executive Branch officials. Comparable in service integration (public affairs + communications), talent pedigree, and target clients including Fortune 500 and emerging companies.
• Forbes Tate Partners: Forbes Tate is a bipartisan public affairs and government relations firm combining strategic communications, lobbying, and coalition building. Comparable in offering breadth (public affairs + strategic communications) and Fortune 500 client orientation, though slightly larger in scale.
• Mehlman Consulting: Mehlman Consulting is a bipartisan government relations firm specializing in federal lobbying, healthcare policy, and tax advocacy. Comparable in boutique scale, senior Congressional talent, and Fortune 500 client base, particularly in healthcare and corporate verticals.
• BGR Group: BGR Group is a bipartisan government affairs and public relations firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. with a similarly sized team and client roster spanning Fortune 500 companies, trade associations, and emerging sectors - directly comparable in service mix, client type, and recognition on the Bloomberg Government and Hill top lobbying lists.
• Invariant: Invariant is a government relations and public affairs firm with bipartisan senior staff and a focus on technology, defense, and emerging industries. Comparable in targeted service to high-growth technology clients (Shield AI, Recursion, Gecko Robotics peer set) and Capitol Hill talent base.
• Cornerstone Government Affairs: Cornerstone is a bipartisan government affairs firm founded by former senior Congressional staff, offering strategic counsel, coalition management, and advocacy services to corporate and association clients. Highly comparable in size, talent profile (Capitol Hill alumni), and target client segments.
• Alpine Group: Alpine Group is a bipartisan government relations firm with senior Capitol Hill alumni serving corporate, association, and non-profit clients. Comparable in boutique scale, talent pedigree, and Fortune 500 client orientation across multiple industry verticals.

Broad incumbents

• Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck: Brownstein is a major Am Law 200 firm with one of the largest and most successful government affairs practices in Washington. Provides overlapping lobbying, public affairs, and coalition management services but as part of a much broader legal and consulting platform with significantly greater scale and resources.
• Holland & Knight: Holland & Knight is a major law firm with a substantial federal government affairs and public policy practice. Comparable in serving corporate and association clients on Capitol Hill but as part of a full-service legal platform with much broader offerings.
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld: Akin Gump is one of the largest law firms globally with a top-tier public policy and government affairs practice serving Fortune 100 clients. Comparable client segment and policy influence but operates within a full-service legal platform with much greater scale and breadth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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