Alexander Urban

Chief Financial Officer | Artemis

📍 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 5 investments📅 8 years investing🗓 Last invested Nov 2023
Angel investor🌍 United States
5
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Board Observer
Nov 2023
Imagine your car feeling new again. Born & raised in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park, our team at Spiffy has always had an affinity for technology. Since 2014, we’ve used that passion to pursue our goal of truly convenient and environmentally-friendly car care for individuals and fleets across the country. With our Spiffy app, you can schedule, track, and pay for mobile oil change, car wash, detail, and other maintenance services at a time and date that fits your schedule. Our professionally trained technicians come to you with all the equipment needed to make your car feel new again. All of our services, from a basic car wash to a nano-ceramic coating or oil change, are designed to be conscious of the local ecosystem. Each appointment uses less than half of the water of a traditional car wash and we always take the dirty water back with us. Our eco-friendly supplies, products, and proprietary technology safely removes and recycles used water and oil. Whether you’re at home or work, we’ll take care of your car so you can get back to living your life.
Board Member
Nov 2021
We work with energy utilities and retailers to create local energy marketplaces where renewable distributed energy resources (DERs) can be pooled, transacted and optimized at a community level. We are also developing an innovative blockchain-based data platform that promises to reshape the future of energy and support the energy transition. Our investors include Siemens, Centrica, Sumitomo, Shell and Braemar Energy Ventures and we have a growing number of operational projects with leading energy service providers on four different continents. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon with regional offices around the world. We employ a large team of energy, utility, tech and trading professionals with expertise in utility business models and the design, development and operational aspects of customer energy programs. For more information visit www.LO3energy.com
Board Observer
Jan 2021
What if insurers had superpowers? We think that they would choose to be able to predict risk better. At Humn, our superpower is our ability to process driving data in real-time. We fuse this with our risk model of the natural world to predict the unpredictable. Our data powered insurance products result in smarter premiums and safer roads. Our mission is to improve road safety, so 3 yrs ago, we brought some of the brightest minds in Data Science & Engineering together to build our risk & insurance platform. Rideshur tracks thousands of environmental & behavioural data points in real-time, providing world-leading transportation risk modelling capabilities. Rideshur has already reduced accidents by 65% saving our customers up to 20% on insurance premiums. Rideshur exposes driving risk trip by trip via an easy-to-use web app that enables fleet managers & their drivers to monitor and reduce risk by improving driving behaviour. We dynamically provide hints & tips with relevant training modules to allow drivers to develop their on-road skills & save money on their insurance premiums in real-time. We are now on a relentless drive to bring together the best global talents to continue improving our unique full-stack platform. We are looking for egoless leaders, experimenters & game-changers willing to adopt the latest technology across Data Science, Machine Learning, DevOps and Cloud Development - not to mention insurance product creation. Our insurance product has world-changing potential, & fleets are just the beginning for Humn… We’re also entering the world of autonomous vehicles, creating the world's first A.V. insurance solution. In recognition of our leadership in this space, we have been awarded 2 U.K. government grants & have also raised over £20m in investment funding. We are a Global remote-first company with unmatched benefits & clear progression paths & want to find people passionate to change the world with us. Fancy joining the ride?
Board Observer
May 2019
Sense is making the energy transition accessible for everyone. Our mission is to reduce global carbon emissions by transforming the relationship between people, homes and the electric grid. To do this, we empower people and utilities with the knowledge and solutions required to shape a brighter, cleaner future. We partner with meter manufacturers to offer utilities software that helps them meet their electrification goals by making the grid more scalable and resilient. Our consumer app makes homes smarter, empowering people to make better use of their energy, lower electricity bills, and reduce their carbon footprint.
Board Observer
Dec 2018
The Cumulus Quality Execution System (QES) digitizes mission-critical construction and maintenance activities to ensure that work is done right the first time, every time. By integrating sensors, digital tools, and other IoT devices, Cumulus improves the productivity and quality of safety-critical workflows, such as bolt tightening, welding, and pressure testing. To date, Cumulus has been used to manage over 7,000,000 work completions across industries such as energy, construction, manufacturing, semiconductors, data centers, transportation, chemicals, renewables, and more. In addition to improving safety and sustainability, our technology also has been proven to reduce costs for quality control and data review by over 60%. Cumulus is headquartered in Auburndale, Massachusetts with additional offices in Houston, Texas, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. We serve customers across the globe.
