Podcast appearances and mentions of urban innovation fund

This week's Espresso covers updates from NotCo, AltScore, and more!Outline of this episode:[00:28] - NotCo raises a $70M extension of its Series D round[00:47] - Destacame closes a $10M Series B round[00:59] - AltScore raises a $3.5M seed round[01:10] - Plenna secures a $4.4M seed round[01:22] - Nubank announces a $330M equity capitalization[01:38] - Flapper secures $5.6M in a Series A round[01:51] - Grupo Aval invests $30M in its fintech Dale![02:01] - New Crossing Borders episodeResources & people mentioned:Companies & Startups: NotCo, Destacame, AltScore, Plenna, Nubank, Flapper, Dale!, Talently.VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Princeville Capital, Banco Santander, Far Out VC, Urban Innovation Fund, Grupo Aval.People: Matías Muchnick, Doménica Obando.

This is the story of Clara Brenner, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of the Urban Innovation Fund. In this episode, we discuss: - Clara's journey from real estate development to venture capitalist - Her mission-led focus on solving interesting community challenges - How she co-founded the Urban Innovation fund to invest in startups that are shaping the future of cities, providing capital and support to startups tackling some of the toughest urban challenges - Working with her best friend - Connection not Perfection Please enjoy this interview with the exceptional, Clara Brenner. Thanks for listening,

Julie Lein, Managing Partner at Urban Innovation Fund, discusses pre-seed and seed funding in companies focused on the betterment of cities.

Gabriele Musella is a well-educated, well-traveled, co-founder of Coinrule.com, a company where you can build or copy sets of rules for automatically trading cryptocurrencies. The company recently raised $3M+ from MKB Bank, Urban Innovation Fund, Zilliqa and many Business Angels (Kayak Co-founder, EightSleep Founder). Before that they also successfully ran a crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, providing funds which helped them to navigate the pandemic when capital briefly dried up. During this podcast we dive into Gabriele's past, which is full of education (London School of Economics, MIT, Harvard), travels throughout Europe and the USA for various jobs (Nokia, Loyds Bank) and three previous startups before the current one, Coinrule. The most notable was Paylinko, a fintech payments app. Gabriele has certainly lived a full life so far, and it was exciting to piece together all the highlights that came before his current project and then also spend some time talking about how to build a Crypto trading platform. Enjoy the podcast. Yaro Podcast: https://www.yaro.blog/pod/ Blog: https://www.yaro.blog/

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John Helm, Managing Director and Founder of RET Ventures, joins Matt for this week's episode of Leading Voices in Real Estate. RET Ventures is the first industry-backed early-stage venture fund focused on helping build cutting-edge real estate technology companies for the multifamily and single-family rental industries. John is our third guest from the proptech space (we previously featured Clara Brenner from the Urban Innovation Fund and Brad Greiwe from Fifth Wall). RET Ventures' business model is differentiated in both its focus on the rental space and that all of their investors are owner-operators, creating a virtuous cycle between clients, customers, and investors. In the episode, John and Matt talk about the impact of technology on the rental housing business, the benefits of tenure and deep relationships in a relationship-oriented business, and John's fascinating career journey.John also sits on the boards of Smart Rent, GiGstreem, Fernish, Moved, Lexicon, Sight Plan, Funnel and Opiniion. Prior to founding RET Ventures, John was a Venture Partner with DN Capital in Munich, Germany, ran and successfully exited two venture-backed real estate tech startups, was CFO of Marcus & Millichap, and a consultant at McKinsey & Company.

Clara is co-founder and Managing Partner of the Urban Innovation Fund, a venture capital firm that invests in the future of cities.

Could sustainable buildings have reduced the spread of the virus? Can they help us prevent future outbreaks? Will cities remain the economic powerhouses, and how can companies manage work processes safely? There are certain opportunities that responsible investors can tap into right now...and certain measures corporate offices in cities will have to take to start reopening.Tune into our interview with Julie Lein, Managing Partner at the Urban Innovation Fund and John Haugen, Sustainability & Green Building Consultant. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Julie Lein, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Urban Innovation Fund, a venture firm that invests in the future of cities. 'Mission Driven' is a conversation about startup founders on a mission to address the world’s biggest challenges and how they leverage their social mission for competitive advantage. Today Connor and I explored, in particular, how he leverages his mission for hiring. Urban Innovation Fund is a venture capital firm investing in pre-seed and seed stage startups shaping the future of cities. They invest in areas such as transportation, energy, water, the future of work, all with the goal of growing and scaling to many cities in the US, and hopefully beyond. In this episode we talk to Julie about her journey with Urban Innovation Fund and her perspective of mission driven founders, or "maniacally driven" as she refers to it, her perspective on talking to investors about your impact story, and some of the investments and categories she's excited about. If you liked this episode, please share and tag us on Twitter: @BetterVentures @j2ulie @UrbanInnoFund We're just starting on this podcast journey and welcome your input! Send comments or suggestions to missiondriven@better.vc

