| Date | Title | Description |
| 01.03.2022 | VC firm Urban US rebrands to Third Sphere, doubles down on climate focus | Urban US is three funds deep into an eight-year venture capital journey of focusing on climate tech. The firm originally had a built-environment focus it described as “reimagining cities for climate change.” Over the years, Urban US grew to... |
| 11.01.2022 | 5 startups poised to solve urban problems | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Urban-X, a startup accelerator backed by venture ... |
| 11.01.2022 | 5 startups present at BMW-backed accelerator Urban-X’s 10th demo day | Hear from CIOs, CTOs, and other C-level and senior execs on data and AI strategies at the Future of Work Summit this January 12, 2022. Learn more
Urban-X, a startup accelerator backed by venture capital fund Urban Us and BMW’s Mini to suppo... |
| 28.09.2021 | Oversubscribed USD 2M pre-seed round boosts Urbio | Urbio accelerates the transition of utilities towards clean energy, with a novel software based on research from world-leading technical university EPFL that reduces ten-fold the time spent on design tasks. Today, customers deal with scatte... |
| 05.07.2021 | Hear top VCs Albert Wegner, Jenny Rooke, and Shilpi Kumar talk green bets at the Extreme Tech Challenge finals | This year, TechCrunch is proudly hosting the Extreme Tech Challenge Global Finals on July 22. The event is among the world’s largest purpose-driven startup competitions that are aiming to solve global challenges based on the United Nations’... |
| 24.03.2021 | 10 proptech investors see better era for residential and retail after pandemic | The pandemic made the internet a lifeline for shopping, earning a living and maintaining personal relationships. Now, as lockdowns start to lift, the real estate industry has to figure out what that means.
Seeking answers, I surveyed the pe... |
| 24.03.2021 | The return of neighborhood retail and other surprising real estate trends | The pandemic made remote work and on-demand delivery normal far faster than anyone expected. Today, as the world beings to emerge from the pandemic, location doesn’t matter like it did a year ago.
As shocking as it sounds, we could be enter... |
| 12.03.2021 | BlocPower Issues First Climate Impact Note for Retail Investors After Raising $63 Million to Green Urban Buildings | NEW YORK (PRWEB) March 12, 2021
BlocPower, a Brooklyn-based climate tech startup that is rapidly greening American inner cities, today announced that it has issued the first Climate Impact Note, a peer-to-peer crowdfunded debt offering. Blo... |
| 01.03.2021 | Funding to support Urbio’s growing demand | Urbio is the first “generative design” software for planning and designing efficient energy technologies for buildings and to reduce carbon emissions. Developed in two doctoral theses at EPFL, Urbio blends the analytical strengths of humans... |
| 01.03.2021 | Funding to support Urbio’s growing demand | |
| 23.02.2021 | BlocPower lands $63M to make urban buildings greener | BlocPower, a climate tech startup that retrofits older urban buildings with energy efficient heating and cooling systems, has raised a $63 million Series A. The funding round, which consists of $55 million in debt and $8 million in equity, ... |
| 22.02.2021 | BlocPower Raises $63 Million Series A to Green Urban Buildings and Creates Innovative Financing Solution Alongside the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group | NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- BlocPower, a Brooklyn-based climate tech startup that is rapidly greening American inner cities, today announced a $63 million Series A round ($55 million debt, $8 million equity). The round was led b... |
| 28.01.2021 | Urban-X launches its latest cohort as the world catches up to the accelerator’s climate thesis | Urban-X, the accelerator launched by the venture capital fund Urban US and BMW’s MINI subsidiary to invest in companies that primarily address sustainable and resilient living in the cities of the future, has launched its latest cohort.
Thi... |
| 29.10.2020 | Hades raised $1.9M in its oversubscribed seed round | Founded in 2019, Hades uses machine learning to automatically detect defects in sewer inspection videos and tells engineers when and how to repair them. The use of AI makes the process more objective and less error-prone. With this addition... |
| 29.10.2020 | Hades raised $1.9M in its oversubscribed seed round | |
| 08.09.2020 | 9 proptech investors talk co-living, home offices and other pandemic trends | The real estate industry — like so many other sectors — was forced to adapt this year.
Now, investors are ready to pour capital into the startups they believe are best-positioned in this new era, from companies tackling construction tech, f... |
| 03.09.2020 | 9 top real estate and proptech investors: Cities and offices still have a future | Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, many U.S. workers will eventually return to their offices.
