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INVESTOR SUMMIT 2017
Image: Chappie (2015)
I. UPDATE
II. AWARDS
III. ASK ANYONE ANYTHING
IV. DINNER
URBAN US
UPDATE
I. WHY
II. PROGRESS
III. OPPORTUNITIES
IV. NEXT
Source: NASA
STARTUPS
>
PORTFOLIO TO MAXIMIZE RETURN
FinancialMultiple
PORTFOLIO TO MAXIMIZE IMPACT
ImpactMultiple
Transportation
Electricity &
Heat Buildings
Road
Industry
Source: World Resource Institute
END USE GASSECTOR
Waste
URBANIZATION OPPORTUNITY
Source: McKinsey Global Institute
URBANIZATION THREATS
Tom Tom Traffic Index
B2G + B2B + B2C
CITY GOVERNMENT INFLUENCE
Source: C40
PROGRESS
Acquisition
of Liquidity
Wiggles of
False Hope
Slump of Slow
Sourcing
2016
1.69x
FINANCIAL VIEW
Low of Lost
Allocation
2014
1.78x
2007
12x
Wiggles of
False Hope
Spreadsheet of
Success
IMPACT VIEW
Self Interest Slump
3 Billion Bump
THE IFTTT IMPACT CHALLENGE
BOWERY IFTTT FOR FOOD RESILIENCE
ONE CONCERN IFTTT FOR RISK
OPPORTUNITIES
CAN WE HELP REDUCE FAILURE?
Adapted from CBInsights
Don’t Understand
Customer Needs
Ignore
Customers
Wrong Team
Poor
Customer
Comms
Team
Discord
Cash
Other
Outcompeted
Price Issues
Poor
Product
Business
Model
air
buildings
public health
connectivity
energy
food
government
insurance
safety
transportation
waste
water
WHO ARE THE BEST
PARTNERS/CUSTOMERS
FOR STARTUPS IN EACH
OF THESE SECTORS?
TURN PRODUCTS INTO SERVICES?
$300 MSRP $20/month
Urban Us
Network
HOW WE INVEST
HOW ELSE CAN WE MEET FOUNDERS?
HOW WE MEET
Source: Urban Us
HOW CAN WE CHOOSE BETTER?
Just closed
Series A at
$65m post
Just closed
Series A at
$70m post
Source: Urban Us Survey
WHAT PROBLEMS ARE UNDERSERVED?
URBANTECH DEALS
(BAY AREA)
Source: Urban Us
& Crunchbase
WHERE SHOULD WE FOCUS?
Mobility
Utilities
Built Environment
Government
Other
Source: Urban Us Survey
What’s in here?
HOW CAN WE BE MORE DELIBERATE
ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH?
“These buildings
are actually
making children
sick,”
RISE OF THE REST?
Source: Urban Us Portfolio Data
SHOULD WE INVEST EARLIER?
Seed(angels,MicroVC)
SeriesB,C,etc
< Valley of Death
PublicMarkets
Pre-seed(FF,accel.)
REVENUES/USERS
SeedII(MicroVC)
PostSeed(MicroVC)
TIME
SeriesA(VC)
NEXT
URBANTECH LEADERSHIP SPOTLIGHT
TOUR WITH
MAY
Boston
NYC
LA
JUNE
Montreal
DC
Portland
Seattle
SF
NYC
Austin
Chicago
JULY
Barcelona
Paris
London
Moscow
Berlin
Montreal
Munich
Amsterdam
SEPTEMBER
Singapore
RESEARCH - URBANTECH HUB ANALYSIS
Source: Urban Us & Crunchbase
Percent of total Urbantech Deals in each region
PERCENT OF URBANTECH DEALS IN 2016
ANGEL INVESTORS
Kenneth Chenault
Bre Pettis
Dave Waiser
Joanne Wilson
Victoria Grace
Esther Dyson
Bob Pasker
ACCELERATORS
Techstars
ACRE
1776
URBAN-X
Grand Central Tech
ERA
MetaProp
R/G/A
VENTURE CAPITAL
Thrive Capital
RRE Ventures
Lerer Hippeau Ventures
General Catalyst
Two Sigma Ventures
BoxGroup
Brooklyn Bridge Ventures
Collaborative Fund
Urban Us
Source: Urban Us & Crunchbase
RESEARCH - URBANTECH HUB ANALYSIS
(LEADING NYC URBANTECH INVESTORS)
NETWORK - ADJUST INTRO PROCESSES
PRE-SEED - PLAYBOOK
PRE-SEED -
PLAYGROUND
PARTNERSHIPS
FUNDING - EXPAND FUNDING OPTIONS
+ 43 Backers
+ ~$280,000 Backing
+ Strong platform & process
+ NEW
+ Mission Focused
+ Benefits from angel.co learnings
+ Now over 400 investors
+ LPs interested in direct deals
+ More focus on strategics
FUNDING - URBAN US CAPITAL FOR XaaS
Chart: Saasmetrics Blog
Help hardware
startups to
become XaaS
companies
URBAN US
AWARDS 2017
ELON MUSK
AWARD
[insert winning co slide]
SCHLEP
BLINDNESS
AWARD
[insert winning co slide]
AWARD
WIZARD
OF OZ
AWARD
BEST USE OF
HARDWARE BY
A SOFTWARE
COMPANY
HUNGER
GAMES
AWARD
STAR TREK
AWARD
BEST MVP
HACK
BEST
PIVOT
B2C
TO
B2B
BEST USE OF
OPEN DATA
CHAMPION
OF CHIEF
ENGINEERS
[insert winning co slide]
TROJAN
HORSE
PUBLIC
BENEFITS
AWARD
BEST “GUFMAT” PARTNERSHIP
GRIT
AWARD
BOOTSTRAPPER
AWARD
GOVERNMENT IS
BEAUTIFUL
AWARD
RE-IMAGINED
REAL ESTATE
AWARD
BEST
DEMO
ROCKET
LAUNCH
AWARD
ECOSYSTEM
BUILDER
AWARD
COLLABORATION
AWARD
BEST PIVOT
B2G TO B2B
BEST BIZ DEV
PROCUREMENT
MASTERY
AWARD
INVESTOR SUMMIT 2017

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