STARTUPS WILL REDESIGN OUR CITIESShaun Abrahamson @shaunabeUrban Us Managing Partner & Co-Founder

WHAT TODAY LOOKED LIKE FROM 1980

WHAT G GOT WRONG

+ No Internet+ No Smartphones+ Polaroid+ Atari + Bell Telephones (now ATT)+ RCA (now part of GE)

WHAT GOT RIGHT

+ Climate change+ Urbanization+ Tech regulatory/policy+ Economic opportunity+ Homelessness+ Law enforcement+ Mobility challenges

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WHY WE NEED TO REIMAGINE CITIES

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HOW STARTUPS REIMAGINE MOBILITY

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InitialInvestment

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YearFounded

Mobility & Logistics $1.45m 7.25x ($8.61b) 2009

Built Environment $620k 10.46x (2.39b) 2008

City Government ? 8.47x ($2.42b) 2004

Built Environment $6.85m 10x ($1.00b) 2010

Mobility & Logistics ? 5.5x ($1b) 1999

Utilities (Electricity) $10m 6.04x ($301m) 2006

Utilities (Fuel, Electricity) ? 22x ($144m) 2010

Mobility & Logistics $12m 16.4 X ($67m) 2006

CAN STARTUPS REDESIGN CITIES?

7 NEW WAYS THAT STARTUPS ARE REIMAGINING CITIES

SKYCATCH / DRONES TO AUTOMATE MEASUREMENT + INSPECTIONS

RACHIO / SPRINKLERS TO AUTOMAGICALLY CUT WATER USE BY 40%

ONEWHEEL / TRANSPORT THAT FITS IN A BACKPACK + GOES ANYWHERE?

________ / INDOOR VERTICAL FARMS FOR QUALITY, VARIETY, RESILIENCY AND (EVENTUALLY) PRICE

ARCHITIZER / BETTER, FASTER, CHEAPER SOURCING FOR COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTS

ONECONCERN / AI TO HELP FIRST RESPONDERS GET TO WHERE THEY ARE MOST NEEDED

___________ / LOW COST, REAL TIME WATER QUALITY MEASUREMENT + CUSTOM FILTERS

3 REASONS URBANTECH STARTUPS ARE JUST GETTING STARTED

Source: McKinsey Global Institute

CITIES DEPEND ON SECTORS THAT ARE AMONG THE LEAST DIGITIZED.

IF YOU THINK CITY GOVERNMENTS ARE THE MAIN CUSTOMER, YOU’RE GOING TO MISS A LOT

Source: Urban.Us Urbantech Radar, Mattermark, Angel.co

NUMBER OF STARTUPS TAGGED WITH ____________.

Source: Urban.Us Urbantech Radar, Mattermark, Angel.co

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resilience ||HERE BE OPPORTUNITY

Lawrence Fields: Michael, how are you?

Michael Burry: I found something really interesting. The

whole housing market is propped up on these bad loans.

They will fail.

Lawrence Fields: The housing market is rock solid.

Michael Burry: It's a time bomb.

Porter Collins: So Mike Burry, who gets his haircut at

Supercuts and doesn't wear shoes knows more than the

federal government?

Michael Burry: Dr. Mike Burry, yes, he does.

- The Big Short (film)

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU’VE ENCOUNTERED SOMETHING INTERESTING?