the unrelated foundation see opengov foundation . opengov type privately held company founded 2012 founder zachary bookman mike rosengarten joe lonsdale nate levine dakin sloss headquarters redwood city california products transparency reporting and business intelligence number of employees 105 website opengov.com opengov is a silicon valley technology company that offers a web based financial visualization software for state and local governments . the company focuses on making government budget and financial data accessible by modeling and presenting it in a user friendly and interactive manner . contents 1 history 2 products 3 customers 4 advisors 5 funding 6 see also 7 references history edit opengov was founded in 2012 by zachary bookman nate levine dakin sloss mike rosengarten and joe lonsdale . the company s founders and several advisors met while working with california common sense 1 a non profit non partisan organization which advocates open data and open government principles . until 2013 the company was known as delphi solutions . products edit opengov s main product is an advanced financial reporting engine that displays an individual government s annual financial data including its revenues and expenditures by fund department and type of account . governments can also subscribe for quarterly and current year to date reporting use the same platform to display quarterly and monthly data respectively with added features such as budget variance . 2 users can view the data in a variety of interactive graphs and tables as well as download or share the data through email or social media . according to the company s website the platform complements traditional accounting and enterprise resource planning systems by providing user friendly access to data . 3 unlike such systems transparency is meant for use by both government officials and members of the public . customers edit as of march 2016 opengov serves over 900 government entities 4 including state agencies city governments school districts and other special purpose districts in 44 states . the city of palo alto was opengov s first customer 5 following a collaboration between the city and employees from nonprofit california common sense to launch a comprehensive open data platform . 6 following the city of bell scandal involving the misappropriation of city funds the bell city government began using opengov in october 2013 as part of a larger initiative to rebuild trust between the city and residents . 7 advisors edit opengov is advised by experts from the technology financial and public service sectors . 8 examples include adrian fenty mayor of washington d.c. from 2007 to 2011 mark goines senior vp at intuit and on the board of mint.com pete peterson executive director of the davenport institute george shultz u.s. secretary of the treasury from 1972 to 1974 charles songhurst former head of corporate strategy at microsoft bill statler director of finance & technology at city of san luis obispo from 1988 to 2010 tim tully chief data architect yahoo lawrence h. summers former u.s. treasury secretary funding edit opengov has raised 7 million from venture capital and angel investors . 9 a 3 million series a round in 2012 included venture funds formation 8 founders fund angel valiant capital and a number of high profile angel investors . 10 in 2013 the company raised 4 million in further investment from formation 8 and new investor thrive capital . 10 on may 15 2014 opengov announced a fresh 15 million series b round of funding 11 including an investment from andreessen horowitz . 12 see also edit accountability e democracy e government freedom of information legislation local government public trust open government data references edit cacs team . california common sense . retrieved january 8 2014 . with palo alto on board opengov aims for transparency in dozens more city governments . the wall street journal venture capital beat . july 11 2013 . retrieved january 8 2014 . opengov home page . opengov . retrieved january 8 2014 . opengov home page . opengov . retrieved september 1 2015 . delphi builds data tool for palo alto . silicon valley business journal . october 5 2011 . retrieved january 8 2014 . city of palo alto continues open government push with launch of open budget . highbeam research . september 21 2012 . retrieved january 8 2014 . city of bell launches financial visualization platform cloud based opengov platform enables bell to build trust by inviting residents to explore city financial data . prnewswire . october 29 2013 . retrieved january 8 2014 . opengov advisors . opengov . retrieved january 9 2014 . company profile opengov . crunchbase . retrieved january 8 2014 . a b opengov receives 4m for transparency software . siliconangle . july 3 2013 . retrieved january 8 2014 . by tom cheredar venture beat . opengov has another 15m to show how governments spend your money . may 15 2014 . retrieved may 16 2014 . by 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