What Verdance does

Verdance is a US-registered public interest technology consultancy (Verdance LLC) that designs and builds digital services for federal government agencies. Founded in 2021 by civic technology veterans of the HealthCare.gov rebuild and the first digital service office in Congress, the firm operates as a fully remote organization of 1-10 employees serving clients including the Department of Veterans Affairs, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Labor, Library of Congress, and Office of Personnel Management. Its work spans fullstack development, data science, API design, frontend engineering, and mainframe modernization, with documented case studies such as a VA benefits redesign aligned with the PACT Act and ReportStream, a CDC disease-reporting front door now used by 35+ states.

The firm's technology stack is cloud-native and AI-fluent. Verdance delivers on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS), publishes a Mainframe Modernization Framework that combines a three-phase rewrite, replatform, and rearchitect strategy with LLM-driven COBOL-to-Java translation prompts and a portability layer spanning z/OS, cloud, and developer laptops, and prototypes a privacy-centric data sharing architecture for Privacy Act modernization. Container orchestration resilience patterns with health-aware deployment validation and event-driven monitoring are positioned as production safeguards for government systems.

Verdance earns revenue through professional services engagements on a contract basis with federal agencies, with no publicly disclosed pricing. The go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales into federal stakeholders, supported by thought leadership via the Verdance Insights blog and LinkedIn. The company is privately held, founder-backed with no disclosed institutional funding, and holds federal contractor credentials (Cage code 93UG4, DUNS 118179441, UEI D4GUKNSWQMX9). Customer concentration is high by construction: a small team serving a handful of federal contracts means that recompete cycles and option-year decisions are material to revenue.

Name

Verdance

Legal name

Verdance LLC

Website

https://verdance.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Verdance is a US public interest technology consultancy that designs and builds digital services for federal agencies including the VA, CMS, CDC, DOL, Library of Congress, and OPM, applying cloud-native engineering, AI-assisted developer tooling, and mainframe modernization across healthcare, veterans benefits, and public health programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Technology Consulting

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Cloud-Native Development (Containers, Kubernetes, Microservices) (BPAEACAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

DevOps Consulting & Transformation (BPAEAKAA), Cloud-Native Enablement (Containers, Kubernetes, Service Mesh) (BPAEAKAE), Container Platforms & Orchestration (Kubernetes) (HDABADAF)

Keywords

• Government technology consulting
• Digital services modernization
• Civic technology services
• Mainframe modernization consulting
• Federal agency consulting

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Technology Consulting: Consulting engagements with federal government agencies to design, build, and modernize digital services. Projects span fullstack development, data science, API design, frontend development, and mainframe modernization.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Verdance is an AI-fluent consultancy that partners with US federal government agencies to design, build, and modernize digital services. Engagements span fullstack software development, data science, API design, frontend engineering, mainframe modernization (COBOL-to-Java and z/OS-to-cloud), and cloud-native container orchestration using Google Kubernetes Engine and AWS Elastic Container Service, delivered as professional services under contract-based engagements.

Product overview

Verdance is an AI-fluent consultancy (not a product company) offering professional services to government agencies. Their portfolio spans Healthcare Systems Modernization (for CMS), Veterans Benefits Digital Services (for VA), Health Data APIs, Disease Reporting Systems (for CDC), Mainframe Modernization Services (COBOL-to-Java transformation), Container Orchestration & Cloud-Native Solutions (using GKE and AWS ECS), and Privacy-Focused Digital Services prototyping. These offerings are delivered as consulting engagements rather than a unified software platform, helping government agencies transform customer experiences, enhance data quality, and modernize legacy systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Government Digital Services Consulting Professional consulting services helping US federal government agencies transform customer experiences, enhance data quality and availability, and make efficient, accurate decisions through design and technology. Engagements are contract-based and multi-disciplinary.
• Healthcare Systems Modernization Modernization and improvement of federal healthcare systems including Medicare and Medicaid for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, enhancing beneficiary experience and boosting internal efficiency.
• Veterans Benefits Digital Services Redesigning benefits applications and creating new tools for VA employees to process claims more efficiently and accurately for the Department of Veterans Affairs, supporting the PACT Act and increased application volumes.
• Health Data APIs API design and development services for CMS that ensure Medicare providers can access the health data needed to deliver informed patient care, building secure, scalable, and adaptable systems.
• Disease Reporting Systems Frontend development of systems enabling healthcare jurisdictions to report disease information to CDC, including a front door used by 35+ states for pandemic readiness and public health event response.
• Mainframe Modernization Services Legacy system transformation using a three-phase approach: COBOL-to-Java rewrite, z/OS-to-cloud replatforming, and monolith-to-modular rearchitecting, focused on software malleability and safety nets. Includes open-source platform abstractions and LLM prompts for COBOL translation.
• Container Orchestration and Cloud-Native Solutions Design and implementation of resilient cloud-native systems using container orchestration platforms including Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS), with health-aware deployment validation and event-driven monitoring.
• Privacy-Focused Digital Services Prototyping of concepts such as centralized government portals that allow individuals to view, update, and manage personal data sharing between agencies, supporting Privacy Act modernization with transparency, consent management, and error mitigation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Saving Veterans days and months of time waiting for benefits
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Accenture Federal Services: Large federal contractor delivering digital, cloud, and AI services to civilian and defense agencies. Competes directly for large VA, CMS, and CDC modernization contracts.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Major federal IT and consulting firm with deep VA, HHS, and CDC relationships, including digital modernization work. Defines the incumbent baseline Verdance's agile approach contrasts against.
• Deloitte - Government & Public Services: One of the largest federal IT consulting practices, providing digital transformation, cloud, and modernization services to VA, CMS, HHS, and CDC. Represents the incumbent prime contractor Verdance must partner with or displace.
• Slalom Government Solutions: Consulting firm with a federal public-sector practice delivering cloud, data, and modern engineering services to civilian agencies. Adjacent consultant footprint with overlapping modernization offerings.
• Maximus: Federal services firm specializing in health and human services program operations and IT modernization for CMS, VA, and other agencies. Comparable federal health digital services footprint.

Direct peers

• Oddball: Civic-tech consultancy that partners with federal agencies (e.g., VA) to design, develop, and deploy digital services. Highly comparable in size, mission, and federal modern software delivery focus.
• Ad Hoc LLC: Federal digital services firm founded by HealthCare.gov and USDS alumni that designs, builds, and operates digital government services. Directly competes for civic-tech modernization contracts at agencies like CMS and VA.
• Nava Public Benefit Corporation: Civic-tech public benefit corporation that builds and modernizes digital services for federal and state agencies (e.g., HealthCare.gov, Medicaid). Closest peer to Verdance in mission, founding pedigree (USDS alumni), and federal digital services focus.

Emerging players

• Phase One Consulting Group: Veteran-owned federal digital services and DevSecOps consultancy serving HHS, VA, and other civilian agencies. Comparable in cloud-native and agile delivery focus, though slightly larger.
• U.S. Digital Response: Nonprofit founded by former USDS tech leaders that pairs volunteer technologists with state and local governments. Adjacent peer sharing the civic-tech DNA and federal/state digital services mission.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/verdance-public-interest-tech

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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