# Julie Lein

> Julie Lein is a seed investor at Urban Innovation Fund (San Francisco) backing Software and SaaS. See 12 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: 12
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 42%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-lein-76a0679
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/j2ulie
- Website: http://www.urbaninnovationfund.com

Julie Lein is a seed investor at Urban Innovation Fund in San Francisco focused on Software and SaaS. 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.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 33% |
| SaaS | 3 | 25% |
| Energy | 2 | 17% |
| Cyber Security | 2 | 17% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 17% |

25 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 67% |
| Series A | 4 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 50% |
| Canada | 1 | 8% |
| Ireland | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Variance | Intrinsic is a software company that provides safety tools and API. | $21.5M | Series A | Mar 31, 2026 |  |
| Dataships | Dataships is a data privacy software and services company, specializing in automating GDPR and CCPA compliance. The company, which is co-located in Dublin and San Francisco, was founded by Ryan McErlane and Michael Storan in 2019. | $7M | Series A | Jan 05, 2025 |  |
| Variance | Intrinsic is a software company that provides safety tools and API. | $3.1M | Seed | Dec 21, 2023 |  |
| Solarcycle | Solarcycle is a solar technology company that builds a circular economy for solar and renewables. The company offers an affordable and eco-friendly service for recycling and reusing decommissioned solar panels and technologies, catering to solar asset owners. Leveraging its patented technology, it can retrieve up to 95% of precious metals such assilver, silicon, copper, and aluminum from solar panels, as well as repurpose or recycle panels that are currently in use. | $30M | Series A | Mar 15, 2023 |  |
| Ferrum Health | Ferrum Health is a developer of an enterprise IT and AI patient safety platform for health systems. Ferrum Health provides an artificial intelligence (AI) technology platform for health system executives to prevent medical errors across their patient population, serving as a safety net that uses AI algorithms to assist quality teams in the peerreview of radiology studies. | $6M | Seed | Jan 12, 2023 |  |
| Solarcycle | Solarcycle is a solar technology company that builds a circular economy for solar and renewables. The company offers an affordable and eco-friendly service for recycling and reusing decommissioned solar panels and technologies, catering to solar asset owners. Leveraging its patented technology, it can retrieve up to 95% of precious metals such assilver, silicon, copper, and aluminum from solar panels, as well as repurpose or recycle panels that are currently in use. | $6.6M | Seed | Jun 01, 2022 |  |
| Dataships | Dataships is a data privacy software and services company, specializing in automating GDPR and CCPA compliance. The company, which is co-located in Dublin and San Francisco, was founded by Ryan McErlane and Michael Storan in 2019. | $3M | Seed | Sep 28, 2021 |  |
| PairTree | PairTree engages in modernizing the adoption process. It uses future-forward technology to connect adoptive parents with birth moms. | $2.3M | Seed | Jun 23, 2021 |  |
| Joyride | Joyride powers the largest global network of micromobility operators. They offer turnkey software solutions for dockless bike-share and electric scooter operators. Their platform includes a white-label mobile application for end-users and a web-based dashboard for fleet operators. They currently power customers in 100-plus markets worldwide, andtheir management software enables an any-sized business to launch their fleet within 24 hours and seamlessly scale their operations from five to 500,000-plus vehicles. | $3.7M | Seed | Jun 22, 2021 |  |
| Electriphi | Electriphi develops end-to-end energy management and fleet operations software for light, medium, and heavy-duty commercial fleets. It helps to ave energy costs, optimize infrastructure, and ensure fleet's operational readiness with Electriphi's managed charging software built on AI and machine learning technology. | $3.5M | Seed | Feb 20, 2020 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [645 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/645-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Closed Loop Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/closed-loop-partners-38d7) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Fifth Wall](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fifth-wall-ventures-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Lavrock Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lavrock-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Medici Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/medici-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Oakhouse Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oakhousepartners) — VC Fund, 2 deals 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 Julie Lein invest in?

Julie Lein invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Energy startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 12 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 Julie Lein last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Julie Lein closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 12 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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