Urban Innovation — Full Portfolio

San Francisco, US

Muffadal Ghadiali(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Naeem Zafar(Director)

BoardPaul Straub(Director)in

Board seatJulie Lein· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAcario InnovationBlackhorn VenturesWireframe VenturesLemnos VC

San Francisco, US

Christelle Rohaut(Executive Officer, Director)Dave Schuman(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatJulie Lein· per SEC Form D · $2.3M raise · filed Aug 2020

KarmaSuite is a software platform for nonprofits to manage restricted funds and post-award grants, automating expense allocation, budgeting, compliance tracking, forecasting, and financial reporting without changing the organization's general ledger.

FintechImpact & Social GoodSaaSOakland, US

Srikar Chinam(Founder)Jonathan Allen(Director)Srikar Prithvi Chinam(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatClara Brenner· per SEC Form D

Bainbridge Island, US

Board seatJulie Lein· per SEC Form D · $2M raise · filed Apr 2024

Route Reports offers a road and rail network monitoring platform that collects real-time data to support infrastructure maintenance, including seasonal maintenance, network adhesion, and freight wagon monitoring.

Data & InfrastructureIoTLogistics & Supply ChainLondon

Connell McLaughlin(Executive Officer)

Board seatJulie Lein· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsTrucks VC

Oakland, US

Sabrina Mutukisna(President and CEO)Tara Mutukisna(Director)

BoardWes Silke(Director)Ahmed Rahim(Director)

Board seatJulie Lein· per SEC Form D · $1M raise · filed May 2017

Allocate provides infrastructure software for private markets, enabling wealth advisors and asset managers to efficiently handle subscriptions, capital flows, and portfolio operations.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Samir Kaji(Co-founder)inHana Yang(Co-founder & Chief Experience Officer)in

Co-investorsAnthemis VentureAtacama VenturesFikaFJ LabsFour Acres CapitalRareBreed Ventures+8 more

Apply Design is an AI-powered virtual staging platform for real estate that automatically removes furniture from photos and generates photorealistic renders with customizable furniture and styling.

AI & Machine LearningPropTechSaaSTel Aviv-Yafo, IL

Asaf Amit(Founder)inYaniv Knoll(Founder)in

Co-investorsFusion VCY CombinatorCathexis Ventures

Avela provides software to school districts, charter networks, and early childhood programs to streamline student enrollment and help families discover and apply to schools.

EdTechGovTechSaaS

Dr. Joshua Angrist(Co-Founder)Greg Bybee(CEO & Co-Founder)inParag Pathak(Co-Founder)

Co-investorsUlu VenturesRethink Capital PartnersRethink Education

Berkeley, US

Michael Lombardo(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsAmerican Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social ImpactEdovate CapitalKapor CapitalImpact EngineReach Capital

Builders Patch is a software platform for managing the multifamily housing finance process, covering deal application intake, document organization, due diligence, in-context communication among deal parties, AI-generated deal documents and reports, and asset management.

FintechPropTechSaaSMount Kisco, US

Kanan Ajmera(Founder)

Co-investorsThe Artemis FundTenOneTen VenturesThird Sphere

Kayla Lebovits(Founder)in

Co-investorsThe MBA FundSlauson & Co.

Co-investorsKDDI Open Innovation FundValkyrie

Chief builds a command center platform for leaders and their teams, offering scheduling automation, contact and organization context management, and AI-powered insights.

AI & Machine LearningGovTechSaaS

Co-investorsIncisive Ventures

CleanCard is developing at-home cancer diagnostics combined with high-volume health data collection and proprietary models aimed at earlier intervention and better patient outcomes.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthSan Francisco, US

Co-investorsTq Ventures Llc

ClimateWells generates energy transition carbon credits by paying oil and gas operators to permanently shut down marginal, low-production wells earlier, cutting methane emissions and restoring local communities.

CleantechClimate TechEnergy

codeSpark is a learn-to-code app for children ages 3-10 that teaches coding concepts such as sequencing, loops, conditionals, and variables through word-free visual puzzles and game creation.

ConsumerEdTechGamingPasadena, US

Grant Hosford(Executive Officer, Director)Craig Chrisney(Executive Officer)

BoardBill Gross(Director)Marcia Goodstein(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsFusion

Codi runs a marketplace that matches remote workers and small teams with workspace in private residences.

