Pre-seed and seed stage venture capital firm investing in SaaS and AI startups
ScOp Venture Capital is a venture capital firm based in Santa Barbara that invests in pre-seed and seed stage artificial intelligence and software as a service companies. The firm focuses on startups… more…
Why we started ScOp
I have been making personal venture investments since 1995. Over the course of many tech cycles and economic ups and downs, I have achieved a 27x return. In 2021, a group of us decided to build on… more…
Search government contracts and get AI-matched opportunities and alerts
GovBidAlerts is a search and alerting platform that centralizes public sector opportunities to help businesses find relevant government contracts, bids, and requests for proposals. The platform… more…
Why I built this
Virtually every startup we see at ScOp VC is an AI company. To properly understand this shift, I wanted to experience firsthand exactly how modern software is being built and what AI coding is all… more…
- Open opportunities
- 222,459
open opportunities- Awarded contracts
- 601,481
awarded contracts- Federal agencies
- 2,400
federal agenciesmore…
Daily AI forecasts for US elections, congressional records, and Supreme Court cases
VotePredictor is an artificial intelligence forecasting project that predicts outcomes for United States elections, congressional voting behavior, and Supreme Court decisions. The platform generates… more…
Why I built this
My love for politics, data, and forecasting naturally led me to a specific challenge. I wanted to see if I could build something capable of beating Nate Silver and the famous FiveThirtyEight… more…
- Congressional votes
- 3.18M
congressional votes- Polls ingested
- 18,607
polls ingested- Race forecasts
- 8,247
race forecastsmore…
Search and browse government employee compensation across public sector jurisdictions
GovComp.app is a public records research tool that provides transparency into government employee compensation across federal, state, and local jurisdictions. The database allows users to search and… more…
Why I built this
Government transparency is notoriously lacking, yet people naturally want to search for other people. I had tackled this exact problem before, building similar public records tools during my time at… more…
- Public employees
- 4.8M
public employees- Agencies
- 24,014
agencies- Jurisdictions
- 60
jurisdictionsmore…
Searchable index of U.S. government auctions with free email alerts
GovAuctionAlerts is an independent aggregator that consolidates public auction listings from across the United States into a single searchable directory. The platform indexes government surplus… more…
Why I built this
Everybody loves finding a great deal, and government auctions are one of the best places to look. The frustration is just how scattered the listings are, buried across hundreds of different local and… more…
- Live listings
- 298,928
live listings- Auction sources
- 143
auction sources- Fields per listing
- 28
fields per listingmore…
