Urban Innovation Fund
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
Urban Innovation Fund is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Software and SaaS. 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.
- Total investments:
- 89
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 16%
- Fund size:
- $80M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Urban Innovation Fund invests in
Stages Urban Innovation Fund invests in
Countries Urban Innovation Fund invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1M–$6.5M
- Pre-Seed
- $1M–$9M
- Series A
- $5.2M–$30M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 25 (28%)
- SaaS 8 (9%)
- Artificial Intelligence 8 (9%)
- FinTech 6 (7%)
- Health Care 6 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 50 (56%)
- Series A 17 (19%)
- Pre-Seed 6 (7%)
- Series B 3 (3%)
- Series C 2 (2%)
Country
- United States 50 (56%)
- Canada 2 (2%)
- United Kingdom 2 (2%)
- Cyprus 1 (1%)
- Israel 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Clara Brenner
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
|
Co-Founder and Managing Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Julie Lein
Managing Partner & Co-Founder
|
Managing Partner & Co-Founder | Total investments: 14 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lambda Surgical develops LambdaGuide, a spatial guidance platform adding real-time measurement and navigation to surgical endoscopes. | $6.5M / Seed / Aug 03, 2026 | ||
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| Intrinsic is a software company that provides safety tools and API. | $21.5M / Series A / Mar 31, 2026 | ||
| Mogul is a new business manager and guide to financial success in the music industry. The platform seamlessly integrates with all companies in the creator economy to provide a detailed overview of artist earnings. Mogul links accounts, shows a total revenue picture, and sends alerts when payments are missing so artists can grow revenue and getevery dollar they deserve. Users receive updates on new features and industry news. | $5M / Seed / Feb 24, 2026 | ||
| Keygraph develops an AI-driven cybersecurity and compliance platform that unifies identity management, device management, and application security into a single system. The platform aggregates users, devices, applications, and code into a connected “security graph,” enabling organizations to manage access controls, monitor risks, and enforcesecurity policies with full contextual visibility. Its solution includes capabilities such as identity governance, mobile device management, and automated compliance workflows for standards like SOC 2, allowing teams to streamline audit preparation and maintain continuous compliance. The platform also incorporates application security tools, including static analysis, software composition analysis, and AI-driven penetration testing that identifies and validates exploitable vulnerabilities in real time. | Seed / Oct 02, 2025 | ||
| Sent is a single API that lets brands seamlessly send texts across SMS and apps like WhatsApp and iMessage | $3.6M / Seed / May 15, 2025 | ||
| Exante is an AI-powered contract intelligence platform for business operators. | $2.6M / Seed / Apr 22, 2025 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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. | $16M / Series A / Sep 19, 2024 | ||
| 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 | ||
| See all 89 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Urban Innovation Fund invest in?
Urban Innovation Fund invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 89 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Urban Innovation Fund invest in?
Urban Innovation Fund typically joins rounds of $1M–$6.5M at Seed, $1M–$9M at Pre-Seed and $5.2M–$30M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Urban Innovation Fund's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Urban Innovation Fund took part in.
How do I contact Urban Innovation Fund?
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Who are the partners at Urban Innovation Fund?
The team at Urban Innovation Fund includes Clara Brenner (Co-Founder and Managing Partner) and Julie Lein (Managing Partner & Co-Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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