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Urban Innovation Fund
Venture capital · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America
Urban Innovation Fund is a venture firm that invests in startups transforming large, regulated industries. It pairs seed capital with hands-on support and regulatory insights for its portfolio companies.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsregulated industriesenergytransportationhealthfintechgovtech
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Or find every investor that fitsUrban Innovation Fund lists 63 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 7 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 57% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (22%), Fintech (14%) and Education (10%). 73% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Techstars and Capitoria.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Urban Innovation Fund, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Urban Innovation Fund's whole history. Rounds on record name 7 companies; its own site lists 63. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 57% |
| Series A | 43% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 1 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 0 |
| '26 | 4 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 89th | 62 companies |
| Recent activity | 86th | 5 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 74th | 57% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 76th | 10% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 21th | 22% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 91th | 8 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 22% | 18% |
| Fintech | 14% | 12% |
| Education | 10% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 8% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 8% | 15% |
| Cybersecurity | 7% | 4% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 6% | 5% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 6% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 12 |
| Techstars | 4 |
| Capitoria | 3 |
| StartX | 3 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 2 |
| Bling Capital | 2 |
| Collaborative Fund | 2 |
| Imagine H2O | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers6298%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company12%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Urban Innovation Fund head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Urban Innovation Fund| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 5 May 2026 | Seed | |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Series A | |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Seed | |
| 19 Dec 2025 | Seed | |
| 9 Jan 2025 | Series A | |
| 2 Jun 2021 | Series A |
Round details for Urban Innovation Fund
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Urban Innovation Fund's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
63 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides infrastructure and solutions for private markets investing, enabling efficient capital flows between wealth advisors and asset managers. | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Apply Design provides virtual staging services for real estate properties using AI-powered technology. | Real Estate & ConstructionAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Avela provides software for K-12 school enrollment and admissions management. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an AI-powered platform for multifamily housing finance solutions | Real Estate & ConstructionFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| ChampionEffect provides an AI coach to help employees with new workflows, tools, and creative uses of AI | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| ClimateWells creates carbon credits when oil and gas operators shut down their old oilfields earlier, cutting emissions and improving local air quality. | Climate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| codeSpark creates a learn-to-code app for kids aged 3-10 | EducationEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Codi is the AI office assistant that takes the daily logistics off your plate and effectively operates your office. | AI & Machine LearningReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Coinrule provides automated trading bots for cryptocurrencies, stocks, and ETFs on various exchanges and brokers. | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| Commenda provides a platform to manage entities and stay ahead of every obligation, from incorporation to tax and accounting, across 80+ countries. | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Dataships helps companies collect and manage direct marketing consent across various channels and platforms | E-commerce & MarketplacesCybersecurity | Jan 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| The company synthesizes custom DNA sequences using a next-gen exponential synthesis platform. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Dropcountr translates data generated by water meters into actionable information for utility staff and their customers. | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Ethic provides customized investing solutions for advisors and institutions | FintechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Exante provides an AI teammate for collections to automate and manage accounts receivable tasks | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Fabrica allows users to buy, sell and borrow against real land | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Ferrum Health provides a platform for clinical AI governance and deployment in healthcare | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Finli provides digital back office solutions for small businesses and financial institutions | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Chief AI provides software to power the world's leaders, offering a command center to manage time, relationships, and priorities. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Optiwatt provides an energy management platform for utilities and grid operators | EducationE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 12 Nov 2026- Site
- urban.vc
- Last read
- 12 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 2 Jun 2021
- Companies checked
- 63
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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