Co-investorsNFXAndreessen Horowitz

Coinrule provides automated cryptocurrency trading bots that execute buy and sell strategies on crypto exchanges without requiring coding.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3FintechSaaSLondon, GB

Gabriele Musella(CEO, Founder)inOleg Giberstein(Founder)inZdeněk Höfler(Founder)in

Co-investorsCV VCKube VCNZVCY Combinator

Commenda is a compliance platform for finance teams managing international operations, covering entity management, indirect tax (VAT, GST, sales tax), transfer pricing, and consolidated corporate reporting across 70+ countries.

FintechLegalTechSaaS

Dataships provides a consent-collection tool for Shopify merchants that uses AI trained on consent interactions and a global privacy rules engine to convert more buyers into marketing subscribers while maintaining regulatory compliance.

E-commerceMarketing TechSaaSDublin, IE

MikeRyanin

Co-investorsOsage Venture PartnersOUTBOUND CAPITALLavrock Ventures

DINYA DNA builds an enzymatic "Exponential Synthesis" platform that directly synthesizes long, complex double-stranded DNA up to 5kb from a pre-built material library without oligo assembly, delivering custom sequences in 3-10 days.

BiotechDeep Tech

Co-investorsSpacecadet Ventures

Ethic offers direct indexing and tax-smart portfolio management, providing customizable passive portfolios engineered for tax efficiency, factor exposures, and values alignment.

FintechImpact & Social GoodPropTechSaaSNew York, US

Doug Scott(CEO & Co-founder)Jay Lipman(Founder)inJohny Mair(Founder)inDouglas Scott(Executive Officer, Director)John Morris(Director)John Mair(Director)

Co-investors500 GlobalBetter Tomorrow VenturesBlackhorn VenturesFarvatn VentureFifty YearsKima Ventures+6 more

Exante offers AI agents that automate accounts receivable and collections work, including proactive outreach, inbox handling, cash application, dispute management, and credit assessment.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

A marketplace platform for buying, selling, and borrowing against land properties across the United States.

Crypto & Web3MarketplacesPropTechSan Francisco, US

Federico Pomi(Founder)in

Co-investorsBloccelerate VCTechstarsAlvenFELIX CAPITALFJ LabsHoxton Ventures+2 more

Ferrum Health develops AI accountability solutions, though the specific products and customer base are not detailed on the company page.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareSunnyvale, US

Pelu Tran(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardPatrick Steele(Director)inJaclyn Hester(Director)inKenneth Ko(Director)

Co-investorsBlumberg CapitalFoundryHeadwater VenturesInformed Ventures Advisors, LlcGSRSingTel Innov8 Pte Ltd.

Finli provides financial management tools and digital banking solutions for small businesses and financial institutions.

FintechSaaSSales TechSan Marino, US

Lori Shao(CEO)Lori S(Founder)

Co-investorsaVentureCore Venture CapitalMaC Venture CapitalMotley Fool VenturesMuse CapitalNaples Technology Ventures+3 more

Grain is a mobile app that lets users draw on a line of credit linked to their existing debit card, offering credit access based on their spending patterns rather than traditional credit assessment.

FintechSan Francisco, US

Patrick De Suza(Founder)inChristian-Robert Joseph(Founder)inCarl-Alain Memnon(Founder)in

Co-investorsAperture Venture CapitalMerus CapitalSLVCY Combinator

Infilla provides a software platform for government planning departments, including tools for fee calculation, application intake, plan check reviews, and a searchable knowledge forum for staff.

GovTechPropTechSaaS

Co-investorsBloomberg Beta

Ivy Invest offers an endowment-style investment fund that gives individual investors exposure to both public and private markets, including private equity, private credit, and real estate.

Fintech

Jeeves provides flexible payment and expense management solutions for businesses, including prepaid cards, payment processing, and cross-border transaction services across multiple jurisdictions.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSMiami, US

Dileep Thazhmon(Founder)in

BoardAngela Strange(Director)inSherwin Gandhi(Director)

Co-investors17SigmaAltaIR CapitalAndreessen HorowitzClocktower VenturesCRV (Charles River Ventures)FoundersX+13 more

Jaimie Grossman(Founder)in

Co-investorsBling CapitalFlucas Ventures

Joyride provides an integrated hardware-software platform for managing and monetizing fleets of lightweight vehicles such as scooters, e-bikes, golf carts, and low-speed vehicles.