But when they do, their big-city workplace will not only have a smaller footprint and operational strategy, it might be in a different town altogether... |
| 20.07.2020 | Kibbo wants to remake the RV park so #vanlife can be a life and not a lifestyle | Colin O’Donnell was already rethinking the notion of what makes cities and communities function even before the COVID-19 epidemic swept through the U.S. and revealed some of the cracks in centuries-old structures of urban life.
O’Donnell wa... |
| 01.07.2020 | VCs see much to like in Democrats’ $1.5 trillion Moving Forward Act | “The Moving Forward Act reads like a $1.5 trillion validation of our fund’s thesis — that upgrading cities and related infrastructure is key to fighting the existential threat of climate change and improving lives,” said Stonly Baptiste, co... |
| 28.05.2020 | 6 leading mobility VCs discuss the road ahead | Millions of consumers sheltering in place to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus sent shockwaves through the global economy. Transportation-related companies were not spared in the upheaval. Mobility startups consolidated, pulled back ... |
| 14.05.2020 | 7 top mobility VCs discuss COVID-19 strategies and trends | As COVID-19 swept across the globe, no sector lay untouched, but perhaps no industry was more disrupted than transportation.
Airlines slashed routes, public transit use plummeted, ridership on Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing platforms dro... |
| 26.03.2020 | Leading VCs discuss how COVID-19 is impacting real estate & proptech | Several months ago, we surveyed more than 20 leading real estate VCs to learn about what was exciting them most in the real estate tech sector and hear their opinions on proptech trends like co-working, flexible office space and remote offi... |
| 15.02.2020 | Startups Weekly: A pre-IPO list of unicorn companies that also generate lots of revenue(!) | [Editor’s note: Want to get this weekly review of news that startups can use by email? Just subscribe here.]
My colleague Alex Wilhelm has been researching the companies that are both getting impressive valuations and also generating annual... |
| 14.02.2020 | Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics | Venture capital has been flooding the various subverticals under the robotics umbrella in recent years, and the construction space is one of the largest beneficiaries.
Last November, we surveyed 13 of the top robotics-focused VCs to find ou... |
| 04.12.2019 | The Urban.Us and BMW Mini accelerator focused on urban innovation names its latest cohort | URBAN-X, the accelerator program focused on companies developing technologies to increase the sustainability, resiliency and efficiency of cities, has selected seven companies for its latest cohort.
Operating as a partnership between BMW’s ... |
| 06.06.2019 | Urban-X accelerator backs seven new companies pitching services for the world’s cities | Urban-X, the startup accelerator for companies focused on solving the problems facing the world’s urban environment, has selected the latest seven companies for its sixth cohort.
Backed by the design arm of BMW’s Mini division and the ventu... |
| 15.04.2019 | The other micro VC allocation model | Shaun Abrahamson Contributor
Shaun Abrahamson is a managing partner at Urban Us Ventures and serves on the Investment Committee at URBAN-X.
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| 06.02.2019 | NYC launches partnership network, ‘The Grid,’ to help grow urban tech ecosystem | The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and CIV:LAB — a nonprofit dedicated to connecting urban tech leaders — have announced the launch of The Grid, a member-based partnership network for New York’s urban tech community... |
| 14.11.2018 | RoadBotics Secures $3.9M To Transform Road Management | RoadBotics, developer of advanced computer vision technology for inspecting roads and infrastructure, has raised $3.9M in its series seed round of financing, led by Boston-based Hyperplane Venture Capital. The capital will help the company ... |
| 27.09.2018 | Our 3 favorite startups from Urban-X’s 4th demo day | Urban-X, the urban-tech startup accelerator backed by MINI and early-stage urban-tech fund Urban.Us, hosted at its Brooklyn HQ a demo day today for its fourth cohort of companies. The seven presenting companies offered solutions to issues p... |
| 31.07.2018 | Everything old is new again as demand response comes to real estate with Blueprint Power | Real estate developers and their properties are getting an opportunity to cash in on power management and surplus energy production thanks to a new company called Blueprint Power.
It’s a new twist on an old idea dating back to the first cle... |
| 19.07.2018 | With new tech coming online, cities need a department of urban testing | Shaun Abrahamson Contributor
Shaun Abrahamson is a managing partner at Urban Us Ventures and serves on the Investment Committee at URBAN-X.
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| 05.03.2018 | The Top 10 Venture Firms in Miami | If you're in the Miami startup community, you have a lot of perks. The sunny Florida tech hub is seeing a growing number of startups and hosts a booming cottage industry of coworking spaces. They have plenty of accelerators and incubators. ... |
| 18.10.2017 | Techstars launches an impact accelerator for companies focused on social and environmental impact | Techstars has launched a new accelerator in Austin focused on the increasingly popular category of “impact” technologies.
