# Mike Weiland

> Mike Weiland is the co-founder and CEO of Govly, a public-sector procurement software company that grew from tools built for his own contracting operations. His career includes Sierra Nevada Corporation and Alvarez. Based in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, he founded Govly with his brother Nick Weiland and Jon Wright, participated in Y Combinator Summer 2021, and led the company through a $9.5 million Series A announced in November 2023.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Govly
- **Organizations:** Govly, Telescope, Alvarez, Mocana Corporation, Sierra Nevada Corporation, Y Combinator
- **Education:** Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Nevada, Reno, Bachelor of Science in Commerce, Finance, Santa Clara University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Govly with Nick Weiland and Jon Wright., Participated in Y Combinator Summer 2021 with Govly., Led Govly through a $9.5 million Series A announced in November 2023; total disclosed funding then was $13.1 million.

## Career timeline

- **2005-2007** — Co-founded Spark Innovations; describes an early venture in soccer equipment manufacturing.
- **2007-2010** — Corporate Finance Manager at Sierra Nevada Corporation, according to a public capture of his LinkedIn history.
- **2010** — C4N Business Manager at Sierra Nevada Corporation.
- **2010-2013** — Director of Sales Operations at Mocana Corporation.
- **2013-2017** — VP of Operations at Alvarez.
- **2016 (approximately)** — Describes starting his own government contracting business; its internal software later became Govly.
- **2021** — Govly launched as a standalone startup and joined Y Combinator Summer 2021.
- **2023** — Govly announced a $9.5 million Series A led by Insight Partners on November 2.
- **2024** — Listed as principal investigator on Govly’s $1,980,952 Army SBIR Phase II award.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Govly with Nick Weiland and Jon Wright.
- Participated in Y Combinator Summer 2021 with Govly.
- Led Govly through a $9.5 million Series A announced in November 2023; total disclosed funding then was $13.1 million.
- Listed as principal investigator on the Army SBIR award AI Assisted Contract and Procurement Management System, awarded in 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Govly announced its Claude Connector on August 12, giving paid account holders access to federal and SLED market data within Claude.
- **2025-11** — Govly 2.0 launched on November 4 with Agents, Workflows and expanded coverage.
- **2025-06** — Weiland announced that Govly’s assessed Secure Enclave environment covering managed ingestion services had achieved CMMC Level 2 certification.

## Links

- Website: https://www.govly.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeweiland

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