New York City-based GovWell, which uses AI to streamline government processes like permitting and licensing, raised a $25M Series A led by Insight Partners (Chris Metinko/Axios)

<a href="https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2026/05/14/govwell-25m-government-permitting-tech"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260517/i16.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260517/p16#a260517p16" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Chris Metinko / <a href="https://www.axios.com/">Axios</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2026/05/14/govwell-25m-government-permitting-tech">New York City-based GovWell, which uses AI to streamline government processes like permitting and licensing, raised a $25M Series A led by Insight Partners</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; GovWell, a platform for permitting and licensing, raised a $25 million Series A led by Insight Partners, co-founders Ben Cohen and Troy LeCaire tell Axios Pro exclusively.</p>