Why Sell to the Biggest Customer in the Country?
The government needs emerging tech. In the past, agencies have been hesitant to adopt emerging tech solutions due to concerns over risk, IP, and lack of internal support or infrastructure. But emerging tech has an important role to play in the government. Implementing readily available commercial tech can save time, money, and risk and ensure […]
Why Dcode Started An Investment Network
by Meagan Metzger, Dcode CEO After months in stealth mode, we’re sharing our investment network Dcode Capital with our community of government leaders, emerging tech companies, industry partners, and venture capital friends — who are all in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. The government is rushing to respond to the pandemic and make telework secure during […]
Dcode Alumni Companies Helping the Government Respond to Covid-19
The coronavirus has caused a lot of uncertainty, and the government is tapping into every resource it can to best serve the public. From working with agencies to improving cyber posture to detecting outbreaks and identifying patterns, Dcode alumni are making sure their tech is helping the government. These companies are using their tech to […]
VCs: Is Your Portfolio Right for the Federal Market?
Any good venture capital portfolio strategy is diversified. Whether that is in the form of industries, markets, stages, time, or another factor — diversifying is important to success. If VCs could see into the future, there would be no need to diversify. They would simply invest all their funds into one company guaranteed to be […]
What Management Needs to Know About AI
Management and leadership in government organizations and program offices realize the need to use AI but feel there are too many barriers — and that the end result won’t be worth the circus of jumping through hoops. Through our extensive work with federal agencies, we’ve seen firsthand what management needs to implement AI successfully. Government […]
Meet Dcode’s 2020 AI and Big Data Companies
As our first 2020 accelerator cohort kicks off, we are excited to announce 12 artificial intelligence (AI) and big data companies are participating in our acceleration program to kick start their entry into the federal market. AI is a hot topic for the government. From an investment perspective, there is a deep bench of companies […]
Pushing Beyond Process for Government Innovation
Some say the most powerful force in government is inertia. An object in motion stays in motion, and an object at rest stays at rest. The status quo in the government is so sticky, many parts of the government’s bureaucracy thrive in the predictability. The systems and processes that exist have multiplied because there is […]
Amp Human Can Help Tactical Athletes Achieve Peak Performance
Athletes suffer through the gastrointestinal distress that ingesting bicarb, a natural electrolyte, causes to reap performance benefits of increased endurance and less muscle fatigue. Enter Amp Human. In the words of Amp Human’s founders, its product gives the human body what it needs to be in its best state by delivering substances through the skin. […]
New Year, Same Mission
Some see 2019 as an ending. As the year comes to a close, so does a decade. But at Dcode, 2019 was a year of new beginnings and big wins! If you’ve taken a look at our website this fall, you’ll have noticed that we’re ending 2019 with a new look to reflect our team […]
Increasing Government Innovation Through GovReady
Compliance protocols are key components of cybersecurity and information security companies and are essential to their development and credibility. Although compliance processes are necessary for all organizations across industries, the process remains arduous, expensive, and time consuming. GovReady solves this problem, providing a platform to accelerate and automate the compliance process. GovReady is a public […]
