Our mission is personal for us. Ben Cohen, Co-Founder and CTO, grew up helping his father — a general contractor — to apply for hundreds of construction permits. Ben’s frustrating experiences navigating clunky portals inspired him to build better solutions for the millions of tradespeople whose livelihoods depend on getting permits fast. Prior to founding GovWell, Ben worked for Uber and Amazon as a Software Engineer, and earned his AB in Computer Science summa cum laude from Princeton.

Troy LeCaire, Co-Founder and CEO, was previously the first employee and Chief of Staff at RippleMatch, a software startup, helping it grow to 120 employees and a $200 million valuation. Prior to that, he worked for two U.S. senators from his home state of Wisconsin. He believes passionately that taxpayers deserve effective, transparent government and that technology is critical to achieving this goal. Troy earned his BA in Government magna cum laude from Cornell and studied political philosophy in graduate school before dropping out to start GovWell.

GovWell replaces legacy software for municipalities and counties, empowering public servants to radically streamline public services and cut internal processing time for permits & licenses by up to 90%.

Founded in 2023, GovWell powers 5,000+ mission-critical processes for agencies in 30+ states serving millions of residents. We've raised $10M in seed funding from Work-Bench and Bienville Capital, and work in person at our HQ in New York City.

Achieving great things requires small teams of exceptional people. We only hire people who are among the top 1% at what they do, and we hold each other to this same standard.