Built by Someone Who's Been There
20+ years of municipal software experience, distilled into a platform that actually works the way building departments need it to.
Our Story
Civaptic was founded by a 20-year veteran of municipal software with experience spanning companies like CentralSquare, MUNIvers, and Streetlogix. That career revealed a persistent gap in the market: municipalities were choosing between platforms that hadn't kept pace with modern expectations and enterprise solutions that took years to implement.
Civaptic exists because local government deserves better. A modern, intelligent permitting platform that works the way your building department actually works, and adapts when things change.
Our Mission
To give every municipality, from small towns to mid-sized cities, access to intelligent, modern permitting software that reduces turnaround times, cuts implementation costs, and lets staff focus on serving their community.
Our Values
Municipal-First
Every feature is designed for how building departments actually work. We speak your language: permit types, deficiency notices, inspection prerequisites, fee schedules.
Configurable, Not Custom
Your municipality is unique, but you shouldn't need a consulting engagement to rename a field. Configuration is built into the platform.
Intelligence Built In
AI isn't a marketing checkbox. It's embedded in routing, compliance checking, and workflow optimization.
Transparency
Open pricing. Honest timelines. If a feature isn't built yet, we'll tell you.
Leadership
Jason Matthews
Founder & CEO
20+ years inside the municipal software industry as a developer, technical lead, product owner, and product manager at companies like Tempest, CentralSquare Technologies, MUNIvers, and Streetlogix. Shipped property tax, utility billing, and land management systems used by local governments across Canada and beyond, including leadership roles in multiple 0-to-1 products.
That career gave him a front-row seat to a persistent problem: municipalities stuck choosing between legacy platforms that hadn't evolved in decades and enterprise solutions with six-figure implementations and 18-month timelines. He founded Civaptic to build the platform he wished those municipalities had. Modern, AI-native, and designed around how building departments actually work.
Based in West Kelowna, British Columbia.
Join Us
We're building something new in a space that hasn't seen real innovation in decades. If you want to shape a product from the ground up, work with a modern tech stack (Kotlin, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, React, TypeScript, AI/ML with Anthropic Claude), and have real ownership of what you build, let's talk.
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