In a bog post, the international accelerator network’s newest managing director, Zoe Schlag, said that the new acceler... |
| 05.10.2017 | The new electric utilities | Stonly Baptiste Contributor
Stonly Baptiste is a co-founder and partner with the investment firm Urban.us, the venture fund for startups that make cities and the environment better.
An ideal electric utility costs less, is good for the plan... |
| 18.09.2017 | Job openings in Brooklyn tech: Huxley, Civil, Propel | On the Market is a Technical.ly column where we highlight new and noteworthy job openings and the people who are lookin’. Got a submission? Email us and tell us why it belongs in the roundup.Propel is hiring for a senior software developer.... |
| 21.06.2017 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, June 21 | YES, MORE UBER
🚨 Travis Kalanick is permanently out as CEO of Uber.🚨
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| 14.06.2017 | Bowery Farming Raises $20m Series A to Hire and Expand | New Jersey-based indoor farming company Bowery Farming has raised $20 million in Series A funding. The round was co-led by General Catalyst and GGV Capital, with additional investment from GV (Google Ventures), taking Bowery’s total fundrai... |
| 31.05.2017 | How should startups work with city governments? | Shaun Abrahamson Contributor
Shaun Abrahamson is a managing partner at Urban Us Ventures and serves on the Investment Committee at URBAN-X.
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| 17.05.2017 | The very simple argument for the rise of co-living: people need people | People, people who need people, are the luckiest people in the world.
So go the lyrics of the famous Barbra Streisand song. It was also a theme at a future of cities panel at Disrupt today, where the discussion came back and time again to c... |
| 01.05.2017 | Brooklyn’s mega tech conference Smart Cities NYC is this week | What might be the largest tech conference of the year kicks off at the Brooklyn Navy Yard this Wednesday.
Smart Cities NYC is a four-day conference of lectures, workshops and parties, focusing on how technology can improve the functions of ... |
| 14.11.2016 | Investing in the future of urbanization | For roughly a year, Niko Bonatsos, a managing director at the venture firm General Catalyst Partners, didn’t make a single investment. He was meeting with startups daily, as it’s his job to do. But Bonatsos, who steered General Catalyst to ... |
| 18.07.2016 | Urban.Us Is the Venture Fund That’s Making Cities Better | Rachio recently announced that their smart sprinkling systems have helped save over one billion gallons of water. Radiator Labs and its similarly smart household tech are achieving reductions of over 30 percent in heating fuel use. Mark43 i... |
| 01.01.2016 | Urban.us Raising $10 Million Fund To Invest In Startups That Impact City Living | Venture fund Urban.us is gearing up to close a $10 million fund to continue investing in startups focused on impacting urban city living across mobility and logistics, environment, utilities and local government. Urban.us expects to close t... |
| 23.02.2015 | 10 Most Innovative Startups Showcasing at Smart City Startups | Smart City Startups is heading back to Miami for its second year of urban tech innovation.
Organized by Miami-based investment fund Urban.Us, the two-day conference will kick off with a Festival open to the public, where 100 startups will s... |
| 26.11.2014 | Startup Founders Share What They Are Thankful For This Holiday | Thanksgiving is a time for us to reflect on another year and be thankful. Startup life is not easy, and whenever there are opportunities to celebrate, you should take it. We asked startup founders to share what they are grateful for this ye... |
| 30.07.2014 | Shaun Abrahamson: Founders Shouldn’t Get Hung Up On Valuations | Shaun Abrahamson is a successful early stage investor, tech entrepreneur, and author. Abrahamson has invested in companies like ZocDoc, Refinery29 and Trialpay amongst others startups. His latest venture, Urban.Us, is a network of advisors,... |
| 07.04.2014 | New Transportation And Energy Accelerator To Run In Berlin And SF | Startupbootcamp, which has spread a network of accelerators across Europe is creating a new “cross-continental” program connecting Berlin and San Francisco based on “smart transportation” and energy. Global partners include Bosch, Castrol i... |
| 03.04.2014 | Hey, Y Combinator: Stop Hating On #MiamiTech | First it was Miami Beach Mayor Levine telling the Washington Post earlier this year that the idea of turning Miami Beach into a tech hub was “the dumbest idea in the world.” This sparked an outrage amongst the community like never seen befo... |
