🏀 Presented to Kevin Durant & Rich Kleiman · 35V · Confidential
County Connect AI is Coming Home to Prince George's.
The only AI-powered platform built exclusively for local government — delivering federal mandate compliance, digital equity, and community impact across 3,144 US counties and 19,000+ cities and municipalities. Our first market is Kevin Durant's hometown. 13 years in the making.
🏆 TEDCO Maryland Innovation Initiative Finalists
📍 Prince George's County, MD · KD's Hometown · Beachhead Market
🤝 Co-Lead Opportunity with Serena Ventures
Melton Turner
Co-Founder & CTO
Community Mgmt · Civic Engagement · Hospitality
Perry Umoh
Co-Founder & CIO
Branding · Media · Operations
3,144
US Counties
19,000+
Cities & Municipalities
$400B+
GovTech Market
967K
PG County Residents
$347M
ARR at 10% Capture
July 4
Federal Deadline 2026
Two Men of Color Co-Founders · Seed Stage · countyconnect.ai
investors@countyconnect.ai · (240) 319-7099
Inviting 35V to Co-Lead
$500K – $2.5M
Alongside Serena Ventures · $5M Seed Round
Confidential — Not for Distribution
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The Team
13 Years. Two Builders. One County to Change First.
County Connect AI was built over 13 years of civic research, real-life community experience, and direct resident feedback — by two Black men who know firsthand what it means when government fails its people.
Melton Turner
Co-Founder & CTO
Melton brings a rare trifecta: community management, civic engagement, and proven entrepreneurship. As founder of a minority-owned community lifestyle management firm, he earned an Inc. 5000 ranking of #771 among the fastest-growing companies in America in 2014. That operator's edge, combined with a decade of resident feedback, became the DNA of County Connect AI.
Perry Umoh
Co-Founder & CIO
Perry's background in branding, media, and distribution powers two critical advantages: an obsession with user experience and the ability to build trust at scale. As founder of Brandcast Media, he secured a groundbreaking 2013 agreement to distribute Nollywood films on North American cable — the first deal of its kind. Earlier, he founded Visage Magazine, earning a formal recognition from Time Inc. in 1996.
"We've spent 13 years making sure that when we walked into a room like this, we had more than a pitch — we had proof." — Perry Umoh & Melton Turner, Co-Founders
13
Years of R&D & Civic Research
TEDCO
MD Innovation Finalists
USPTO
Provisional Patent #64/071,456
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The Personal Connection
Kevin Durant Grew Up in Our First Market.
This isn't a pitch about a county on a map. Prince George's County, Maryland is where Kevin Durant's story began — and County Connect AI's mission is to make sure the next generation growing up there gets the government services they deserve.
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Prince George's County, MD — Kevin Durant's Hometown
KD was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Seat Pleasant and Capitol Heights — both in Prince George's County. He attended National Christian Academy in Fort Washington, PG County. The same county that produced one of the greatest players in NBA history has 967,000 residents still waiting for government services that work. This investment changes that.
Community Impact
The Kids Watching KD Need This
Every young person in Seat Pleasant and Capitol Heights today navigates the same broken permitting, 311, and public works systems. County Connect AI is the infrastructure upgrade their community has always deserved.
Narrative Power
35V's Investing Story Writes Itself
Kevin Durant — PG County's most famous son — backs an AI platform that transforms how PG County government serves its residents. This is not just a financial return story. This is a legacy story.
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The Kaepernick Proof Point — PG County Is Already Saying Yes to AI
In December 2025, Colin Kaepernick launched Lumi Story AI in PG County Public Schools — piloting in 10 schools with plans to expand districtwide. County Executive Aisha Braveboy and Interim Superintendent Dr. Shawn Joseph were on stage at Largo High School for the launch. PG County is actively choosing AI partners who serve their community. County Connect AI is next.
967K
PG County Residents
10
PG Schools Piloting Lumi Story AI
AI-Ready
PG County Open for AI Partners
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The Urgency
Four Federal Orders. One Non-Negotiable Deadline.
The federal government created the single biggest demand-generation event in GovTech history. Counties must comply — or lose funding.
