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Pursuit

AI procurement intelligence for government contracts

Overview

Pursuit offers an AI-powered procurement intelligence platform that helps teams win government contracts in US SLED markets. It analyzes public data to surface pre-RFP signals 6–18 months in advance, identifies incumbents, contract values, and expiration dates, and provides AI-verified contact info for agency officials. The platform generates tailored outreach drafts and integrates with CRM and sales tools like Salesforce, HubSpot, and Marketo to automate workflows. Its goal is to help public-sector sellers find opportunities early and win more contracts through data-driven insights and streamlined outreach.

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About Pursuit

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Why Pursuit is rated
B-
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & AnalyticsGovernment & Public SectorEnterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$25.5M

Headquarters

Ann Arbor, MI

Founded

2023

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What believers are saying

  • Clay listed Pursuit on November 10, 2026, expanding distribution across GTM teams.
  • Pursuit’s October 24, 2026 release added Agentic workflows, Meeting Briefs, and Spend Reports.
  • Adobe’s 50% pipeline lift story gives founders a concrete proof point for enterprise expansion.

What critics are saying

  • Starbridge, GovSpend, and GovWin IQ attack Pursuit from adjacent data and workflow angles.
  • The $1 million pipeline guarantee on 90 days creates refund exposure if onboarding stalls.
  • If agencies or FOIA workflows compress, Pursuit’s pre-RFP advantage collapses by 2027.

What makes Pursuit unique

  • Pursuit’s 170,000-entity SLED graph and FOIA depth beat generic sales-intelligence tools.
  • Its Summer 2026 Release automates signal-to-outreach workflows without RevOps support.
  • Clay’s 2026 integration makes Pursuit a native public-sector data layer inside workflows.

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Funding

Total Funding

$25.5M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

2 Rounds

Seed funding is usually the first official round after pre-seed, when a startup has a prototype or concept. It’s typically used to develop the product, test the market, and start building the team. Investors here are often angel investors or early-stage venture capitalists.
Seed Funding Comparison
Above Average

Industry standards

$3.3M
$2M
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$22M

Benefits

  • Remote Work Options

Growth & Insights and Company News

6 month growth

2%

1 year growth

2%

2 year growth

-10%
Associated Press
Sep 30th, 2026
Clay integrates Pursuit's SLED data for government sales intelligence

Pursuit, a revenue intelligence platform for state, local, and education markets, has integrated its public sector data into Clay's platform. The integration gives Clay customers access to verified government contact data, entity profiles, buying signals, and procurement intelligence sourced from public records requests. The integration addresses challenges teams face when selling to government entities, which lack the standard firmographics available for commercial accounts. Users can now build territory lists, enrich them with verified contacts, and add buying signals within Clay's workspace. Four Pursuit capabilities are available: Find Your TAM for sourcing public sector accounts, Enrich Contacts for verified contact details, Buying Signals for live purchasing indicators, and access to FOIA-sourced procurement data. Pursuit monitors over 170,000 public sector entities and has analysed more than 160 million pages of government documents in the past six months.

Associated Press
Jun 18th, 2026
Pursuit automates SLED sales workflow with $1M pipeline guarantee in 90 days

Pursuit, a revenue intelligence platform for state, local and education (SLED) market sales teams, has announced its Summer 2026 Release. The platform automates the entire SLED sales workflow, from buying signal detection to meeting booking, without requiring technical configuration or RevOps support. The platform monitors 170,000-plus public sector entities, tracking council agendas, budget documents and procurement records to deliver buying signals six to 18 months before RFPs are issued. Reps can generate tailored prospecting emails and send them to relevant contacts in one click, with all actions automatically syncing to Salesforce, HubSpot or Microsoft Dynamics 365. Key features include automated outreach, contextual buying signals and full CRM integration. Pursuit offers a $1 million pipeline guarantee: new customers who don't identify $1 million in SLED pipeline within 90 days receive a refund.

Your News
Apr 29th, 2026
Bill Gurley and Jack Altman back Pursuit's $22M seed to help companies win government contracts

Pursuit, a startup that helps companies find and win government contracts, has raised a $22 million seed round led by OpenGov co-founder Mike Rosengarten. The company has raised $25.5 million total from investors including Jack Altman, Bill Gurley and Sam Hinkie at 87 Capital. Founded in 2023 by Mike Vichich and Brandon Max, Pursuit uses AI to continuously read public data from around 11,000 state, local and education entities across the US. The platform crawls budgets, contract registers and requests for proposals, surfacing agencies most likely to buy a customer's services within the next year. Vichich said the company aims to make government contract opportunities more transparent and accessible by turning fragmented public data into fully researched opportunities. Competitors include Starbridge, GovSpend and Deltek GovWin IQ.

Abdalrahman Behairy
Apr 29th, 2026
Bill gurley, jack altman back startup Pursuit, which helps companies sell to government.

Bill gurley, jack altman back startup Pursuit, which helps companies sell to government. On April 29, 2026 On Wednesday, Pursuit announced a $22 million Series A round led by Mike Rosengarten, the co-founder of OpenGov, with big-name VCs participating. Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

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