Sidewalk Labs

Sidewalk Labs, founded in 2015 and based in New York, is a company that collaborates with cities to develop innovative solutions for urban challenges. It focuses on creating a platform and various urban applications designed to enhance city living by harnessing digital technologies. The company aims to address pressing urban issues in a manner that prioritizes privacy while facilitating the transition to future-ready urban environments. By integrating technology, data, policy best practices, and capital, Sidewalk Labs seeks to bridge the gap between technological potential and real-world urban needs.

Daniel May

Investment Team

8 past transactions

Replica

Series B in 2021
Replica is an enterprise data platform and urban planning tool that helps cities understand mobility, population, and land use. It ingests a wide range of data, including public datasets such as the US Census and land use regulations, as well as private sources like aggregate mobile location data, credit transactions, and real estate information, to deliver a synthetic representation of the built environment. The platform measures movement patterns, mode shares (car, transit, bike, foot), and trip purposes, and provides baseline travel metrics to answer key transportation questions. Replica serves public agencies, land developers, and communities, supporting planning decisions on transportation, schools, parks, and hospitals by combining demographic data with transit data and other inputs. Outputs are validated against ground truth such as auto counts or ridership where possible, with options for customers to supply their own ground-truth data to improve model accuracy. Founded in 2018, Replica is based in San Francisco, California.

Ori

Series B in 2019
Ori is a smart space company that designs multi-functional, robotic-powered interior solutions. It partners with real estate developers, builders, property managers, and architects to optimize living areas, creating flexible, intelligent, sustainable, and affordable urban housing.

Umbrella

Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 1995, Umbrella offers home maintenance services on a membership basis. Its platform connects senior citizens with local workers for tasks such as carpentry, plumbing, electrical repairs, seasonal tasks, and cleaning services, enabling seniors to live safely and independently in their own homes.

Cityblock

Series B in 2019
Cityblock Health, Inc., established in 2017 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, operates a personalized health system tailored to meet the unmet health and social needs of Medicaid and Medicare populations. The company's online platform offers integrated primary care, behavioral health, and virtual care services, along with a tool called Commons for communication, information sharing, and task management. Cityblock's model focuses on upstream investment in highly personalized, prevention-oriented care, aiming to improve outcomes and reduce costs. It partners with community-based organizations to deliver care, enabling clinicians to provide personalized care for each member. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Cityblock developed a model to help identify high-risk members within organizations.

SPIDR Tech

Venture Round in 2018
SPIDR Tech provides data-driven solutions for law enforcement agencies. Its platform enables officers to collect and analyze data from various sources like traffic collisions, weather events, and community engagement. This data is used to support predictive analytics, virtual assistance, and threat management solutions, enhancing patrol operations and improving public service.

Cityblock

Series A in 2018
Cityblock Health, Inc., established in 2017 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, operates a personalized health system tailored to meet the unmet health and social needs of Medicaid and Medicare populations. The company's online platform offers integrated primary care, behavioral health, and virtual care services, along with a tool called Commons for communication, information sharing, and task management. Cityblock's model focuses on upstream investment in highly personalized, prevention-oriented care, aiming to improve outcomes and reduce costs. It partners with community-based organizations to deliver care, enabling clinicians to provide personalized care for each member. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Cityblock developed a model to help identify high-risk members within organizations.

OptiRTC

Series B in 2017
OptiRTC is a technology company that delivers a cloud‑based SaaS platform for real‑time monitoring and active control of stormwater infrastructure. Its suite of products—Opti, OptiNimbus, OptiStratus, and OptiCumulus—combines on‑site sensor data, weather forecasts, and proprietary algorithms to optimize the rate and timing of stormwater flows, support predictive maintenance, and enable adaptive management of green and conventional systems. The platform helps municipalities, private landowners, and corporations reduce operating and capital costs, achieve Clean Water Act compliance, and mitigate risks from volatile environmental conditions. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Boston, OptiRTC offers solutions for combined sewer overflow reduction, rainwater harvesting, hydromodification, water quality improvement, stormwater credit markets, and related research and performance analytics.

Cityblock

Seed Round in 2017
Cityblock Health, Inc., established in 2017 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, operates a personalized health system tailored to meet the unmet health and social needs of Medicaid and Medicare populations. The company's online platform offers integrated primary care, behavioral health, and virtual care services, along with a tool called Commons for communication, information sharing, and task management. Cityblock's model focuses on upstream investment in highly personalized, prevention-oriented care, aiming to improve outcomes and reduce costs. It partners with community-based organizations to deliver care, enabling clinicians to provide personalized care for each member. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Cityblock developed a model to help identify high-risk members within organizations.
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