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In this episode, Horace and Oliver discuss the new Micromobility book that is up on Kickstarter. This is the first book from Horace in the space, and outlines why and how micromobility will take over the world. Get your copy here - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2092675260/micromobility-the-first-year?ref=27ap2v. Next up, Oliver and Michal discuss the latest news including the first Bird Platform launch globally in New Zealand, Voi's recent raise and Jump's latest data from Sacramento. Finally, we release the Venture Capital panel from the recent Micromobility Summit in California. We have Greg Lindsay, Director of Strategy, LA CoMotion moderate a panel with Julie Lien (Founding Partner, Urban Innovation Fund), Reilly Brennan (Founding Partner, Trucks.vc) and Damir Becirovic (Principal, Index Ventures).

Clara Brenner is co-founder and Managing Partner of the Urban Innovation Fund, a venture capital firm she established to invest in the future of cities. She had a vision to empower entrepreneurs keen to solve urban problems, and so with business partner Julie Lein, she is helping grow tomorrow’s most valued companies. The UIF provides seed capital and regulatory support to social entrepreneurs looking to create solutions to tough urban challenges, such as transportation, work force, housing in the built environment and education, amongst others. Clara’s journey began in Washington DC where the two biggest industries are government and real estate, and whilst she has no desire to get involved with GovTech just yet, she did enjoy working in real estate, cutting her teeth at Fundrise, a social impact company. From there Clara went on to co-found Tumml, a startup hub for urban tech before establishing the Urban Innovation Fund, which closed a $24.5m seed stage fund last June. And now, with a diverse portfolio of companies under their wing, Urban Innovation fund is set to dramatically change the urban landscape. Join us as we chat with Clara about: Her motivation to begin her hero's journey, from Washington DC to San Francisco. The role technology will play in shaping the urban environments of the future. Why she’s happy for people to acknowledge her success as well as being female, rather than just accepting it. The diverse portfolio that the UIF has inadvertently invested in and why she is drawn to companies with strong female and POC founders. Why she was so determined as a kid not to follow in her mother’s footsteps and how, despite her best efforts, the apple really didn’t fall too far from the tree. What personality traits and motivations entrepreneurs need to have if they hope to succeed with her. The appalling parental leave policy in the USA and the business Clara is championing to support breastfeeding mothers who have to go back to work. Her vision for the San Francisco of the future. Links: Urban Innovation Fund For more, visit secretleaders.com

Over the Australian summer, we'll be replaying some of your favourite episodes. We bet you will learn something you missed the first time. Enjoy and see you in 2019.Clara Brenner is co-founder and Managing Partner of the Urban Innovation Fund, a venture capital firm that invests in the future of cities located in San Francisco.In this episode of Success Stories, Clara speaks with Catherine Robson about what investments she's excited about, finding work/life balance in the Bay Area and which books she is recommending at the moment. (HINT: one has the backing of the city of San Francisco).

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Clara Brenner is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of the Urban Innovation Fund, a venture capital firm that provides seed capital and regulatory support to the tech startups addressing the challenges facing urban dwellers. Clara and I had a wide-ranging discussion about her career, business, and the startups and technologies in which her firm has invested.Real Estate and GovernmentGrowing up in Washington, D.C., Clara was surrounded by real estate and government, and found herself drawn to both. Her undergrad thesis explored the historic relationship between real estate developers and local government in Lower Manhattan.“Ultimately, I decided to go down the real estate development path because it seemed like you were equally influential and you got to have more fun, be more creative, and make more money.”After four years of working in real estate, Clara realized she wanted to be her own boss. She returned to school at MIT Sloan with a vision to start her own real estate development firm.Shaping the Future of CitiesClara and her friend Julie Lein crossed paths at MIT Sloan and realized they both had a fascination with companies that were tackling meaningful challenges in cities. After some in-depth research, they discovered that these companies were facing a lot of similar challenges, around issues such as fundraising challenges, physical space, and regulatory and political hurdles.This sparked the creation of their investment vehicle and accelerator Tumml.“I think real estate is a great career if you want to have an impact on the physical environment around you, which is I think is something so many people want now, they want to feel like and see the influence of their work every day.”Tumml paved the way for Clara and Julie to found the Urban Innovation Fund, a more sustainable, long-term investment vehicle that writes larger checks, is involved in multiple rounds of investing and takes board seats. This $24.5 million dollar fund has a diverse portfolio that Clara says aligns with their vision for creating scalable solutions that shape the future of cities. This looks like everything from Milk Stork, a breast milk shipping service for the traveling businesswoman, to Udelv, a driverless delivery service.Their set of investors are more traditional, financially motivated entities who they refer to as “impact curious.”Clara highlights the fact that today, people often look to technology as the changemaker; however, she points to politics and policy as the place where real, slow, painful change happens. Identifying transformative technology is very important, but you still need to vote and be politically engaged to create real change.

