Profile
Corporate information
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Registration country
Investment activity status
Active investor
Company type
Seed stage VC firm investing primarily in enterprise IT, smart data and the opportunities created by the Stanford and Silicon Valley tech ecosystems.Overview
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. Our approach and point of view make Ulu Ventures unique among venture firms.
Funds managed
| Fund | Type | Vintage |
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| Ulu Ventures Fund II LP | Venture |
Investments
Investment preferences
Selected investments
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Populus Technologies Inc Platform for cities to manage the future of mobility. |
United States | 6 May 2018 9 Mar 2021 |
Seed Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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Praxis Labs Inc |
United States | 13 Apr 2020 22 Feb 2021 |
Seed Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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EarnUp |
United States | 1 Dec 2017 | Series A Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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BetterUp Inc |
United States | 1 Jan 2016 | Seed Initial investment. Led the investment round. Active |
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Palantir Technologies Inc Data analytics and visualisation |
United States | 25 Jun 2010 | Series D Initial investment. Round participant. Active |