# FiscalNote

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

## Why it 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.

## Profile

- **Stage:** other
- **Status:** public
- **Industries:** enterprise-saas, ai-ml
- **Coverage:** full
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-29

## 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

## Investors in our directory

- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/revolution
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates

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- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/washington-dc-startups-we-cover-2026
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Source: https://venturecapitaltracker.com/startup/fiscalnote