Web3 Overview: Definitions, and Resources for Continued Learning
This year, HGL committed to diving deeper into Web3. Our goal is to help educate the political technology community about Web3 and start to predict if and how it might change our work in the years to come. We reference this commitment in our 2022 investment theses. As one of the first steps in this […]
Building Campaign Tech for Early Adoption
This blog post was written by Matt Hodges. Prior to joining Zinc Collective as the Head of Technology, Matt Hodges spent more than ten years blending Technology and Democratic politics. Matt was the Engineering Director for Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign and built software for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign. Building a political tech startup is uniquely […]
Campaign Tech: We’re Not in (Brick-And-Mortar) Kansas Anymore, Democrats
2020 changed everything. We no longer live in a brick-and-mortar world. It’s a challenge campaigns had to solve for last November. It’s a reality campaigns from now on should exploit.
Introducing Vin
We sat down with our new Vice President of Investments, Vin Morada, to ask some questions about what led him to HGL. We can’t wait for you to meet him. Prior to joining HGL, Vin worked in investing and banking roles at Wells Fargo and Merrill Lynch respectively. He also worked at Microsoft as a […]
Data Integrations for Political Tech Startups
From Bluelink, a member of Cohort 4. Here at Bluelink, we build data integrations for Democratic campaigns and organizations. After launching hundreds of pipelines for the 2020 election cycle and beyond, we’ve learned a lot about what it takes to build a good data integration. If you’re a political tech startup looking to enable integrations […]
Meet Irene and Preston
Bluelink lets non-technical users easily set up data flows between tools so their campaigns and groups can automatically run processes — like registering voters or thanking donors — saving time and money for strategic work while using context to improve the voter/supporter experience. For software teams, Bluelink reduces integration costs so they can focus on […]