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Cubico, New York
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Join us for a special edition of Founders, Funders & Friends where we'll be recording our monthly fireside chat live as part of our podcast series (subscribe here). Entry is FREE with proof of subscription.
We'll talk about the journey of Yael Shemer, Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree and Co-founder & CCO of TULU, alongside Alap Shah, Managing Partner at Studio Management and Founder of Sentieo (acquired).
TULU is a Series A venture incubated at MIT DesignX that's revolutionizing urban living by providing on-demand access to the day-to-day things residents want and need. They've raised nearly $30 million, have expanded to 53 cities, and now serve over 200,000 people worldwide.
📆 Wednesday, April 16th, 2025 | 6:30pm-9:00pm
🕰 Fireside chat will begin at 7:45pm
🎤 Guest Speaker is Yael Shemer, (TULU) in conversation with Alap Shah (Studio Management)
📍 Cubico, 46 Howard St., New York
Founders, Funders & Friends is a monthly speaker series featuring top leaders and topics in tech at unique spaces around New York City. It's where social and ambitious builders come to meet and expand personally and professionally.
About Studio Management:
Studio Management is a data-driven asset manager investing in public equities, venture capital, and community.
As venture investors, we finance value-aligned startups across stages, leveraging our experience as entrepreneurs. Companies we’ve co-founded have collectively raised over $100M in venture capital since 2015 and have scaled to over 1,000 employees. We marry this experience as entrepreneurs with our data-driven approach as investors to identify startups advancing societal health, productivity, and well-being.
About Yael Shemer
Yael Shemer is an environmental entrepreneur and the co-founder and CCO of TULU, a Series A venture incubated at MIT DesignX. TULU is revolutionizing urban living by providing on-demand access to the day-to-day things residents want and need, from home essentials to printers and scooters — and beyond...
Her innovative platform provides residential building residents with access to household items available for hourly rental, reducing waste and promoting sustainable consumption. Under Yael's leadership, TULU has raised nearly $30 million, expanded to 53 cities, and now serves over 200,000 people worldwide, earning recognition in The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, TechCrunch, and Business Insider.
A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree in 2023, Yael has dedicated her career to advancing sustainability and responsible consumerism. Before TULU, she launched several ventures focused on urban communities and sustainable living, building on her environmental science degree and specialized training from Columbia University’s Transboundary Environmental Management course and Harvard Business School’s social entrepreneurship seminar. A compelling speaker who has presented at leading institutions, including Columbia, Wharton, MIT, and Stanford, Yael remains deeply committed to advancing technologies that mitigate climate change, promote circular economy principles, and encourage responsible consumption practices.