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zentarailabs.com  ·  Seed Round 2026

$750K Pre-Seed  ·  2026  ·  Zentarai Labs

Nova Gov

The AI operating system for Barangays, Municipalities, and Provinces — and the developing world after them.

zentarailabs.com  ·  novagov.ph

1,632 LGUs · addressable
$36.8B infrastructure gap
17 AI-powered modules
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1,632
LGUs · Philippines
The Problem

Philippine LGUs are
governing blind.

31,258
Road crashes in 2024
No AI crash prediction. Hotspot analysis is still done manually when it happens at all.
1.65M
Crimes per year
No predictive policing infrastructure. PNP resources are reactive, never pre-positioned using pattern intelligence.
4.5M
Families in substandard housing
Informal settler communities remain unmapped. Relocation programs run on outdated census data years behind reality.
$754M
Wasted annually
Budget misallocation from manual planning with no optimization layer. Zero AI in the procurement cycle.

"Most LGUs still use spreadsheets and printed flood maps for disaster risk reduction technology that is a decade behind where it needs to be."

DILG 2024 LGU Capacity Assessment Report
The Solution

One platform.
Every tier. Every crisis.

NAMRIA PAGASA OCD
Disaster Risk & Flood Mapping
PNP-HPG DPWH LTO
Crash Hotspot Prediction
PNP DILG BJMP
Predictive Crime Prevention
DHSUD NHA DSWD
ISF & Housing Intelligence
DILG OCD NDRRMC
Inter-Barangay Emergency Network
COA DILG DBM
Provincial Governance Transparency
🔒 Moat Native Filipino AI agents · 3-tier governance stack: Barangay → Municipality → Province · Pre-integrated with 17 PH government data feeds · DICT & DILG partnerships · Offline-capable field operations
NAMRIAPSAPAGASA PHIVOLCSPNPDPWH DepEdDILGDHSUD NHADSWDDOH MGBNEDACOAPhilSys
Platform

Search any LGU.
AI does the rest.

01
Search

Type any city, municipality, or province. Nova Gov instantly retrieves current geospatial and statistical data from national sources for that jurisdiction — no setup required.

02
Analyze

17 AI-powered modules cross-reference data from NAMRIA, PSA, PNP, PAGASA, OCD, DILG, and COA — surfacing risks, gaps, and governance failures in seconds.

03
Act

Export PDRRMP-compliant reports, generate BAC procurement documents, and produce council briefings instantly — all in real time.

No training required. Built for every level of government — from the Provincial Governor reviewing the league table, to the Barangay Captain logging a public project.
Municipalities (4th–6th)
$350 /mo
₱20K/mo
Cities (1st–3rd class)
$1,750 /mo
₱100K/mo
Provinces (82 total)
$2,630 /mo
₱150K/mo
Highly Urbanized Cities
$5,260 /mo
₱300K/mo
Business Model

Recurring government
contracts. High retention.

Revenue Streams
65%
Annual SaaS Subscriptions
Tiered by LGU income class · $350–$5,260/mo · auto-renewing
20%
Implementation & Onboarding
2–4 week deployment · data integration · staff training
10%
Grant-Funded Deployments
World Bank, ADB, DEPDev channels · full cost recovery
5%
API & Data Licensing
NGOs, academic institutions, national agencies
Unit Economics
Average Contract Value
$10.5K ARR
Per LGU · blended avg across income classes
Customer Acquisition Cost
~$2,100
Gov't sales cycle · est. 60–90 days
LTV / CAC Ratio
15×
Based on 3-year avg contract tenure
Government contracts structurally renew. Once data integrations are live and staff trained, switching cost is prohibitive LGU churn projected at <5%.
Market Opportunity

$36.8B in annual government spending.
Little AI penetration.

