Startups shaping the future of cities. Investing at the pre-seed & seed in a variety of verticals, including:
- Transportation
- Future of work
- Real estate tech
- Energy & water
- Business & fintech services
- Food
- Health & public safety
- Govt & civic tech
- Arts & recreation
Julie is a co-founder and Managing Partner of the Urban Innovation Fund. The Urban Innovation Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in transformative urban technology. It provides seed capital and regulatory expertise to entrepreneurs solving our toughest urban challenges – helping them grow into tomorrow’s most valued companies.
Previously, Julie co-founded Tumml, an urban ventures accelerator. During the last three years, Tumml has incubated 33 startups, who have raised $37M+ in funding and launched products/ services for over 2.2M people. Her work in urban entrepreneurship has been featured in numerous press outlets, including CNN, TedX, Forbes, and The San Francisco Chronicle, among others. Julie has an MBA from MIT Sloan and a BA from Stanford.
Boris Wertz
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Vancouver - BC, U.S.A. - Canada
Previous Investments
• CryptoKitties:
$12000000 (Later stage VC)
• Jam (Business/Productivity Software):
$3500000 (Early stage VC)
Founded in 1994, Pomona Capital specializes in investing across the spectrum of private equity in three ways: by purchasing secondary interests in existing partnerships, by investing in new partnerships, and by co-investing alongside buyout funds in individual companies. Pomona manages $6.7 billion in capital commitments for 250 investors, managing $4.4 billion across eight secondaries funds and $2.4 billion across six primary funds and other investment mandates. Pomona has committed $1.8 billion in primary capital to over 200 managers with investments in 1,500 underlying companies, and has purchased $2.1 billion in secondary interests in over 700 funds with investments in over 5,000 underlying companies. Through the primary funds, Pomona makes commitments to the new partnerships of leading buyout, venture capital and mezzanine funds located in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Making single investments from $1 million to $500 million, Pomona structures transactions in innovative ways to suit sellers' needs.
Nicholas Chirls
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
We invest in pre product-market fit and tech heavy companies based in NYC. We like to lead the first round of financing, typically pre-seed or seed.
Nicholas Chirls is a Co-Founder and serves as General Partner at Notation Capital. Previously, he also served as Co-Chief Executive Officer at Alphaworks. He served as a Head of Investments at betaworks. Prior to this, he served as the Head of Investments at Betaworks.
I'm most passionate about energy and environmental stewardship and human health. As a whole, Blackhorn Ventures invests in entrepreneurs who are improving resource efficiency with science and engineering-based solutions.
San Francisco Bay Area - Boston - Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Investing In
Energy • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure)
Description
Director, National Grid Partners
Director, National Grid Partners
Stonly Baptiste
Investing in PropTech • Hardware (& Manufact...
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A. - Israel
Previous Investments
• Wright Electric Airplanes:
(Convertible Note)
• LiveStories:
$3000000 (Seed Round)
• Bowery Farming:
$7500000 (Seed Round)
• ChargeLab:
$15000000 (Series A)
• ChargeLab:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Electric Visionary Aircrafts:
(Convertible Note)
• Electric Visionary Aircrafts:
(Seed)
• Partsimony:
$2000000 (Seed)
• CoInspect:
$150000 (Seed)
• CoInspect:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Pi Variables:
(Convertible Note)
• 3AM Innovations:
(Convertible Note)
• Flair:
$810000 (Seed)
• Flair:
$300000 (Convertible Note)
• Flair:
$230000 (Convertible Note)
• Flair:
$330000 (Seed)
• Flair:
$130000 (Convertible Note)
• BuildStream:
(Angel)
• Park Diamond:
(Seed)
• Campsyte:
$100000 (Seed)
• Bumblebee Spaces:
(Seed)
• Wright Electric, Inc.:
(Convertible Note)
• Starcity:
$4000000 (Seed)
• FORWARD Platform:
$3000000 (Seed)
• ecomo:
(Seed)
• BlocPower:
$200000 (Pre Seed)
• One Concern:
(Seed)
• Future Motion:
(Series A)
• Future Motion:
(Seed)
• HandUp PBC:
(Convertible Note)
Stonly Baptiste
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A. - Israel
Investing In
PropTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Impact • Real Estate (& Construction) • DeepTech • Mobility • Woman Focused
Description
Urban Sustainability and Resilience focused VC. Co-Founder of Urban Us.
I'm co-founder of Urban Us, an asset manager specialized in early-stage startups upgrading cities for climate change. With a team that spans both coasts, the platform includes an early-stage venture fund, a BMW funded accelerator and an early stage credit fund. I've founded five companies, speak 4 languages, code, and have taught and lectured at the University of Chicago, UC Berkeley, and HBS. My leisure time is spent reading, playing instruments, and training Muay Thai.
Lukasz Gadowski
Investing in Energy • Developer tools •...
