Palo Alto California - San Francisco Bay Area - Palo Alto SF Bay Area | U.S.A.
| Investor Type | Firm |
| Type of Fund | VC |
| Industries | Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Future Of Work • Impact • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobility • Online Social • Consumer • Woman Focused |
| Stages | Early,Seed,Later, Series A, Pre-seed |
| Investing | United States |
| Investment Range | $750,000 - $1,000,000 |
| Investment Sweet Spot | $875,000 |
| Assets Under Management | $66,000,000 |
About The Fund
Ulu Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm established in 2008, situated in Palo Alto, California. They specialize in minority investments across seed, early-stage, to later-stage companies, with an emphasis on diverse founder teams. They operate with a broad industry focus but show particular interest in Enterprise IT, Smart Data, and businesses that are part of the Stanford and broader Silicon Valley tech ecosystems. Their goal is to invest in teams with deep insights and ideas capable of creating considerable economic value and societal impact. Their expertise lies in equity investments with a minimum investment of $100,000, a maximum of $10,000,000, and a sweet spot of $1,000,000. The sectors they target include Software, SaaS, FinTech, Education, BioTech, Business Solutions, Retail & E-Commerce, Sales & Marketing, AI & Big Data, HealthTech & Fitness, Blockchain & Cryptos, Analytics, Cloud Services & Infrastructure, Future Of Work, Impact, Insurance & InsurTech, Medical Devices & Hospital Services, Healthcare & Wellness, Mobility, Online Social, Consumer, and Woman-Focused ventures. Ulu Ventures adopts a data-driven, decision analysis process that aims to reduce cognitive bias and commit capital in a principled, repeatable fashion. This approach has attracted a diverse portfolio and includes investments in over 85 companies, funding more than 200 firms, contributing to the rise of 10 unicorns and 3 public companies, and celebrating 9 exits. They value transparency with entrepreneurs and limited partners, and a rigorous analytic strategy to market assessment. Ulu Ventures not only provides funding but also supports founders in realizing the true market potential and in preparing strong data-backed forecasts. Their assets under management amount to $66,000,000.
What they say:
We invest in Enterprise IT, Smart Data and the opportunities created by Stanford and broader Silicon Valley tech ecosystems Ulu seeks to invest in diverse founder teams with deep insights and big ideas using a straightforward sequence of information gathering, risk assessment, and due diligence to advance prospects through our pipeline. Adhering to a principled, repeatable decision-making process helps reduce cognitive bias in our investment decisions and makes Ulu’s founders among the most diverse in the industry. In all phases of our data-driven, decision analysis process, we seek to be transparent to entrepreneurs and limited partners.
Ulu Ventures's investments on record
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