[WASHINGTON, D.C.], October 27, 2026. — GovExec, the industry-leading sales and marketing intelligence company for government leaders and contractors, today announced that it has acquired d8 Group, the premier consulting practice offering Business Development as a Service (BDaaS) to help clients target and ethically win U.S. federal government contracts. The announcement was made by Dan McCarthy, CEO of GovExec. Peter Goldstone, Chairman of GovExec, served as an advisor, and the deal was completed with financial support from mid-market private equity firm Growth Catalyst Partners (GCP). The financial terms of the investment are not being disclosed.

d8 will remain an independent division, led by founder Reeba Magulick. Using their team of proven growth experts and their copyrighted IQ2B © Process — Identify, Quantify, Qualify, Bid — d8 Group works hand-in-hand with sales and business development leaders to target the highest probability of win (pWin) pipeline opportunities,  map federal decision makers, and advance BD and Capture activities through to proposal submission.  The addition will equip GovExec’s 6,000+ customers who already have access to GovTribe, GovExec’s business development collaboration and market intelligence tool serving the public sector, with the powerful data to identify incremental opportunities with the bespoke strategies and executive relationships they need to win contracts.

“d8 Group has built an incredible reputation among business development leaders across the government contracting community, and we’re excited to bring them on board,” said Dan McCarthy, CEO of GovExec. “Technology and AI are only as good as the experts behind them. Plenty of tools are trying to solve the growth challenge facing GovCon CEOs and Chief Growth Officers, but business development is still a specialized practice. Only people with a real track record of capturing and winning can optimize it. That’s what makes d8 unparalleled experts in this area.”

For d8 customers, now being able to tap into GovExec's federal access (which reaches over 3.3M government influencers per month) and intelligence to amplify their impact with prospects will result in a higher likelihood of winning.

d8’s methodology surfaces opportunities that search and AI cannot. Paired with GovTribe’s AI-powered intelligence and GovExec’s unparalleled market data, d8 Group will become the connective tissue between data and a winnable capture strategy. Together, this new offering will provide an unprecedented Business Development as a Service (BDaaS) for both companies’ clients, uncovering everything they need to identify, prioritize, connect with, and secure opportunities.

“I built d8 Group on the belief that the right intelligence, applied at the right moment, can change the outcome of a bid,” said Reeba Magulick, Founder of d8 Group. “Joining GovExec pairs our disciplined approach to qualifying winnable opportunities with the data, reach and agency access of GovExec and GovTribe. Contractors get a clearer path from Insight to Award, and government leaders get partners who better understand their missions. Together, we’re offering industry ‘A New Way to Win.’”

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About GovExec

GovExec’s data and insights set the standard for depth, accuracy, and impact for government leaders and contractors. GovExec provides data-driven strategic sales and marketing intelligence solutions that accelerate revenue growth to fuel market success. The platform is powered by the largest and most sophisticated database in the public sector, reaching over 3.3 million government influencers each month.

About d8 Group

d8 Group (named for the Queen’s position on the chess board) has represented over 170 clients in the nine years since its inception (with an approximate annual combined client revenue portfolio of $131B+), including some of the most successful and well-known businesses in industry.  Using its copyrighted IQ2B © process, it has ethically enabled the identification and successful award of over $101B+ of U.S. federal contracts for its clients.

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