The challenge. 

Successful Smart Cities deployments face plenty of headwinds, and without successful execution, deployment, and follow-through, great ideas risk turning into old ideas - dead on the vine. The US still remains the largest consumer market in the world.  While the US excels in private venture, markets, and capital, breaking into the public sector market can often be as mysterious, opaque, and inefficient as anywhere else in the world.  

The opportunity.

Between cities, counties, special districts, school districts, and other local jurisdictions, the US is home to over 90,000 local governments – a tremendous addressable market accounting for 10-12% of the $30T US GDP. If we include state governments, that figure is closer to 20%.

You want in.

You’re an international startup focused on smart cities and govtech. You’ve seen success throughout the world, but now you’re hoping to launch in the US. Between federal, state, and local governments, economic development agencies, and other for and non-profits, the most you can hope for is a quick introduction and hand-off to a local government employee, typically without initial decision-making authority. There’s a long line of middle-men between your idea and making your idea happen.

Once you pitch and (hopefully) sell your vision, then you have to secure MOUs, navigate procurement, secure agreement from leadership, analyze and/or assist in developing/adopting new enabling policy, work with attorneys, planners, development review, etc. etc. etc.  How could you even hope to break ground and execute? Even if you secured a permit, your field crews are on another continent.

You need a “white glove” partner. A local fixer. You need Civic Centric.

Here's how you get in.

Civic Centric takes your Smart Cities idea and makes it a reality. Real projects, programs, and proofs of concept aimed at near-term revenue generation. Sure, we help with business development and advisory on the front end, but the real magic is our ability to navigate complex systems and stakeholders to execute a vision. We turn smart cities ideas into reality. We’ve been there - from Step 1 to Step 1,000.