Investing Profile

Julie Lein(1)

Managing Partner, Co-Founder at Urban Innovation Fund

urbaninnovationfund.com/julie...San Francisco, California

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Current Investing Position

Urban Innovation Fund General Partner

Investment Range

$250K - $500K

Sweet Spot

$500K

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$24.5M

Julie Lein is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

GovTech (Seed)Travel (Seed)Food and Beverage (Seed)TransportationTech (Seed)Real Estate/PropTech (Seed)EnergyTech (Seed)IoT (Seed)Education (Seed)San Francisco Bay Area EnergyTech (Pre-seed)GovTech (Pre-seed)TransportationTech (Pre-seed)Travel (Pre-seed)Education (Pre-seed)Food and Beverage (Pre-seed)IoT (Pre-seed)Real Estate/PropTech (Pre-seed)

Julie Lein's Investments On Record (9)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Variance	Series AMar 2026$22M SeedDec 2023$3M	$25M
Co-investors: Jared Friedman (Israel Defense Forces), Austin Arensberg (Okta Ventures)
Dataships	Series AJan 2025$7M SeedSep 2021$3M	$10M
Solarcycle	Series AMar 2023$30M SeedJun 2022$7M	$37M
Co-investors: Peter Gajdoš (Fifth Wall), Danielle Joseph (Closed Loop Partners)
Ferrum Health	SeedJan 2023$6M	$6M
Co-investors: Matt Miller (Headwater Ventures), Andrew Felbinger (Urban Innovation Fund)
PairTree	SeedJun 2021$2M	$7M
Co-investors: David Frankel (Founder Collective), Philip Carson (Cubit Capital)
Joyride	SeedJun 2021$4M	$5M
Co-investors: Seth Goldstein (GlamCam)
Electriphi	SeedFeb 2020$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Paul Straub (Wireframe Ventures)
Voatz	Series AJun 2019$7M SeedJan 2018$2M	$11M
Co-investors: Christian Edler (BITKRAFT Ventures), Tom Williams (Williams Family Office), Joe Caruso

most interested in

Startups shaping the future of cities. Investing at the pre-seed & seed in a variety of verticals, including: - Transportation - Future of work - Real estate tech - Energy & water - Business & fintech services - Food - Health & public safety - Govt & civic tech - Arts & recreation

Julie Lein's Experience

Analyst Tulchin ResearchPresent

Assistant Analyst Greenberg Quinlan RosnerPresent

Education Pioneers Fellow Revolution FoodsPresent

Managing Partner, Co-Founder Urban Innovation FundPresent

President, Co-Founder TummlPresent

Assistant Analyst GQRPresent

Research Analyst LECGPresent

Julie Lein's Education

Stanford University BA Public Policy

Stanford University

MIT Sloan School of Management