Clara Brenner is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of the Urban Innovation Fund, a venture capital firm that provides seed capital and regulatory support to the tech startups addressing the challenges facing urban dwellers. Clara and I had a wide-ranging discussion about her career, business, and the startups and technologies in which her firm has invested.

Clara Brenner is co-founder and Managing Partner of the Urban Innovation Fund, a venture capital firm that invests in the future of cities located in San Francisco.In this episode of Success Stories, Clara speaks with Catherine Robson about what investments she's excited about, finding work/life balance in the Bay Area and which books she is recommending at the moment. (HINT: one has the backing of the city of San Francisco).

Who is May Samali?     May Samali is an investor at the Urban Innovation Fund, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm. May has had extensive experiences advising both early-stage startups and large companies across the U.S. and Australia. Prior to her current role, she was a Director at Tumml, an urban ventures accelerator in San Francisco. She also served as a Strategy Consultant at a boutique venture firm and as an attorney at Herbert Smith Freehills in Sydney.     May earned her MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School and her economics and law degrees from the University of Sydney. She is also an Australian John Monash Scholar, a Gleitsman Leadership Fellow at the Harvard Center for Public Leadership, and an Australian American Young Leadership Dialogue delegate.     Show Highlights  Terri shares how she met May on the Connected Homes pitch panel at Launch Festival in 2017 which was an all-women panel.    May shares her journey from Australia to the Silicon Valley.  May started in law but fell in love with the idea of using social entrepreneurship to solve the world’s problems.   May answers Terri’s question about how the tall poppy syndrome has influenced May in her life.    May is working on bringing the best parts of the Silicon Valley to Australia.   My comments on how helpful people have been to her in getting into investing.  May has taken the opportunity to reach out to people in a very intentional way and follow up after meeting at events.   Terri discusses the importance of saying ‘why not me?’ instead of ‘why me?’ especially for women.   Terri observes that May’s natural authenticity is very attractive and charming and hard to resist.    May talks about how being of the Baha’i Faith influenced her view of the world from day one and later started to live them as a result of her personal choosing when she was in her twenties.  Terri talks about the importance of taking the leap without having it all figured out.   May shares what she started to do when she was overanalyzing a situation.  She said that she would sit across from herself at the table and provide herself with her own advice.    If May had a magic wand, she would make all of us more human and compassionate and living life in the moment.    May’s favorite investor resources are Venture Deals and Information.     Terri’s Key Takeaway  If you believe you can do it, you can do it.      References in the Podcast  Terri’s Due Diligence Event with Spero Ventures on 8/1/18:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/due-diligence-digging-in-with-investors-tickets-47146445287  Women Get Funded:  http://www.womengetfunded.com/  Urban Innovation Fund:  http://www.urbaninnovationfund.com/  The Jolly Swagman podcast with May’s interview: https://thejollyswagmen.com/new-blog/maysamali  Tall poppy syndrome:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome  Ada:  https://www.ada-accelerator.com/  Feminist Fight Club:  https://www.feministfightclub.com/  Silicon Allee:  http://www.siliconallee.com/  Venture Deals:  https://www.amazon.com/Venture-Deals-Smarter-Lawyer-Capitalist/dp/1119259754/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1532047043&sr=8-1&keywords=venture+deals  The Information:  https://www.theinformation.com/reporters/jessica-e-lessin    Contact  You can follow May on Twitter @maysamali or reach her via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/msamali/  You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.   Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.  To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife

Clara Brenner is the co-founder of the [Urban Innovation Fund](http://www.urbaninnovationfund.com) and a staunch believer in the future of augmented cities. While she isn't a complete optimist, she believes tech and government can work together to make our cities better. Take a listen and follow her on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/clara_brenner?lang=en)!

Clara Brenner is the co-founder of the [Urban Innovation Fund](http://www.urbaninnovationfund.com) and a staunch believer in the future of augmented cities. While she isn't a complete optimist, she believes tech and government can work together to make our cities better. Take a listen and follow her on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/clara_brenner?lang=en)!

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E17: Clara Brenner, Urban Innovation Fund shares insights from ~50 investments focused on solving our biggest challenges, importance of tenacity, momentum, culture to scale & positive communication with investors

Clara Brenner, Urban Innovation Fund shares insights from ~50 investments focused on solving our biggest challenges, importance of tenacity, momentum, culture to scale & positive communication with investors