# Cleatus

> Arlington agentic AI platform for government contracting — opportunity discovery, proposal writing, and federal capture workflows.

## Why it is interesting

Construction-operator-turned-founder Yigit Guney hit $1M revenue before raising — $4M seed (May 2025) co-led by Las Olas VC and REVO Capital with Motley Fool Ventures, built for FedRAMP High compliance in the Clarendon govcon corridor.

## Profile

- **Latest funding:** Seed — $4M (May 2025)
- **Latest known valuation:** Not publicly disclosed
- **Total disclosed equity funding:** $4M
- **Stage:** seed
- **Status:** private
- **Industries:** enterprise-saas, ai-ml, defense-tech
- **Coverage:** full
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-29
- **Latest funding investors:** Las Olas Venture Capital, REVO Capital, Motley Fool Ventures

## Key facts

- Seed (May 2025): $4M co-led by Las Olas Venture Capital and REVO Capital; Motley Fool Ventures participated — Technical.ly
- HQ Arlington, VA (Clarendon office); $1M revenue before seed raise
- FedRAMP High pursuit as scale milestone — not a consumer govtech toy
- Complements Pryzm (/startup/pryzm) in federal capture software — different founder path and product wedge

## Funding history

- Seed · $4M · May 2025
  Source: https://technical.ly/entrepreneurship/cleatus-aims-to-be-the-ai-operating-system-for-govcon/

## Related articles

- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/washington-dc-startups-we-cover-2026
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/washington-dc-vc-firms-govtech-defense-2026

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**Last updated:** July 29, 2026

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