# Voatz

The Pioneer in Mobile Voting

## Elevator pitch
A mobile elections platform that helps eligible citizens vote in a safe, accessible manner using the convenience of a smartphone or a tablet.

- Canonical URL: https://wefunder.com/voatz
- Entity ID: wefunder:company:100559
- Last updated: 2026-06-21T05:00:31Z
- Generated at: 2026-06-21T17:12:09Z

## Quick facts
- 🤚 2M voters served
- 🤝 90 successful elections (US & International)
- 💰 $2.5M lifetime revenue
- 💸 $11.2M raised from Eldridge, Medici Ventures, Techstars, Urban Innovation Fund, Oakhouse Partners
- 🏆 Techstars Boston Alumni & MassChallenge Boston Gold Winner
- 🌎 32 counties in 5 US States have successfully & securely used Voatz
- ❤️ Early Users include Military Voters, Overseas Citizens, Disabled Voters, First Responders

## Active fundraises
- wefunder:fundraise:53376: 4(a)(6) successful (USD)
- wefunder:fundraise:54088: 4(a)(6) successful (USD)

## Story
📱🗳 Our solution 🗳📱🌎 Our users are global 🌏✨ What our users are saying ✨Here's an op-ed written by a blind voter about our work.🌡🗽 We're committed to Sustainability 🗽🌡🎯 📈 🎉 💵 How we got started 💵 🎉 📈 🎯Read our founding story "The Start of Something" here.🌎 🙏 Join the movement 🙏 🌏Thank you. Please take a moment to read our 2020 Impact Report.

## FAQ
1. **no competition?**
   - Voatz is the first smartphone app and blockchain based voting platform to be used in government elections. We have also pioneered citizen-led public audits. Our platform stands apart by leveraging advancements in smartphone hardware technology, backed by a blockchain-based infrastructure along with remote voter identification and cutting-edge biometrics. As of December 2021, we’ve successfully completed 87 elections in various countries including the US. We do compete globally with the tradit...
2. **Why are you raising money here? Are you not that valuable enough to already be acquired by government?**
   - We serve global clients, and our mission is to make voting more accessible, secure, transparent and auditable. We are raising here on Wefunder because we want to offer citizens around the world a unique opportunity to own preferred voting shares in an elections platform. A citizen owned elections platform can be a game changer in terms of making the democratic processes more trustworthy, transparent and accessible. In many countries including the US, elections are run on platforms built and m...
3. **Can your technology also be applied to other types of voting such as shareholder votes?**
   - Hi Mark - definitely. The hooks for corporate/shareholder proxy voting are already built into the apps/system and we are already pitching to a few prospective clients in that space.
4. **I understand the security features using blockchain. But, by using mobile aren't you losing anonymity of the voter?**
   - Hi Steven, all voter identifying information (including mobile number, IP, PII, etc.) is stripped off during the ballot anonymization process and is not stored along with actual encrypted ballot record.
5. **What's your company's revenue model? How does the company make money? Can you please explain?**
   - Dear Michael, the current model is based on charging a tiered price per voter per election. In addition, there are professional services fees (such as jurisdiction setup, integration with voter registration systems, messaging, enhanced reporting and security monitoring, etc.). The buyers are the EMBs (election management bodies). A similar pricing model applies to our other services such a verified citizen polling, mobile petitioning/signature collection, shareholder voting, etc.

## Team
- Nimit Sawhney (Co-Founder, CEO)
- Jesse Tyler Andrews (Director of Sales & Business Development)
- Linda Hutchinson (Director of Quality Assurance & Certification)
- Simer Sawhney (Co-Founder, Chief Technologist)
- Geoffrey Dickson (Director of Finance)
- Jon Tapper (Director of Communications)

## Q&A
- Q: I understand the security features using blockchain. But, by using mobile aren't you losing anonymity of the voter?
  - A: Hi Steven, all voter identifying information (including mobile number, IP, PII, etc.) is stripped off during the ballot anonymization process and is not stored along with actual encrypted ballot record.
- Q: Can you please provide quarterly update? Thanks.
- Q: What's your company's revenue model? How does the company make money? Can you please explain?
  - A: Dear Michael, the current model is based on charging a tiered price per voter per election. In addition, there are professional services fees (such as jurisdiction setup, integration with voter registration systems, messaging, enhanced reporting and security monitoring, etc.). The buyers are the EMBs (election management bodies). A similar pricing model applies to our other services such a verified citizen polling, mobile petitioning/signature collection, shareholder voting, etc.
- Q: What was the revenue for 2021 and projection for 2022?
- Q: Can your technology also be applied to other types of voting such as shareholder votes?
  - A: Hi Mark - definitely. The hooks for corporate/shareholder proxy voting are already built into the apps/system and we are already pitching to a few prospective clients in that space.
- Q: Why are you raising money here? Are you not that valuable enough to already be acquired by government?
  - A: We serve global clients, and our mission is to make voting more accessible, secure, transparent and auditable. We are raising here on Wefunder because we want to offer citizens around the world a unique opportunity to own preferred voting shares in an elections platform. A citizen owned elections platform can be a game changer in terms of making the democratic processes more trustworthy, transparent and accessible. In many countries including the US, elections are run on platforms built and maintained by private companies. We welcome the opportunity to work with government entities and election management bodies across the world to partner with us to make elections more secure, accessible, transparent and auditable.
- Q: no competition?
  - A: Voatz is the first smartphone app and blockchain based voting platform to be used in government elections. We have also pioneered citizen-led public audits. Our platform stands apart by leveraging advancements in smartphone hardware technology, backed by a blockchain-based infrastructure along with remote voter identification and cutting-edge biometrics. As of December 2021, we’ve successfully completed 87 elections in various countries including the US. We do compete globally with the traditional online voting technology providers such as Smartmatic, Scytl, Indra Sistemas, Dominion, etc. on various bids.