EO 14158 · Jan 2025
DOGE Modernization
Mandates tech modernization at every government level. DOGE enforcement teams reporting directly to the White House.
EO 14179 · Jan 2025
AI Leadership Mandate
Federal funding conditioned on AI-forward digital government workflows across all agencies.
EO 14394 · Mar 2026
Permitting Modernization
Digital, streamlined permitting mandated across every jurisdiction. Paper-based systems are now a compliance violation.
"America by Design" EO (Aug. 2025): All agencies must digitize services. Only 6% of government websites currently meet federal performance standards. Non-compliant counties risk losing federal funding on July 4, 2026.
For PG County specifically: As a majority-Black county in a key federal corridor, PG County is under maximum scrutiny. County Connect AI gets them compliant from day one of deployment.
94%
of Gov Websites Fail Federal Standards
July 4, 2026
Hard Federal Compliance Deadline
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The Problem
PG County Residents Deserve Better Than This.
Prince George's County is one of the wealthiest majority-Black counties in America — yet its residents still navigate paper systems, unanswered calls, and years-long permit backlogs.
311 / Community Relations
Unanswered. Untracked. Unresolved.
Residents report issues that disappear into a void. No digital ticket. No accountability loop. The communities that need the most get the least response.
Permitting (DPIE)
6–12 Month Delays. Paper Everything.
Small business owners — disproportionately people of color — wait up to a year for permits. Dreams are delayed by bureaucracy.
Public Works (DPWT)
No Tracking. No Accountability.
Potholes, broken lights, flooded roads — reported and ignored. No GPS tracking. The neighborhoods that call the most wait the longest.
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The Kevin Durant Question
When KD was growing up in Seat Pleasant, these same systems were broken. If County Connect AI had existed then, his mother wouldn't have waited months for a permit to fix her home. The platform we're building is the one his community needed — and still needs today.
Who Bears the Burden in PG County?
967K residents — majority Black — underserved by their own government
Small business owners losing thousands while permits sit in paper queues
34 county departments operating in silos with zero digital coordination
Federal funding loss risk compounds inequities for the most vulnerable
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The Solution
One Platform. 34 Departments. Every Resident in PG County Served.
County Connect AI is the first end-to-end AI-powered civic operating system — purpose-built over 13 years of research. Federally compliant on day one.
Module 1
🔍 AI Scan & Review Engine
AI instantly analyzes permit applications — cutting 6–12 month cycles to days. Fair, bias-free, instant feedback for every small business owner in PG County.
Module 2
🧠 Adaptive AI Learning
The platform learns from every interaction. Predicts service demand. Surfaces issues before they become crises.
Module 3
🚧 DPWT Real-Time Tracking
Uber-style GPS tracking for every Public Works vehicle. Photo proof on completion. Automated SLA alerts for overdue tickets.
Community Impact
311 AI-Powered Community Hub
Every resident inquiry tracked, routed, and resolved. Multilingual support. Full accountability loop — no more calls disappearing into the void.
Compliance Engine
Federal Mandate Dashboard
Real-time compliance scoring against all 4 federal EOs. Automated reporting. Protects PG County's federal funding from day one.
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Competitive Landscape
Every Competitor Solves One Piece. County Connect AI Solves the Whole County.
The GovTech space is fragmented. Legacy players focus on single departments, large cities, or enterprise IT — not the underserved county-level governments that need the most help. Here's how we compare.
Capability
County Connect AI
Salesforce Gov Cloud
Tyler Technologies
Granicus
CivicPlus
Permit.io / OpenGov
Built for County Govts
✔ Core Focus
✘ Enterprise
◑ Partial
◑ Partial
◑ Partial
✘ Permitting Only
AI-Native Platform
✔ Built-In AI
◑ Add-On
✘ Legacy
✘ No
✘ No
◑ Limited
Cross-Dept Integration
✔ 34 Depts
◑ Custom Build
◑ Siloed
✘ No
✘ No
✘ No
Federal EO Compliance
✔ Day-One Ready
◑ DIY
◑ Partial
✘ No
✘ No
✘ No
Community / 311 Hub
✔ AI-Powered
✘ No
◑ Basic
✔ Partial
✔ Partial
✘ No
GPS/Real-Time Field Ops
✔ Included
✘ No
✘ No
✘ No
✘ No
✘ No
Equity & Underserved Focus
✔ Mission-Core
✘ No
✘ No
✘ No
✘ No
✘ No
Affordable for Counties
✔ $45K–$250K/yr
✘ $500K–$5M+
◑ High
◑ Mid
◑ Mid
◑ Mid
The core insight: Salesforce Government Cloud and Tyler Technologies dominate large city and state contracts — budgets of $500K–$5M+. They have structurally ignored the 3,144 US counties and 19,000+ municipalities that can't afford them, don't have IT teams, and need AI compliance help NOW. That's County Connect AI's entire market.