$1.4B
Addressable annual savings if all 1,632 LGUs adopt Nova Gov
SAM Serviceable Market
$14M ARR
1,632 LGUs + 82 provinces. Tiered $350–$5,260/month by income class.
TAM Total Addressable
$8.4B by 2028
ASEAN govtech market growing at 14% CAGR. Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam are primary expansion markets.
Beachhead Year 1
40 LGUs
Concentrated in Bicol Region and BARMM high disaster risk, active DILG engagement, established relationships.
Why Now
  • 🏛 DICT Digital Philippines 2030 gov mandate for LGU digitization
  • 💰 World Bank & ADB funding $3.2B+ for smart city infra
  • 🤖 LLMs now powerful enough for real-time government analysis
  • 📋 SGLG compliance pressure hitting all 1,632 LGUs simultaneously
  • 🏘 PhilSys integration + RA 11032 (Ease of Doing Business) driving demand for barangay-level digital service windows
Comparable Companies
  • Western gov-AI leader $65B market cap · serves US/EU governments only
  • Tyler Technologies $22B · GovTech SaaS for US cities only
  • Nova Gov first mover across 1,600+ Philippine LGUs — the emerging-market equivalent neither incumbent can build
Year 1 Target
$420K ARR
40 LGUs signed
Year 2 Target
$1.7M ARR
200 LGUs + 20 provinces
Year 3 Target
$6.3M ARR
500+ LGUs · Series A raised
Exit thesis:  Tyler Technologies trades at 12× ARR. At $6.3M ARR (Year 3), that’s $75M+. Full ASEAN deployment pushes acquisition target to $500M–$1B by Year 5.
Status & Pipeline

Platform built.
Pilots next.

Pre-Revenue · Q2 2026
Full barangay-to-province stack ready for first pilot deployment

The LGU platform — Barangay Ops, Municipal Dashboard, Provincial League Table — is built and live at novagov.ph. We have 17 AI-powered modules pulling from NAMRIA, PSA, PAGASA, OCD, DILG, and COA. Every feature in the demo runs against a real backend: SLA escalation, instant emergency alerts, DPA RA 10173 compliant data handling, offline-capable operations, push notifications. Outreach pipeline: 706 LGU contacts assembled, first formal bid submitted to BPDA (Bangsamoro Planning & Development Authority, ₱6.6M GIS contract, Apr 2026). Founding-Partner program offering free Year 1 to first 5 LGUs. We are not building a dashboard — we are building the operating layer for how government actually works.

3-tier Stack
Barangay Ops · Municipal Dashboard · Provincial League Table — all built, deployed at novagov.ph
706 LGUs
Outreach pipeline assembled · campaign launching Q2 2026
2–4 weeks
Target onboarding time per LGU (no on-prem install — pure SaaS)
$84K ARR
Year-1 target on first 10 paying LGUs · ₱400K/yr per LGU
706 LGUs in outreach campaign · 3-tier stack built and live · Series A target: 40 LGUs signed
Team

Built by people who
understand government.

LL
Landon Little
CEO & Founder
Product vision, government partnerships & LGU market strategy. Led Naga City deployment first AI-powered LGU in the Philippines. Building the AI standard for ASEAN government.
JB
Joseph Borja
CTO · Zentarai Labs
Technical architecture, AI infrastructure & product engineering. Owns the full stack — backend, ML pipelines, and LGU system integrations.
Strategic Advisors
  • 🏛  Former DILG senior official
  • 📡  DICT Digital Philippines desk
  • 🌏  World Bank smart cities advisor
  • + 2 advisor seats open for lead investors
Unfair Advantage
Live production deployment at Naga City gives us data, government trust, and a reference customer that no competitor can replicate from scratch.
Investor Opportunity
Lead investor receives board advisory seat + co-marketing with DILG partnerships. Pre-seed closes at 5–10 paying LGUs, then Seed Round targets $2M–$3M in 2027.
Pre-Seed · 2026

Raising $750K USD
₱42.75M indicative @ ~₱57/USD

to govern the world's developing nations with AI.

★ Phase 1 · Now Yr 1–2
Philippines
Total addressable market: 1,632 LGUs · All 17 regions · 3 governance tiers · Pursuing DICT & DILG partnerships · Platform delivers offline-capable field operations, barangay emergency coordination, and provincial oversight — built and ready for pilot deployment
5–10 first paying LGUs (Yr 1) $14M ARR potential @ scale 3-tier stack built
Phase 2 · Yr 2–4
Southeast Asia
Indonesia · Vietnam · Cambodia · Myanmar
Phase 3 · Yr 4–6
South America
Brazil · Colombia · Peru · Ecuador
Phase 4 · Yr 6–10
Africa
Nigeria · Kenya · Ghana · Rwanda
Use of Funds $750K USD
35%
LGU Sales & First 5–10 Paying Deployments
On-the-ground BD, pilot support, LGU onboarding
30%
Engineering & Platform Stability
Scale 17 AI agents · harden infra · PostgreSQL migration
20%
Operations & Founder Runway
Salaries, infra hosting, finance & admin
15%
Data, Compliance & Legal
SEC · NPC · DICT accreditation
20%
Operations & Core Team
Salaries, infra hosting, finance & admin
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