Tumml has been humbled by recognition for its work enhancing urban innovation, as a recipient of The Future of Urban Innovation award by Dr. Michael Porter's Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, Best Startup by the San Francisco Business Times, UBI/Cisco "Top Social Accelerator" at SOCAP, and Forbes "30 Under 30" in Social Entrepreneurship. Tumml's work has been featured by TedX and at conferences across the globe. Below is a selection of stories on Tumml and the companies it has supported:
Neighborly revealed exclusively to Fortune that it has raised $25 million in additional funding.
Chariot offers beleaguered Bay Area commuters an alternative to the overloaded mass-transit system.
Valor Water Analytics taps into utility company data to see who's most at risk of losing water service.
Tumml attempts to bridge the funding and mentorship gap business founders face by connecting them to investors, city officials, journalists and advisors.
Collaboration, not conflict, among regulators and private companies is key to ensuring continual innovation in both new and old industries.
Disadvantaged youth play a big part in the growth of the Town Kitchen, which partners with other companies hiring kids from similar backgrounds.
Starting a business isn't an alternative to civic engagement; it's a form of it.
How can we provide early stage social entrepreneurs the capital they need to fix our cities?
The truth is that government is now more critical to the success or failure of startups than ever before.