iCitizen Reaches #1, 200K+ Users, $3M+ In Funding

2014 has seen the app iCitizen garner 200,000+ users, raise over $3 million in funding and hit #1 in the App Store. iCitizen enables "direct engagement" with the "most comprehensive database for a politics app." (Huffington Post) Politico calls it "nothing short of extraordinary." The app features a real-time news feed educating users to the issues they care about, and a "Speak Up" function to connect users with their elected officials. Here are some recent milestones:

Over 1M Votes Cast
WSJ reporter Simon Constable praised iCitizen as the app connecting voters to the issues. Daily polls regularly draw over 13,000 votes. Topics from healthcare to foreign affairs to alternative energy are covered in questions like "Should the federal government spend more to advance solar and wind power?"

The app speaks directly to Congress
The first official report of iCitizen's findings has been delivered to Congress, and findings include:
•    73% of iCitizens do not see added benefit from the Affordable Care Act
•    61% of iCitizens do not want increased restrictions on buying firearms
•    64% of iCitizens disagree with raising the federal debt ceiling

$3M+ in Funding Secured
The app has seen three rounds of financing, all common stock, and raised $3.3M in funding to date. The start-up was invited to present at both the New England Venture Summit and Silicon Valley-based Venture Summit West as a Top Innovator, and sponsored an Influencer's Breakfast in DC. iCitizen has strategically aligned itself at the intersection of mobile, big data and analytics and social media technology to present its message of civic engagement, and has garnered the support of influential sites like PandoDaily, and has been recognized by WSJ as the start-up engaging citizens in politics.

Investors Support iCitizen's Initiatives
High-profile investors including Harry Jacobson, founder of Contact Software, have committed financially to iCitizen's success. Government funding has also come in the form of partnership with Launch Tennessee, a public-private partnership focused on supporting the development of high-growth companies in the State of Tennessee.

iCitizen in 2014
Development of an Android version of iCitizen is underway, with an expected launch at the end of Q1. With iCitizen's current trajectory, the team projects the user base to double by the end of Q1. Founder Rod Massey said, "Citizens have shown that they want and need this tool."

Nashville-based iCitizen is led by CEO Rod Massey. With a background at the intersection of IT and the public sector, Massey previously held leadership positions at business-management software giant SAP, serving as Vice President and Global Vice President of its Public Sector Industry Business Unit and its Education and Research Industry Business Unit. Prior to SAP, Massey served as CIO of Clark County, NV, and of Palo Alto, CA.

iCitizen's Advisory Board comprises a cross section of public- and private-sector leaders including former U.S. Senator and Republican Majority Leader Bill Frist; Bill Purcell, former Democratic Mayor of Nashville; Matt Urmy, CEO of Artist Growth; Will Weaver, founder of Emma and President & CTO of RoundingWell; Mike Muhney, founder and CEO of VIPOrbit and co-founder of Contact Software, the developer of ACT!; Liza Lowery Massey, former CIO of the City of Los Angeles and the City and County of San Francisco; Linda Rebrovick, CEO of market-research company Consensus Point; Andrew Rice, former Democratic State Senator of Oklahoma; Antoine A. Agassi, Past-Chair of the Governor’s eHealth Council for the State of Tennessee; and Dr. John Doulis, former Assistant Vice Chancellor and COO of Vanderbilt University's Informatics Center. Board members include CEO Rod Massey, Chairman Duncan Dashiff, Dr. Harry R. Jacobson and Mike Dodson.

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