Startups and VCs are increasingly embracing the federal government. here's why

On paper, the federal government looks like an ideal client for a start-up company: its seemingly endless budget doesn't fluctuate with market conditions, and it's always on the lookout for new technologies. But it's a chore to break into, and for a long time startups and VCs didn't seem to want to get involved. This is changing rapidly.

Over the past few years, and especially the most recent, interest in working with and extracting money from the US government has exploded in the venture capital ecosystem.

Meg Vorland, co-founder of Dcode and partner at Dcode Capital, advises companies on how to pitch and land those deals. Vorland told TechCrunch that the level of interest in his company's services has been day and night since its launch in 2015.