Alicia J. Keyes Co-founded Apaluma Scores $5.55M in Seed Funding

The company plans to use the funding to expand its operations and continue developing its products and technology.

Government agencies manage important public records such as permits, regulations, and environmental data. However, much of this information is stored in PDFs, scanned documents, and disconnected databases, making it difficult to search and use.

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Apaluma brings these records together into one connected platform. It makes the data searchable, secure, and linked to real-world locations while following each agency's rules. The platform helps analysts, scientists, and regulators quickly find the information they need, reducing work that once took weeks to just hours.

"With Apaluma, every record — from filing to enforcement — lives in one connected system," said Apaluma founder and CEO Alicia J. Keyes. "That unification expedites permitting, speeds up FOIA requests, streamlines agency operations, and makes the regulatory life cycle of a location coherent and actionable."

"We invest in founders who understand a problem from the inside," said Gabby Contro of Crosslink Capital. "Alicia ran economic development for the state of New Mexico. She has sat at the nexus of sustainability and development. That firsthand insight is what convinced us that Apaluma can solve this long-fragmented problem for regulators and businesses."

About Apaluma

Founded by Alicia J. Keyes, Apaluma is an AI-powered data platform that helps digitize and organize government records, with a focus on environmental data related to air, water, energy, and waste. The company builds APIs that developers, businesses, and government agencies can use to access this data. Using AI and machine learning, Apaluma standardizes information from different sources and turns it into useful insights.

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