Clara Brenner
InvestorManaging Partner at Urban Innovation
San Francisco, California, United States
Writes $500K – $3M checks · typically $100K
FoundedKarmaSuite
About
Clara Brenner leverages commercial real estate and public policy expertise, co-creating urban-tech accelerator Tumml, to back highly regulated urban tech while tracking regulatory trends and serving as a regulatory sherpa.
Invests in
Climate TechEdTechFintechMobility & TransportationPropTech
Experience
- Urban Innovation FundManaging Partner, Co-Foundercurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- TummlCEO2012 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- WestMill Capital PartnersAssociate2011Washington, DC
- AECOMMarketing Coordinator, Program & Construction Management2009 — 2010
- GVA AdvantisAssistant Project Manager2009
- Monument RealtyAssistant Project Manager2006 — 2009
Education
- New York UniversityBA, Magna Cum Laude
- MIT Sloan School of ManagementMaster of Business Administration (MBA)
Skills & more
Strategy23Sustainability15Entrepreneurship14Project Management12Strategic Planning9Social Entrepreneurship8Business Strategy7Due Diligence5Program Management3Public Policy4Government3Financial Modeling4
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PolicyVenture CapitalStart-upsManagement ConsultingManagementLeadership- LEED AP — US Green Building Council
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Also attended New York University298
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Also attended MIT Sloan School of Management427
Doug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsChris MorrisProcess Specialist, Exit Readiness at Mayfair Equity PartnersBirgitteInvestor at InvestinorOlaInvestor at Investinor
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Shared employers
Also worked at Tumml3
Also worked at AECOM15
Kourtney BakerSales Support Associate at Advantage Capital PartnersChristina GonzalesImpact and ESG Director at Circulate CapitalSteven ChungVice President at Inovia CapitalCorrie KavanaughPrincipal at Rhapsody Venture PartnersRamy FamVice President at CRH VenturesDr. Ichsani WheelerAdvisor at The First Thirty
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Investments
Board seats
Per SEC Form D filings.
Colleagues at Urban Innovation
Network10
Dalton CaldwellScout
Co-founder of Standard Capital; Partner Emeritus at Y Combinator
Evan MooreScout
Partner at Khosla Ventures
Kanyi MaqubelaScout
Managing Partner at Kindred Ventures
Michael StröckScout
Managing Partner at Calm/Storm VC
Steve JangScout
Managing Partner at Kindred Ventures
Andrew Felbinger
Partner at Urban Innovation
Hans Morris
Managing Partner at Nyca Partners
Jeff Morris Jr.
General Partner at Chapter One
Julie Lein
Managing Partner at Urban Innovation
May Samali
Senior Associate at Urban Innovation
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