IoTMobility & TransportationSaaS

Co-investorsCapria VenturesProeza VenturesExport Development Canada (EDC)Liil VenturesTwo Small Fish Ventures

Keygraph is an application security platform that runs continuous, AI-driven penetration testing on every build, reporting findings only when accompanied by a working exploit.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper Tools

Co-investorsAUTHENTIC VENTURESPear VC

Co-investorsBoston Harbor Angelsm]x[v Capital

Listening is a text-to-speech app that converts academic papers and materials (PDFs, Word, MOBI, EPUB, or scanned page photos) into audio narrated by AI voices, letting users choose which paper sections to hear and control playback speed.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerEdTech

Co-investorsEvolution VenturesTranspose Platform ManagementMana Ventures

HV Harvest distributes source-transparent food sourced from more than 70 local farmers, cheesemakers, butchers, and small producers, offering seasonal produce, meats, fish, eggs, dairy, and pantry staples.

AgTechFoodTechLogistics & Supply Chain

Malloc is a mobile privacy and security app combining AI-driven spyware detection with a no-log VPN to protect users' data and privacy on Android and iOS devices.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareNicosia, CY

Maria Terzi(Founder)inLiza Charalambous(Founder)in

Co-investorsEmmeline VenturesY Combinator

Mason is an AI tool for residential plan review teams that reads permit plan sets with computer vision, checks them against California building codes (CRC, CPC, CEC, CMC, CalGreen, CWUIC, and Energy Codes), and drafts a first-pass comment letter with code citations for human reviewers to refine.

AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechGovTech

McMullen is an online fashion retailer selling designer women's clothing, shoes, and accessories from brands such as Proenza Schouler, Sea New York, Simkhai, Ilio Smeraldo, and Tibi.

ConsumerE-commerceRetail Tech

Co-investorsCake Ventures

Palo Alto, US

Kate Torgersen(Executive Officer, Director)inMike Torgersen(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsWhite Road InvestmentsBackstage Capital

Mogul is a platform for music rights holders that integrates with distributors, labels, PROs, and other royalty systems to consolidate catalog and financial data.

AI & Machine LearningMedia & EntertainmentSaaSWest Hollywood, US

Jeff Ponchick(Founder)

Co-investorsWonder VenturesAmplify.LA

San Francisco, US

Kelson Reiss(Founder)

Co-investorsR/GA VenturesVery Serious Ventures

Moritz is an AI-native law firm that combines senior lawyers with custom software to deliver legal work for technology companies across the EU, US, and Australia, using fixed fees and rapid turnaround rather than hourly billing.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Pamir Ehsas(Founder & CEO)inStefan Mandaric(Founder)inDaniel Dalla Vedova(Founding Head of Legal & COO)in

Co-investorsY Combinator20VCInception Fund

Numen develops at-home cancer diagnostics and health data collection infrastructure using machine learning models to enable earlier intervention and improve patient outcomes.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US

Luca Springer(Founder)inThomas Carroll(Founder)in

Co-investorsTq Ventures LlcY CombinatorAnkur Capital

Ohm provides an AI platform that helps hardware engineering teams accelerate product development, testing, and validation for complex physical products including electric vehicles, batteries, and wearables.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSan Francisco, US

Penelope Jones(Founder)in

Co-investorsGiant Ventures Global LlpY CombinatorCollaborative Fund

Optiwatt provides a load management platform for utilities and grid operators to run virtual power plant and demand response programs by dispatching EVs, smart thermostats, and Level 2 chargers.

CleantechEnergySaaSSan Francisco, US

Casey Donahue(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardLouis Schotsky(Director)Peter Franklin(Director)

Co-investorsActive Impact InvestmentsNavitas CapitalSkyview VenturesThin Line Capital

Oscar AI is an operations automation platform that ingests franchise and multi-unit business data to detect anomalies in sales, labor, voids/discounts, fraud, compliance, and product availability, then routes alerts and action plans to managers.

AI & Machine LearningRetail TechSaaSRockville, US

Quratul-Ann Malik(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardBrett Brohl(Director)in

Co-investorsNew Stack VenturesRedstick VenturesService Provider CapitalThe CouncilBread And Butter Ventures, Llc

Plenna is a women's health clinic offering virtual and in-person gynecological, pregnancy, psychological, nutritional, and specialized medical services through an integrated healthcare platform.

Digital HealthFemTechHealthtechMexico City, MX

Lorena Ostos(Founder & CEO)Giovanna Abramo DelgadoLorena Ostos Rangel(Director)

Co-investors500 GlobalAmador HoldingsCollaborative FundIntegra GroupeNazcaNew Ventures Capital+5 more

Popl is an event lead capture and contact-sharing SaaS platform that uses AI to capture, contextualize, and manage connections made at conferences, trade shows, and networking events for enterprise teams.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSNew York City, US

Jason Alco(CEO & Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorCathexis VenturesGoat Capital

Public Grid simplifies access to household energy efficiency actions and connects individuals with their neighbors to collectively reduce emissions and save money.

