With, which is an end-to-end platform for all city offerings to its communities, announced it raised $10 million in a seed financing round to help local government leaders and their trusted partners make sure any dollar spent on community engagement does not go to waste. The participants in the funding round include Boaz Amiti, Tal Ventures, Iron Nation, Unicorn Technologies, Ariel Maislos, and Yuval Bar Gil, alongside leading gov-tech industry entrepreneurs Zac Bookman, co-founder and CEO at OpenGov and Eyal Feder, co-founder and CEO at Zencity.
This funding round will expand With’s reach in North America and further develop its AI capabilities to support local leaders in creating simple and vibrant community-building initiatives.
Even though millions of dollars are spent annually on community engagement, most local governments do not know their communities’ preferences, interests, or demands. Residents are also left frustrated with no simple way to discover local experiences and events until after they happen, leaving many disconnected from their communities and hindering trust in local authorities—while municipal budgets and efforts are spent pointlessly.
The company offers the simplicity of a unified calendar while also providing local leaders the tools they need to maximize community engagement budgets. And by bringing city and county payments, registrations, and communications to one synchronous platform, municipal staff and trusted partners across departments can create events, publish them, and immediately open a ticketing system.
The company’s AI capabilities and PRM Platform can also proactively suggest events based on resident demand and interest, helping municipal leaders gauge initiative impacts and ROI. And this system enables With to help governments handle community engagement from start to finish while overseeing all economic and community aspects.
Rather than navigating endless social media pages, residents can simply sign up for one event to receive direct, personalized notifications for future programs, ensuring that these initiatives do not go to waste. And With’s community payment engine offers residents an up-to-date and seamless purchasing experience.
The company currently partners with over 100 cities and counties across the US, Canada, and Israel. And ahead of its U.S. launch, With has added more than 20 North American customers over the last few months, with Scottsdale, Ariz. and Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel among its largest partners.
With’s platform has driven substantial growth in partnering cities, with average increases of 315% in event participation, 284% in event creation, and 274% in resident registrations.
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“At With, our mission is to empower city and county leaders globally to build resilient, thriving communities that foster deep, meaningful connections among residents. By equipping local leaders with cutting-edge tools to engage their communities in meaningful and personalized ways, we aim to transform every city and county into a vibrant, dynamic hub where residents feel truly connected and inspired.”
-Adi Perry, CEO and Co-Founder of With
“With’s centralized community calendar is something we’ve been seeking for years. The burden on residents to find out what’s happening in a city in one unified location has always been a challenge we’ve aimed to solve. The absence of a centralized community calendar creates overlapping events for the same audience, leading to wasted resources and efforts by local stakeholders.”
-Kelly Corsette, Communications and Public Affairs Director, City of Scottsdale, Arizona
“Cities spend millions on programs for their residents but struggle to optimize the benefits. The cities we spoke with said that the ‘return on investment’ from With’s platform was obvious to them right away. That was a critical decision point for our decision to invest.”
-Ron Ostroff, Founder and Managing Partner at Tal Ventures
