CitizenLab
CitizenLab is a Brussels-based civic tech company that works with 300+ local governments across nine countries around the world that aims to digitalize governance and make decision-making more effective, transparent, collaborative, and data-driven. History. CitizenLab was founded in September 2015 by three young entrepreneurs, Wietse Van Ransbeeck, Aline Muylaert, and Koen Gremmelprez. CitizenLab has provided platforms in Belgium, Netherlands, France, Germany, Denmark, United Kingdom, Norway, Canada, the United States and Chile. Platform. The goal of the CitizenLab platform is to facilitate civic engagement through a two-way, digital platform. The platform is a cloud-based  software as a service (SaaS) that empowers citizens to take part in the decision-making process along with allowing governments to collect data and opinions in an easier and more organized manner. The front end of the CitizenLab platform has participation features such as participatory budgeting, survey and polling, idea collection and voting, and citizen initiatives. The back end of the platform allows local governments to gather and manage citizen data efficiently, facilitating educated decision-making based on the wants and needs of the citizens. In the spring of 2019, CitizenLab raised two million euros in order to aid the  company's expansion into international markets along with broadening their impact. Investors include: Inventures and finance.brussels funds, the ING bank and the IT group Cipal-Schaubroeck. In May 2019, CitizenLab took part in a Nesta experiment where six cities were sponsored to use the CitizenLab platform in order to explore the if technology can, indeed, increase government efficiency and transparency.