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FiscalNote

Washington, DC policy intelligence and government relations SaaS — legislative tracking, advocacy, and market intelligence.

Stage

See coverage

Status

public

Coverage

full

Overview

FiscalNote provides cloud software for policy tracking, regulatory analysis, stakeholder engagement, and government relations workflows — serving enterprises, law firms, trade groups, and agencies in 40+ countries. Founded in 2013 (early incorporation in Sunnyvale; HQ moved to Washington, D.C.), by Timothy Hwang, Gerald Yao, and Jonathan Chen. Early investors included Mark Cuban, Jerry Yang, New Enterprise Associates, and Steve Case's Rise of the Rest fund. The company raised approximately $188M across venture rounds including a $160M growth round (Dec 2020) with Arrowroot Capital and Runway Growth Capital, went public via SPAC (NYSE: NOTE), and remained headquartered at 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue NW as of 2026 SEC filings.

Why FiscalNote is interesting

Tim Hwang cold-emailed Mark Cuban for seed capital in 2013; Steve Case's Rise of the Rest participated in 2014 — a DC-native govtech scale story that went public via SPAC before relisting challenges, still HQ'd on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Key facts

  • HQ 1201 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC — govtech anchor address
  • Raised ~$188M venture before SPAC; Steve Case / Rise of the Rest in 2014 round
  • Mark Cuban and Jerry Yang among earliest angel backers (2013–2014)
  • PolicyNote platform integrates legislative data with monitoring and advocacy tools

Fundraising history

Series C / growth

2020-12 ~$160M (reported)
  • Arrowroot Capital Management (participant)
  • Runway Growth Capital (participant)

Series A

2014-11 $7M

Investors in our directory

Funds linked from FiscalNote's profile — open a fund page for stage focus and related deal articles.

Revolution New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

Industries

Enterprise SaaS AI & Machine Learning

Related funding articles

Venture Capital Tracker pieces that cover FiscalNote's financing or category context.

FAQs about FiscalNote

Practical answers founders, operators, and investors typically search for.

Washington, D.C. — 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 6th Floor. Regional offices include New York, Brussels, Seoul, and others.
It was a public company (NYSE: NOTE) after a SPAC merger; treat as a mature govtech platform with public-market history — useful for policy-SaaS comps, not seed-stage peer benchmarking.
Steve Case's Rise of the Rest fund participated in FiscalNote's 2014 financing — Revolution (/fund/revolution) is the DC-metro firm most associated with the company's early Beltway network.
Enterprise policy intelligence from Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg Government, and Quorum — FiscalNote's wedge is integrated advocacy + tracking SaaS for corporate government affairs teams.
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Last updated: 2026-07-29