Kaizen (Kaizen Labs)

Headquarters

New York, NY

Founded

2023

Employees

Undisclosed

Total funding

$35M ($11M seed; $21M Series A, Oct 2025)

Stage

Series A

Status

active

Domains

GovTech / civic commerce platforms, Compliance software, Counter-UAS marketplace

Website

www.kaizenlabs.co

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• ContractCounter-UAS (c-UAS) Marketplace Development Contract$15M JIATF-401 prototype OTA awarded to Kaizen to build and operate a centralized online marketplace for pre-screened buyers to discover, compare, and purchase counter-drone systems.

• ProgramJIATF-401 Domestic ShieldDoD-led counter-UAS initiative defending U.S. military installations, borders, and critical infrastructure from drone threats; stood up 2025 in place of the Joint Counter-small UAS Office.

What does Kaizen (Kaizen Labs) do?

Kaizen Labs is a New York-based govtech/civic-tech startup co-founded around 2023 by CEO Nikhil Reddy (an early engineer at Anduril Industries) and KJ Shah (previously chief of staff and head of finance at Flockjay). It originally built a commerce/compliance platform to modernize municipal 'resident services' (parks & recreation, DMVs, licenses, utility billing, courts, passport renewals), replacing legacy government software with an e-commerce-style experience. The company has raised $35M total: an $11M seed round co-led by Accel and Andreessen Horowitz's American Dynamism practice, followed by a $21M Series A in October 2025 led by NEA with participation from 776, Accel, a16z, and Carpenter Capital. In May 2026, Kaizen was awarded a $15M prototype Other Transaction Agreement by Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401) to build and operate a Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (c-UAS) Marketplace — an online catalogue letting pre-screened military, law-enforcement, and allied-partner buyers discover, evaluate, and purchase drone-defense systems. Kaizen built and deployed the marketplace from scratch in under nine weeks, running on its Taproot library of compliance-engineered building blocks and Blacksmith AI configuration tool.

Where is Kaizen (Kaizen Labs) headquartered?

Kaizen (Kaizen Labs) is headquartered in New York, NY and was founded in 2023.

How much funding has Kaizen (Kaizen Labs) raised?

Kaizen (Kaizen Labs) has raised $35M ($11M seed; $21M Series A, Oct 2025) in disclosed funding.

What does Kaizen (Kaizen Labs) specialize in?

Kaizen (Kaizen Labs) works across GovTech / civic commerce platforms, Compliance software, Counter-UAS marketplace.

Does Kaizen (Kaizen Labs) hold government contracts?

Defense Tech Atlas links Kaizen (Kaizen Labs) to 1 government contract and 1 program.

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