Berlin, Germany
Previous Investments
• Volocopter GmbH:
(mid stage)
• Aroundhome:
(early stage)
• Team Europe:
(early stage)
• Various Entities: Private, Point Nine Capirtal, Target Global:
• Vertical Media GmbH:
(early stage)
• www.spreadshirt.com:
(early stage)
• Feel:
$10000000 (Series A)
• AdScale:
$5000000 (Series B)
• TAU Systems:
$15000000 (Seed)
• Bardeen:
$4000000 (Seed)
• MILES:
(Series Unknown)
• MILES:
$6000000 (Series A)
• Autoflight:
$100000000 (Series A)
• Flytrex:
$40000000 (Series C)
• Incari:
$18000000 (Series A)
• Sharebite:
$15000000 (Series A)
• X Shore:
$18000000 (Series A)
• Theion:
(Pre Seed)
• memmo.me:
$10000000 (Series A)
• Wolt:
$9000000 (Angel)
• Volocopter:
$94000000 (Series C)
• Enpal:
(Series A)
• Circ:
$63000000 (Series A)
• klarx:
$5000000 (Series A)
• Unicorn Workspaces:
(Seed)
• Albora Technologies:
(Undisclosed)
• Lemoncat:
$7000000 (Series Unknown)
• Lemoncat:
$3000000 (Seed)
• DocPlanner:
$10000000 (Series B)
• Helpling:
$45000000 (Series B)
• Helpling:
$17000000 (Series A)
• Delivery Hero:
$30000000 (Series D)
• Delivery Hero:
$33000000 (Series C)
• Delivery Hero:
$6000000 (Series A)
• Delivery Hero:
(Seed)
• Wunsch-Brautkleid:
(Angel)
• Mister Spex:
$9000000 (Series B)
• Hitmeister:
(Series Unknown)
• tutoria GmbH:
(Series B)
• tutoria GmbH:
(Series A)
• ARZTE.DE:
(Seed)
• AdRocket:
$1000000 (Seed)
• apomio:
(Angel)
• webme:
(Angel)
• brands4friends:
(Seed)
• Trivop:
(Angel)
• Smava:
$5000000 (Series A)
• amiando:
(Seed)
• Badongo.com:
(Series A)
• StudiVZ:
(Seed)
Lukasz Gadowski
Berlin, Germany
Investing In
Energy • Developer tools • Robotics • Mobility • Consumer
Description
Internet and Mobility Entrepreneur
Lukasz Gadowski is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Director at Team Europe Management. Gadowski is a Co-Founder and served as Advisor at Point Nine Capital. He serves as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Target Global. Lukasz is an internet entrepreneur and investor. His track record includes Co-founder at Delivery Hero
Scott Garber
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Washington District o..., U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• Early Light Ventures:
• Baltimore Angels:
• Osmosis - Knowledge Diffusion:
(mid stage)
• Serco:
• Spotter Ventures:
• Trusted Metrics, Inc:
(mid stage)
• WIN-Global Fund and 4DCO:
• FriendTones, Inc.:
• Puppystock, Inc.:
• Ethix360:
$3000000 (Series A)
• Ethix360:
(Pre Seed)
• Outlogic:
$10000000 (Series A)
• Outlogic:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Ash & Erie:
(Pre Seed)
• Syncurity:
$2000000 (Seed)
• rMark Bio:
$2000000 (Seed)
• CYR3CON:
(Pre Seed)
• Feedtrail:
$500000 (Seed)
• Insightin Health:
$2000000 (Seed)
• RoundTrip:
$2000000 (Seed)
• RoundTrip:
(Pre Seed)
• LaneHub:
(Seed)
• Smalltalk:
(Pre Seed)
• Appsulate:
(Seed)
• Conversive:
(Pre Seed)
• Osmosis:
(Seed)
• Pype:
(Seed)
• MajorClarity:
(Pre Seed)
• Missionmark:
(Pre Seed)
• Trusted Metrics:
(Seed)
• agryo:
(Pre Seed)
• Hodlbot:
(Pre Seed)
• Manzil:
(Seed)
• LoanConnect:
(Pre Seed)
• AllFly:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Hark:
$2000000 (Pre Seed)
• Parsable:
$60000000 (Series D)
• Carlease:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Level:
$9000000 (Seed)
• Level:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Super.com:
$8000000 (Series A)
• Super.com:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Ovia Health:
$10000000 (Series Unknown)
• Ovia Health:
$3000000 (Series Unknown)
• Ovia Health:
(Series Unknown)
• Ovia Health:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Ovia Health:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Ionic:
$9000000 (Series A)
• Ionic:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Derby Games:
$7000000 (Series A)
• PerBlue:
$3000000 (Series Unknown)
• PerBlue:
$800000 (Series A)
• Hireology:
$1000000 (Series A)
• Contently:
$9000000 (Series B)
• Contently:
$2000000 (Series A)
• Markkit:
(Seed)
• Locality:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Locality:
$800000 (Seed)
• Udemy:
$12000000 (Series B)
• Udemy:
$3000000 (Series A)
• Locu:
$4000000 (Series A)
• Lifecrowd:
$5000000 (Series A)
• 12Society:
(Seed)
Scott Garber
Washington District of Columbia - Baltimore, U.S.A.
+16,309
