A seed stage venture firm focused primarily on enterprise IT, Ulu focuses on the market opportunity created by the Stanford and Silicon Valley communities. The firm seeks to generate great financial results using a disciplined, repeatable decision making process that analyzes risk-reward trade-offs. Ulu also follows logical principles of portfolio construction. This approach makes the firm conventional in the world of institutional investors but contrarian as compared to other VCs.
Location: United States, California, Palo Alto
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2008
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Seed; Series A; Series B
Portfolio 106
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 08.08.2023 | Grapevine ... | grapevine.... | $1.85M | - |
| 29.03.2023 | Irrigreen | irrigreen.... | $15M | Liberia, E... |
| 28.02.2023 | Gable | gable.to | $16M | United Sta... |
| 29.09.2022 | Bridge | bridgemone... | $5.8M | United Sta... |
| 27.06.2022 | Banyan Inf... | banyaninfr... | $33.2M | United Sta... |
| 19.05.2021 | Avatour | avatour.co | $2.9M | United Sta... |
| - | TeachFX | teachfx.co... | $10M | United Sta... |
| - | MODIT | modit3d.co... | - | - |
| - | Provenance... | provenance... | $20M | United Sta... |
| - | PANDO | pandopooli... | - | United Sta... |
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News 23
| Date | Title | Description |
| - | Clash of the Titans | Visa’s announcement it intends to acquire Fintech superstar Plaid is just the latest example that ... |
| - | Seed Stage Misconceptions | As an early stage investment firm, we’ve encountered even sophisticated limited partners who have ... |
| - | Vague “Asks” Are a Time Suck | Requesting introductions from the well-connected is a great way to expand your professional networ... |
| - | VC Firm Ulu Ventures Connects Diversity to Profitability | VC firms may vow to support diversity, but the numbers don’t bear that out. Only about 9% of vent... |
| - | The Four Pillars for Digital Asset Valuation | One of the puzzles associated with investing in “Digital Assets” is figuring out a rational and de... |
| - | 5 Ways to Manage Your Lawyers as Your Startup Grows | It’s a commonly held perception that lawyers are ruining America, a view that can be especially re... |
| - | If you don’t want to get fired from your startup, founders s... | It’s a sad reality, but many chief executives and company founders get fired. Even the great ones ... |
| - | Early days at Google taught me the power/value of diversity ... | Developing a diverse workplace where all races, backgrounds, and genders feel supported seems a ne... |
| - | Rever: Empowering Frontline Workers | Rusty Dornin, Ulu Ventures: Hi, I'm Rusty Dornin, Marketing and Communications Director for Ulu Ve... |
| - | Diversity is Profitable | While female founders may be forced to overcome stereotypes to win the respect and trust of invest... |
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Mentions in press and media 18
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 05.01.2023 | Eight VC Funding Tips For Digital Health And Wellness Startu... | Jeff Yasuda is the CEO and cofounder of Feed Media Group, which powers music for apps and websites. ... | forbes.com... |
| 13.09.2022 | Why this consumer investor is switching VC firms after makin... | Maria Salamanca, one of the few Latina investors at a partner level within the often homogenous worl... | techcrunch... |
| 28.06.2022 | Kogniz™ Unveils Next-Generation Computer Vision Platform to ... | Kogniz mass notification text alert. “By enabling a ready-to-deploy gun detection solution, we’re ma... | prweb.com/... |
| 22.06.2022 | First Latina-Led VC Firm in Silicon Valley Promotes Two Dive... | PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 22, 2022– Ulu Ventures, a leading seed-stage venture firm wi... | venturebea... |
| 18.05.2021 | Ulu Ventures lands $138M for latest fund | Ulu Ventures, a Palo Alto-based seed-stage investor, has raised $138 million for its third flagship ... | pitchbook.... |
| 17.05.2021 | One of the Largest Latina-Led Funds in the US, Ulu Ventures,... | Ulu Ventures, a leading seed stage venture firm in Silicon Valley focused on enterprise IT, raised $... | marketscre... |
| 02.03.2021 | Sounder Raises $2.15M in Follow-on Seed Round to Bring Podca... | This new round of funding will allow us to advance our proprietary search, speech-to-text, contextua... | prweb.com/... |
| 22.02.2021 | Elise Smith, CEO Of Praxis Labs, Raises $3.2 Million In Vent... | Elise Smith, Co-Founder & CEO, Praxis Labs Photo credit: Brandon Appleton In the wake of massiv... | forbes.com... |
| 15.02.2021 | Scott Galloway Usually Gets It Right—But Not About Section 1... | Section 1202 offers startup investors 0% capital gains on their investments.getty It’s easy to agre... | forbes.com... |
| 21.06.2020 | Energy investment roundup: $50M for drinking water from sola... | Despite this miserable year, renewable energy has seen a modest wave of VC and corporate investment ... | pv-magazin... |
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