Ulu Ventures
Ulu Ventures
Palo Alto, California, United States
Palo Alto, California
Stage
Early Stage, Seed
Type
Micro VC, Venture Capital
Description
Founded in 2008, Ulu Ventures is a top seed stage venture fund in Silicon Valley focused on innovation across enterprise, fintech, consumer, health, and sustainability. Ulu generates great financial results using a disciplined, repeatable decision-making process that analyzes risk-reward trade-offs and also reduces cognitive bias.
Mission
We believe seed-stage investing is the highest leverage point to help people by creating valuable technology, generating profit, and leaving a dent in the universe.
Beauty Investments #
2
Primary Sector
Tech/Consumer/Beauty, Sustainability
Beauty Exits #
- 0
Last Beauty Invest
Apr, 2022-Parfait-$5M
BEAUTY PORTFOLIO
| How to Apply? | Intake Form https://share.hsforms.com/1JYv1DivkQMu3N-0p13hNPA4q0f1 |
| Criteria |
Seed-stage is our focus. This includes pre-seed, seed, and post-seed. We put a lot of stock in referrals from our colleagues, co-investors, portfolio teams, and trusted networks. Those kinds of introductions are helpful. Having said that, we appreciate hustle and grit. We understand that a requirement for a “warm intro” can also create barriers to conversations and capital, which serve none of us well. When you net it all out, we consider three primary decision criteria for all Ulu investments: a visionary entrepreneur, a home-run market opportunity, and an attractive risk/reward tradeoff. |
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IMPERATIVE: CULTURE & VALUES
Passion
Transparency
Authenticity
Honor
Diversity
TBD
BEAUTY FUNDER FIT SCORE
Resources
Education
Accelerator
Network
1:1
4.25/10
*This score calculates the likelihood of any beauty brand getting funded by the investor. The score gives weights to number of beauty investments, recency of beauty investment, number of beauty exits, inclusivity inclination, resources offered, etc.
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LEAD DETAILS
Lead Contact
Clint Korver
Title
Managing Director
Email Id
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JUMP CONCLUSION
Ulu Ventures focuses on early-stage investments, primarily in seed rounds, with a strong emphasis on U.S.-based startups, particularly in California. Their portfolio spans tech, consumer, beauty, fintech & sustainability. Ulu Ventures’ strategy involves collaborative funding, favoring early-stage startups with scalable, technology-driven solutions, and a strong, diverse founding team.
Good Beauty Funder Fit, the firm has shown interest in ethnic opportunities like hair solutions for African American women.