CleantechClimate TechEnergyFintech

Joe R.(Founder)inRyan Freed(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlpaca VCCorigin VenturesGroundBreak VenturesHamilton VenturesRedbud VC

Safari AI is a computer vision platform that connects to a company's existing cameras to monitor physical operations, sending alerts, SOP-based recommendations, and dispatched actions to named operators while attributing outcomes in dollar terms.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsGeneral CatalystInitialized Capital

Sent provides a single API integration layer for sending SMS, WhatsApp, and RCS messages, handling provider routing, carrier compliance, and per-channel content transformation.

Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSNew York, US

Daniel Vataj(CEO & Co-founder)Betim Drenica(CTO & Co-founder)

BoardAndrew Berg(Director)in

Co-investorsCompanyon VenturesBessemer Venture Partners

SOLARCYCLE provides recycling services for solar farm components including solar panels, inverters, transformers, cables, and other power electronics, diverting waste from landfills and recovering metals such as silver, copper, gold, and lead.

Circular EconomyCleantechEnergyMesa, US

Suvi Sharma(Co-founder)inJesse Simons(Co-founder)Pablo Ribeiro Dias(Co-founder)Theodore Herhold(Executive Officer)Pablo Diaz(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsHG VenturesVery Serious VenturesClosed Loop PartnersFifth WallPrologis Ventures

Stell builds AI-powered systems engineering software for requirements management and traceability, targeting hardware engineers working on mission-critical systems in aerospace and defense.

Defense TechSaaSSpace TechSan Francisco, US

Malory McLemore(Founder)

Co-investorsFulcrum VenturePicks and Shovels (Picks & Shovels)Third PrimeLong Journey VenturesWischoff Ventures

Sunset helps families locate and manage investment accounts, mutual funds, ETFs, bonds, and other financial assets held by deceased individuals across US brokers and custodians.

FintechLegalTechSaaSSalt Lake City, US

Stephen Walter(Founder)inKaela Worthen(Founder)in

Co-investorsLobster CapitalY Combinator

Sunset provides end-to-end wind-down services for startups, managing legal filings, tax compliance, asset liquidation, and investor distributions through a team of attorneys and CPAs.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechLegalTechSaaSNew York City, US

Brendan Mahony(Founder & CEO)Grant Rheingold(Founder)

Co-investorsFloodgate

Synthetic Users provides AI-powered "synthetic" research participants that simulate user interviews, letting teams run problem exploration, concept testing, and messaging validation before conducting organic research.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS

Tekton Dynamics develops AI and robotics software to automate manufacturing tasks that are hazardous, repetitive, or undesirable for human workers.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRoboticsLondon, GB

Max Ahrens(Founder)in

Co-investorsSciFi VCY Combinator

Co-investorsGlobal BrainMayfield Fund

TestParty is an automated accessibility platform that scans and fixes source code to make websites, eCommerce sites, and media assets compliant with accessibility regulations like WCAG and ADA.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS

Jason Tan(Founder)in

Co-investorsThe MBA FundGaingelsSoma Capital

Variance provides AI agents that conduct financial crime investigations for regulated institutions, automating evidence collection and analysis across compliance levels while maintaining audit trails and explainability.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechSan Francisco, US

Karine Mellata(Founder)inMichael Lin(Founder)inJames Gross(Executive Officer, Director)Noah Brier(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardSteve Schlafman(Director)

Co-investors645 VenturesTen ElevenY CombinatorOkta VenturesRRE Leaders

Co-investorsSnow Leopard Technology Ventures

Simplifies candidate sourcing and outreach through crowdsourcing and advanced AI to help recruiters build diverse candidate pipelines

Joss Leufrancois(Founder)in

Co-investorsData Point CapitalDubai Angel InvestorsFirst AnalysisNewfund CapitalEmergence Capital PartnersHinge Capital+3 more

Voatz develops a secure remote voting platform that uses hardware-based security, biometrics, and blockchain technology to enable voters to cast ballots from anywhere while maintaining election integrity through voter-verifiable audit trails.

Crypto & Web3CybersecurityFintechGovTechBoston, US

Nimit Sawhney(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Simer Sawhney(Director, Promoter)

BoardJonathan Johnson(Director)Cody Simms(Director)

Co-investorsBantam GroupTBD AngelsTechstarsWalnut Venture AssociatesGaingelsMedici Ventures