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.
Jon Staenberg
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Palo Alto , Los Angel..., U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• ZenLedger:
$6000000 (Series A)
• Proxifile:
$2000000 (Pre Seed)
• Legalpad:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Faira:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Kindara:
$5000000 (Seed)
• Kitchenbowl:
$1000000 (Seed)
• POWWOW:
$3000000 (Series A)
• Appvance.ai:
$1000000 (Series A)
• Badongo.com:
(Series A)
• iStart Ventures:
$4000000 (Series B)
• iStart Ventures:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Red Gorilla:
$4000000 (Series B)
Jon Staenberg
Palo Alto - Los Angeles - Portland - Seattle - San Francisco Bay Area - Washington, U.S.A.
Jesse Rasch is a Co-Founder and serves as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Hedgewood. He is the co-founder and past Chairman & CEO of WebHosting.com and InQuent Technologies. He co-founded CareGuide. InQuent provides private label hosting solutions to telecommunications customers including Bell Canada, KPN, Telecom New Zealand, PCCW, AT&T, Comcast, & Cox Communications. WebHosting.Com was one of the largest business web hosting companies in the world. In 2000, Rasch sold InQuent and WebHosting.Com to AT&T. In 2002, Rasch orchestrated a management team acquisition of InQuent from AT&T. Rasch successfully sold InQuent once more in 2003. InQuent was merged with Network Solutions and is now part of publicly traded web.com. Rasch is widely credited with establishing the white label web hosting market segment that is a significant component of the $95 billion annual web hosting market. VerticalScope, which Rasch co-founded, develops and acquires online media and community properties. VerticalScope's network of websites is visited by over 85,000,000 people per month. VerticalScope's automotive publishing division, the Modified Automotive Group, was acquired by KKR / Primedia in 2007. Torstar acquired 56% of VerticalScope in 2015. Rasch is a proponent of venture philanthropy and is active in encouraging entrepreneurs to participate in strategic philanthropy. He established the Jesse & Julie Rasch Foundation in 2000 to invest in causes that reflect Rasch's broad charitable interests. In 2001, Rasch was awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. He has been featured in Time Magazine, The Globe & Mail, Canadian Business, The National Post, Network World, Macleans, and on CBC, CTV, Global, City-TV, BNN, and many other print, televised, and radio media. He was a founding member of the Canadian E-Business Opportunities Roundtable, a joint private and public sector advisory group on e-business in Canada.
Nicolas Douay
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Tech entrepreneur | Early Stage Investor | Venture Partner
Nicolas Douay is a Co-Founder and serves as a Chief Operating Officer and General Manager at KelDoc. After five in a large international consulting firm in management information systems, Nicolas decided to start Keldoc.
Abdallah Yafi
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Middle East, U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• Sohati.com:
(late stage)
• Zbooni:
• Affectiva:
(late stage)
• Pirate Studios Ltd:
• Rentify:
(late stage)
• Bidvine:
(early stage)
• MYKI:
(early stage)
• Threads Styling Ltd.:
(late stage)
• B&Y Venture Partners:
(early stage)
• Trybe.me:
• Y Ventures Holding:
• TheVolts.com:
• Bridged Media:
$710000 (Seed)
• iKcon:
$20000000 (Series A)
• Roadie Music by Band Industries:
$3000000 (Series A)
Will Neale is the Founder of Grabyo. He also is an Angel Investor. He serves as an Advisor at Disputed.io. He was also a Board Member at Property Partner and is the Founder of Fonix. Previously, he was the manager at Accenture. He holds degree of Bachelor of Arts in the field of Business Management from University of Newcastle.
Ryan Gembala
Investing in AgroTech • Businesses Solutions...
Portland , Indianapol..., U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• Ono Food:
• Spiketrap:
$600000 (Pre Seed)
• Safely You:
$600000 (Pre-Seed)
• Iron Ox:
$1000000 (Pre-Seed)
• Simbe Robotics:
$1000000 (Pre-Seed)
• Mux:
$120000 (Seed Round)
Ryan Gembala
Portland - Indianapolis - Austin - Chicago - Atlanta - Los Angeles - Seattle - New York - Palo Alto - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
--- Robotics
--- Applied AI / Machine Learning
--- Food technologies
--- Hyper-differentiated products
Pathbreaker invests in specialized teams solving hard technical problems in pursuit of generational impact.
VC with Azure Capital (investor in @tripit, Open Road Media, @get-satisfaction, @education-com, ezRez, @blogher); Entrepreneur with H.E.R.O. for Children, Inc.;
Vinny Pujji
Investing in Education • Businesses Solution...
New York, U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• Left Lane Capital:
• Chargebee:
(late stage)
• Copado:
(mid stage)
• Harver:
(mid stage)
• Numetric:
(early stage)
• StoreTok:
• Altair Prep:
(early stage)
• TrendBent:
• GoStudent:
$95000000 (Series Unknown)
• GoStudent:
$340000000 (Series D)
• GoStudent:
$250000000 (Series C)
• GoStudent:
$82000000 (Series B)
• GoStudent:
$6000000 (Series A)
• GoStudent:
$9000000 (Series A)
• Hnry:
$35000000 (Series B)
• Hnry:
$16000000 (Series A)
• WeTravel:
$27000000 (Series B)
• Good Health Company (Clinic) (GHC):
$10000000 (Series A)
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