Announcing Higher Ground Labs’ Investment in Community
Higher Ground Labs, the leading accelerator and venture fund for Democratic political technology, has invested in Community, an innovative text messaging platform that empowers campaigns, brands, nonprofits, and public figures to authentically connect with their supporters and customers at scale. As the Covid-19 pandemic escalated our collective sense of loneliness and accelerated our shift to […]
Announcing The Good Catch: a security bug bounty program
Higher Ground Labs, in partnership with Trestle Collaborative and Zinc Collective, is excited to announce The Good Catch — a security bug bounty program for 2022 campaigns, and we want YOU to join the effort! In recent years, security has been at the top of mind for political campaigns. We’ve seen a number of targeted […]
2021 Political Tech Landscape Report
This is Higher Ground Labs’ 2021 update to our Political Tech Landscape Report. This report comes at a challenging time for our democracy. Disinformation, polarization, military aggression, and the enduring pandemic continue to shake the fabric of our civic life. With this backdrop, our community has swung into action. In 2021, we saw significant activity […]
Announcing our Cohort 5 Companies
2022 is a unique moment for America. Higher Ground Labs is proud to introduce you to ten companies who are ready to meet it. Our new Cohort 5 founders hail from every region of the US as well as the UK and Europe. They are Forbes 30 Under 30 laureates, serial tech entrepreneurs, top Democratic […]
2022 Tech Stack Samples
The 2022 midterms are shaping up to be another electoral battle for the soul of our nation. With so much at stake, every race in every state matters. Democrats need to run the most strategic, effective campaigns we can to have a chance at keeping our majority. Cutting edge technology can make this possible for […]
What Could Web3 Mean for Progressive Politics?
An interview with HGL Web3 Fellow Russell Mindich We sat down with HGL’s Web3 Fellow, Russell Mindich, to discuss how emerging technologies and trends in the Web3 space can be applied to the progressive political ecosystem. Why should the progressive political space care about Web3? Throughout the past year, Web3 technologies (Cryptocurrencies, Non-Fungible Tokens, and […]