# Clara Brenner

> Clara Brenner is a seed investor at Urban Innovation Fund backing FinTech and Freelance. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Urban Innovation Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/urban-innovationfund)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clara-brenner-10824828
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/clara_brenner

Clara Brenner is a seed investor at Urban Innovation Fund in San Francisco focused on FinTech and Freelance. Clara Brenner is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Urban Innovation Fund. She attended New York University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 67% |
| Freelance | 1 | 33% |
| Insurance | 1 | 33% |
| Retirement | 1 | 33% |
| Health Insurance | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Finli | Finli is an enterprise payment platform intended to empower neighborhood schools & studios, online and offline, for the changing world. The company's platform allows schools and service providers to transfer administrative tasks such as invoicing, payment collection, reconciliation, and customer management seamlessly, helping users tomanage their entire business in one place. | $150K | Seed | Sep 06, 2024 |  |
| Catch | Catch is redesigning benefits to put people at the center of their own financial stability and security. For freelancers, contractors, and workers without access to employer benefits, Catch automatically handles tax withholding, builds long-term investment savings, and provides critical insurance products. In creating a personalized safety net,Catch envisions a world where individuals can leverage data-driven curation and timely insights to gain full agency over changing needs. | $5.1M | Seed | Mar 21, 2019 |  |
| Catch | Catch is redesigning benefits to put people at the center of their own financial stability and security. For freelancers, contractors, and workers without access to employer benefits, Catch automatically handles tax withholding, builds long-term investment savings, and provides critical insurance products. In creating a personalized safety net,Catch envisions a world where individuals can leverage data-driven curation and timely insights to gain full agency over changing needs. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Jan 15, 2019 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [MaC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mac-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Core Innovation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/core-innovation-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Emerson Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emerson-collective) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Indicator Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/indicator-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Khosla Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/khosla-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Urban Innovation Fund

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Founded in 2016, the Urban Innovation Fund is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm backs companies enhancing the livability, sustainability, and economic vitality of our cities. With 81% of Americans living in cities, and two-thirds of the world's population urbanizing by 2050, there are a growing number of challengesfacing urban dwellers. The Urban Innovation Fund provides capital and regulatory support to entrepreneurs creating scalable solutions to tough urban challenges – helping them grow into tomorrow's most valued companies. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed and Seed stage in the following sectors: transportation, energy & sustainability, proptech, future of work, edtech, business services, fintech, public health & safety, govtech, and food systems.

2 contacts available at Urban Innovation Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Clara Brenner | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clara-brenner |
| Julie Lein | Managing Partner & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julie-lein |

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## FAQ

### What does Clara Brenner invest in?

Clara Brenner invests primarily in FinTech, Freelance and Insurance startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Clara Brenner last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Clara Brenner closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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