Ulu Ventures

VC · Palo Alto (United States)

VC

Pre-Seed

Seed

AI

Cloud/SaaS

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About

Ulu Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley, founded in 2008 by Miriam Rivera and Clint Korver. The firm is dedicated to investing in diverse founder teams, particularly those led by women, minorities, and immigrants, with a focus on enterprise IT companies across various industries, including fintech and edtech. Ulu Ventures employs a data-driven approach to identify and support startups with the potential to create significant economic value and societal impact. Over the years, the firm has raised multiple funds, with its latest fund, Fund IV, securing $208 million in February 2025, doubling its assets under management to over $400 million. This makes Ulu Ventures one of the largest Latina-led venture capital firms in the industry. The firm's portfolio includes over 200 companies, with 10 achieving unicorn status and 3 going public.

Investment Criteria

Other investors that have backed the same portfolio companies as Ulu Ventures. Expand any entry to see the shared portfolio companies.

• Alumni Ventures

  13 shared

  Shared portfolio companies

  • Advanced Ventilation Applications, Inc.
  • Big Wolf Games
  • Bridge Money, Inc.
  • Cambium Carbon PBC Inc.
  • Citrine Informatics, Inc.
  • Ellevest, Inc.
  • Fauna, Inc.
  • Future Family, Inc.
  • Genesis Therapeutics, Inc.
  • NewRetirement, Inc.
  • Pontoro Inc.
  • Possible Health, Inc.
  • Sail Internet, Inc.
• Kapor Capital

  9 shared

  Shared portfolio companies

  • Bridge Money, Inc.
  • EarnUp Inc.
  • Fidelis Education, Inc.
  • Gather Wholesale Inc.
  • Glassbreakers, Inc.
  • Interviewing.io Inc.
  • Swing Education, Inc.
  • tEQuitable Inc.
  • TomoCredit Inc.
• Sand Hill Angels

  8 shared

  Shared portfolio companies

  • Centinel, Inc.
  • EcoTrove, Inc.
  • Future Family, Inc.
  • IrriGreen, Inc.
  • RevelAi Inc.
  • Taulia LLC
  • VIAN Therapeutics, Inc.
  • Zum Services, Inc.
• WTI Western Technology Investment

  8 shared

  Shared portfolio companies

  • 303 Holdings, Inc.
  • GoodMatch Inc.
  • HomeLight, Inc.
  • Kogniz Inc.
  • Landed, Inc.
  • Palantir Technologies Inc.
  • Star Group Interactive Inc.
  • Truthset, Inc.
• Reach Capital

  7 shared

  Shared portfolio companies

  • Bitewell, Inc.
  • Candid
  • Journify Learning, Inc.
  • KaiPod Learning, LLC
  • Swing Education, Inc.
  • Syndicate Inc.
  • TeachFX, Inc.
• Correlation Ventures

  6 shared

  Shared portfolio companies

  • Axiom Cloud Inc.
  • EarnUp Inc.
  • FastForward, Inc.
  • Future Family, Inc.
  • Principly, Inc.
  • Zebit, Inc.
• FJ Labs

  6 shared

  Shared portfolio companies

  • Allocate Holdings Inc.
  • IOOGO Inc.
  • Palantir Technologies Inc.
  • Stotle Ltd.
  • Ugami, Inc.
  • Wisetack, Inc.
• a16z

  5 shared

  Shared portfolio companies

  • Allocate Holdings Inc.
  • Everlaw, Inc.
  • Genesis Therapeutics, Inc.
  • Octant, Inc.
  • Syndicate Inc.
• Collaborative Fund

  5 shared

  Shared portfolio companies

  • Compound Foods Inc.
  • Modern Meadow, Inc.
  • My Lemonade Stand, PBC
  • ProFounder Financial, Inc.
  • Span.IO, Inc.
• Dorm Room Fund

  5 shared

  Shared portfolio companies

  • Formally, Inc.
  • FreeWill Co.
  • Jutiso, Inc.
  • Possible Health, Inc.
  • Tampro inc.