Why Incumbents Can't Catch Up
Legacy Architecture = Compliance Liability
Tyler Technologies and Granicus run on decade-old codebases that require expensive custom integrations for every new federal mandate. County Connect AI is AI-native from the ground up — compliance updates ship to all counties simultaneously.
Why Startups Can't Compete Either
13 Years of Civic DNA Is the Moat
New entrants like Permit.io solve one workflow and stop. County Connect AI took 13 years to map every workflow across 34 departments. That institutional knowledge — combined with a USPTO patent — is nearly impossible to replicate quickly.
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Investor Alignment
County Connect AI Is the 35V Thesis in Action.
35V backs visionary founders at the intersection of culture, community, and commerce. County Connect AI sits at that exact intersection — with a federal mandate as the tailwind.
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Investing in Home — Literally
Prince George's County is the beachhead market and Kevin Durant's hometown. This is not just a financial bet on GovTech — it's a direct investment in the community that helped shape one of the greatest athletes in history.
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35V Is Already All-In on PG County
Rich Kleiman and KD aren't newcomers here. In April 2026, 35V purchased the former Six Flags America — a 515-acre site in PG County — with Kleiman stating: "We have been invested in the Prince George's County community for many years, and to be able to build something that combines scale with real impact was an opportunity we couldn't pass up." Kleiman also serves as Executive Director of the Kevin Durant Charity Foundation, overseeing the Durant Center in PG County — a state-of-the-art educational and leadership facility serving low-income students. County Connect AI is the natural next investment in that same mission.
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Community-First Platform with Real Business Fundamentals
County Connect AI improves life for 967K PG County residents. That's enterprise GovTech with a $400B market and federal mandate behind it.
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Backing Underrepresented Founders Who Did the Work
Turner and Umoh are two Black men who spent 13 years building something real. Not a pivot. Not a trend-chaser. Thirteen years of research, civic engagement, and lived experience.
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Massive Market. Non-Discretionary Demand. Federal Mandate.
Every county in America must buy a solution like County Connect AI by July 4, 2026 — or lose federal funding. This demand is mandated by law.
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Co-Leading with Serena Ventures
Two of the most culturally significant investor brands in America co-leading a seed round for two Black founders building for Black communities. The symbolism is as powerful as the return potential.
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Market Opportunity
$400B+ Market. Starting One County at a Time.
Four federal executive orders made GovTech an urgent, non-discretionary purchase for every county in America.
$400B+
Total GovTech Market (TAM)
$11B
County Digital Services (SAM)
$347M
ARR at 10% County Capture (SOM)
Phase 1 — PG County & Maryland
Maryland's 23 counties plus Baltimore City create a $2.5M+ ARR opportunity in the home state alone. TEDCO relationships and founder credibility accelerate procurement.
Phase 2 — National Expansion
3,144 US counties. 19,000+ municipalities. Average contract value $110K/year. At 10% county capture: $347M ARR. At 25%: $868M ARR.
The 35V angle: Every majority-Black county watching PG's transformation becomes a warm inbound lead. The homecoming story scales nationally.
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Business Model
Recurring Government Revenue. 5-Year Contracts. Near-Zero Churn.
Government contracts are multi-year, budget-line items. Once embedded in 34 departments, County Connect AI becomes critical infrastructure.
