Helping startups that are helping cities
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We are asking cities to do a lot more with a lot less. At Urban.Us, we believe that startups have the potential to solve some of the most pressing city issues. But they will need help. We explore some of the key challenges and our approach during our first 6 months to begin work with our first 10 startups that are helping to make cities better.
![Mobility
+ Number of cars will double by 2020
Safety
+ Crime rates in cities are about double that or suburbs
Sustainability
+ Cities generate 80% of greenhouse gases
Resilience
+ 75% of urban settlements at risk from rising sea levels
[Sources: C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, Economist, Brookings, IBM]
Reduce Energy Use
in Buildings
Provide Clean
Available Water
Ensure Public
Safety
Increasing Citizen
Participation in
Decision-Making
Generate Economic
Opportunities
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinboke/
We’re asking cities to perform magic
Reduce Traffic
Congestion](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/urbanusintroductionmay2014-140507152150-phpapp02/85/Helping-startups-that-are-helping-cities-3-320.jpg)
Helping startups that are helping cities
- 1. Helping startups that help cities. @shaunabe Deck goo.gl/o7TLts
- 2. Urban.Us Network OrganizersHello CEO, Co-Founder at Urban.Us Before: 25 angel investments including* ZocDoc, Trialpay, Refinery29, SOMA, Retrofit. At Mutopo led projects like: Starbucks Betacup, Life Edited. Authored Crowdstorm. MIT, Berlin School, University of Cape Town.
- 3. Mobility + Number of cars will double by 2020 Safety + Crime rates in cities are about double that or suburbs Sustainability + Cities generate 80% of greenhouse gases Resilience + 75% of urban settlements at risk from rising sea levels [Sources: C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, Economist, Brookings, IBM] Reduce Energy Use in Buildings Provide Clean Available Water Ensure Public Safety Increasing Citizen Participation in Decision-Making Generate Economic Opportunities http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinboke/ We’re asking cities to perform magic Reduce Traffic Congestion
- 4. At least 34m users. Acquired Google 2013 for $1.3b. 6 Years Old. Ra’anana, Israel. Over 1.2b kWh saved. Acquired by Google for $3.2b. 4 Years Old. Palo Alto, CA. Over 3b kWh saved. Recent IPO. Valued ~ $800m . 7 Years Old. Arlington, VA. Operate ~15,000 shared bikes in largest US cities. 5 Years Old. Portland, OR. Startups are capable of doing magic Sometimes in 100s of cities within about 5 years. 1 million rides per week. Valued at $3.5b. 5 Years Old. San Francisco, CA.
- 5. But there is a problem. This story is true for only 1 in 1,000 startups.
- 6. Good news: Founders have never been more enabled
- 7. There is more help at the Discovery phase
- 8. There are specialized accelerator programs and funding at the Evaluation & Efficiency stages
- 9. And cities are helping generate opportunities
- 10. How can we organize access to the expanding universe of resources?
- 11. We are building a transit system for startups that help cities.
- 12. We’re connecting the best resources, with the most promising startups, across cities Network to evaluate & support startups. Events to bring together investors, cities, startups. Content to enable startups, cities and investors.
- 13. Publish useful content like news.urban.us
- 14. Get together IRL to build relationships and understand key issues like SmartCityStartups.com Photo by @Dharmishta
- 15. Work with our community to identify and support the most promising startups.
- 16. After six months, we’re working with our first 10 startups. Let’s meet them.