Many dimensions of change
History
We probably look familiar. In 2013 we began our collective journey as Urban Us to combat climate change by reimagining and upgrading our cities. As our network and portfolio expanded, so did our perspective on how to best create a world that works for everyone. That shift in our thinking led us to look outside city limits for the agents of change that will build our tomorrow. You can learn more about the history of Urban Us and how we built the URBAN-X accelerator from 2017 to 2021.
We were named one ImpactAssets IA 50 2023 Managers, and we’re proud to be members of Impact Capital Managers and Coolwater GP community.
We were the #1 ranked seed stage climate fund in North America by Climate50 in 2022. In the midst of C19, Techcrunch featured us in the top 10 of VCs who founders love the most. And our investment approach has become a regularly taught case at Harvard Business School.
How We Work
- Evolve constantly to stay talent attractive
- Are sherpas and guides not competitors or operators
- Put team first, but celebrate individual achievements
Coaches Not Players
- Approach all work with humour and humility
- Use accountability as a guardrail for human frailty
- Use influence as a function of achievement, not hierarchy
Humans With Humor
- Own who we are, sunlight is the best disinfectant
- Believe in open book shared knowledge and resources
- Practice risk with intention, talk straight and be transparent
- Do what we can with what we have, more when we have it
Don't Hide Behind Glass
- Embody new ways to empower positive human futures
- Act only in service of generative synergies
- Practice the knowledge that ‘Good is a verb’
Most Good, Least Harm
- Bias towards action and think in systems not in cogs
- Design processes to ensure that no idea is left behind
- Clear space for solutions to ripen on the tree
Finger For The Hand