Tier
County Size
Annual Contract
Modules
Support
Starter
Under 50K residents
$45K/yr
Core 3
Standard
Growth
50K–250K residents
$110K/yr
All Modules
Priority
Enterprise
250K+ residents (e.g. PG)
$250K+/yr
Full Suite + Custom
Dedicated CSM
All tiers: annual contracts · SaaS · federal compliance updates included · USPTO Patent Pending
$250K+
PG County Contract Value
90%+
Expected Gross Margin
5+ Yr
Avg Government Contract
Revenue moat: Once County Connect AI is embedded in 34 departments, it becomes civic infrastructure — driving LTV multiples far above typical SaaS benchmarks.
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Go-To-Market
Land PG County. Let Kevin's Story Do the Rest.
A beachhead-first strategy starting in the founders' home county — and Kevin Durant's hometown — before expanding across Maryland and nationally.
1
Prince George's County, MD — The Homecoming
967K residents. Majority Black. The perfect reference customer. KD's investment in his hometown's infrastructure is a front-page narrative. Target: signed pilot within 6 months of close.
2
Maryland Counties — The Domino Effect
Maryland's 23 counties share the same federal compliance pressures. The PG County case study and 35V/Serena Ventures backing creates instant credibility. Target: 5 Maryland counties by month 18.
3
Mid-Atlantic + National Black County Caucus
DC Metro counties, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania. Partnerships with NACo and Black county networks accelerate pipeline. Target: 15 counties by Year 2.
4
National Rollout — 3,144 Counties & 19,000+ Municipalities
The PG County story becomes a national recruiting tool. Every majority-Black and majority-Latino county watching PG's transformation is a warm lead. Target: 100+ counties by end of Year 3.
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The Co-Lead Opportunity
35V + Serena Ventures. Two Icons. One Mission.
We are inviting two of the most culturally powerful investor brands in America to co-lead the seed round that transforms how government serves communities of color.
35V
Kevin Durant & Rich Kleiman
$500K – $2.5M · Co-Lead
+
Serena Ventures
Serena Williams
$500K – $2.5M · Co-Lead
=
$5M
Seed Round Closed
+ Strategic Co-Investors
Why Co-Leading Matters
Network Effects Are Exponential
35V and Serena Ventures bring different but complementary networks. Together they open doors no single investor could.
The Signal to the Market
When These Two Co-Lead, Everyone Listens
35V + Serena Ventures co-leading a GovTech seed round for two Black founders cuts through every procurement committee in America.
"Two of the greatest athletes in history, both investing in a platform that serves the communities they came from. That's not just a press release — that's a movement."
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Intellectual Property
Your Investment Is Protected. USPTO Provisional Patent Filed.
County Connect AI has filed a provisional patent with the USPTO, securing a 12-month priority window and legally recognized date of invention.
USPTO Filing
Provisional Patent Application
Our core AI-powered civic operating system is protected under an active provisional patent filing.
Application Details
Filing OfficeUS Patent & Trademark Office
Application TypeProvisional Patent
Application ##64/071,456
What This Means for 35V
Priority Date Legally Established
No competitor can claim prior art from this point forward. Your capital is backed by a defensible IP position from day one.
12-Month Priority Window
Full Utility Patent in Progress
Seed funding accelerates the full non-provisional utility patent filing. We are building a patent portfolio, not just a product. This increases valuation ahead of Series A.
#64/071,456
USPTO Application Number
Provisional
Patent Application Filed
12-Mo
Priority Window Active
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The Ask
$500K–$2.5M from 35V. Invest in Home.
We are raising a $5M seed round. We are inviting 35V to co-lead alongside Serena Ventures — and to make history as the investors who brought government equity to Prince George's County.
Use of Funds
40%
Product & Engineering
25%
Sales & Government Relations
20%
Marketing & Community Impact
15%
Operations, Legal & IP
What 35V Gets
Equity stake in a federally mandated, $400B+ GovTech market
First mover advantage — de facto civic OS for America's counties
Legacy impact — KD invests in his own hometown's transformation
Co-lead position alongside Serena Ventures
Board/advisory role shaping platform direction
Narrative ownership — two champions investing in their communities
The Bottom Line
"Kevin Durant left Prince George's County and became one of the greatest of all time. Now he has the chance to invest in a platform that makes sure the next kid growing up in Seat Pleasant has a government that actually works for them. That's legacy. That's 35V."
— Perry Umoh & Melton Turner, Co-Founders, County Connect AI