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2023
Board Observer
Nov 2023
Imagine your car feeling new again. Born & raised in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park, our team at Spiffy has always had an affinity for technology. Since 2014, we’ve used that passion to pursue our goal of truly convenient and environmentally-friendly car care for individuals and fleets across the country. With our Spiffy app, you can schedule, track, and pay for mobile oil change, car wash, detail, and other maintenance services at a time and date that fits your schedule. Our professionally trained technicians come to you with all the equipment needed to make your car feel new again. All of our services, from a basic car wash to a nano-ceramic coating or oil change, are designed to be conscious of the local ecosystem. Each appointment uses less than half of the water of a traditional car wash and we always take the dirty water back with us. Our eco-friendly supplies, products, and proprietary technology safely removes and recycles used water and oil. Whether you’re at home or work, we’ll take care of your car so you can get back to living your life.
2021
Board Member
Nov 2021
We work with energy utilities and retailers to create local energy marketplaces where renewable distributed energy resources (DERs) can be pooled, transacted and optimized at a community level. We are also developing an innovative blockchain-based data platform that promises to reshape the future of energy and support the energy transition. Our investors include Siemens, Centrica, Sumitomo, Shell and Braemar Energy Ventures and we have a growing number of operational projects with leading energy service providers on four different continents. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon with regional offices around the world. We employ a large team of energy, utility, tech and trading professionals with expertise in utility business models and the design, development and operational aspects of customer energy programs. For more information visit www.LO3energy.com
Board Observer
Jan 2021
What if insurers had superpowers? We think that they would choose to be able to predict risk better. At Humn, our superpower is our ability to process driving data in real-time. We fuse this with our risk model of the natural world to predict the unpredictable. Our data powered insurance products result in smarter premiums and safer roads. Our mission is to improve road safety, so 3 yrs ago, we brought some of the brightest minds in Data Science & Engineering together to build our risk & insurance platform. Rideshur tracks thousands of environmental & behavioural data points in real-time, providing world-leading transportation risk modelling capabilities. Rideshur has already reduced accidents by 65% saving our customers up to 20% on insurance premiums. Rideshur exposes driving risk trip by trip via an easy-to-use web app that enables fleet managers & their drivers to monitor and reduce risk by improving driving behaviour. We dynamically provide hints & tips with relevant training modules to allow drivers to develop their on-road skills & save money on their insurance premiums in real-time. We are now on a relentless drive to bring together the best global talents to continue improving our unique full-stack platform. We are looking for egoless leaders, experimenters & game-changers willing to adopt the latest technology across Data Science, Machine Learning, DevOps and Cloud Development - not to mention insurance product creation. Our insurance product has world-changing potential, & fleets are just the beginning for Humn… We’re also entering the world of autonomous vehicles, creating the world's first A.V. insurance solution. In recognition of our leadership in this space, we have been awarded 2 U.K. government grants & have also raised over £20m in investment funding. We are a Global remote-first company with unmatched benefits & clear progression paths & want to find people passionate to change the world with us. Fancy joining the ride?
2019
Board Observer
May 2019
Sense is making the energy transition accessible for everyone. Our mission is to reduce global carbon emissions by transforming the relationship between people, homes and the electric grid. To do this, we empower people and utilities with the knowledge and solutions required to shape a brighter, cleaner future. We partner with meter manufacturers to offer utilities software that helps them meet their electrification goals by making the grid more scalable and resilient. Our consumer app makes homes smarter, empowering people to make better use of their energy, lower electricity bills, and reduce their carbon footprint.
2018
Board Observer
Dec 2018
The Cumulus Quality Execution System (QES) digitizes mission-critical construction and maintenance activities to ensure that work is done right the first time, every time. By integrating sensors, digital tools, and other IoT devices, Cumulus improves the productivity and quality of safety-critical workflows, such as bolt tightening, welding, and pressure testing. To date, Cumulus has been used to manage over 7,000,000 work completions across industries such as energy, construction, manufacturing, semiconductors, data centers, transportation, chemicals, renewables, and more. In addition to improving safety and sustainability, our technology also has been proven to reduce costs for quality control and data review by over 60%. Cumulus is headquartered in Auburndale, Massachusetts with additional offices in Houston, Texas, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. We serve customers across the globe.
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