# Ulu Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Ulu Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 172 investments on record, 12 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026.

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# Ulu Ventures

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 172 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $191M, May 2024 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Female Led Semiconductor Woman Lead

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**55%** of best year **12** **cheques in 12 months**, 172 on record

Since the last cheque **17** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$7.0M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $2.0M** Rounds led **1 of 172** Sole investor **19 rounds** Exits **7 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## Ulu Ventures highlights

- 01 12 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Venture: 70% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 19 rounds, median $1.7M
- 04 7 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> Ulu Ventures is a venture capital firm that actively seeks and funds women and diverse founder teams. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $100K – $2.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Female Led Semiconductor Woman Lead
- **Based in:** Palo Alto, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **172 appearances**

- **2026** 7 rounds
- **Oct** **[Allswell](https://millionrounds.com/company/allswell)** Seed · US · MedCity News **$7.0M** With 5 others
- **Sept** **[Meadow AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/meadow-ai)** Seed · US **$7.0M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[TerraBlaster](https://millionrounds.com/company/terrablaster)** Seed · US **$13M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Buzz Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/buzz-solutions)** Grant · US **$100K** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Evress Analytics](https://millionrounds.com/company/evress-analytics)** Venture · US **$7.3M** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Statusphere](https://millionrounds.com/company/statusphere)** Series A · US **$18M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[Xella Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/xella-health)** Pre-seed · US **$4.7M** With 1 other
- **2025** 20 rounds
- **Dec** **[SuperCircle](https://millionrounds.com/company/supercircle)** Series A · US · Ventureburn **$24M** With 5 others
- **Dec** **[Attivare Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/attivare-therapeutics)** Grant · US **$6.6M** With 2 others
- **Nov** **[WellBeam](https://millionrounds.com/company/wellbeam)** Series A · US **$10M** Sole investor
- **Nov** **[Suma Wealth](https://millionrounds.com/company/suma-wealth)** Venture · US **$5.6M** With 4 others
- **Nov** **[MiSalud](https://millionrounds.com/company/misalud)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Goodword](https://millionrounds.com/company/goodword)** Seed · US **$4.0M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[HEVO](https://millionrounds.com/company/hevo)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Seven Starling](https://millionrounds.com/company/seven-starling)** Series A · US **$8.0M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[TrueMeter](https://millionrounds.com/company/truemeter)** Seed · US **$4.0M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Swing Education](https://millionrounds.com/company/swing-education)** Debt · US **$20M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Laurel](https://millionrounds.com/company/laurel)** Series C · US **$80M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Empo Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/empo-health)** Seed · US **$7.0M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[RevelAi Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/revelai-health)** Seed · US **$3.1M** With 2 others
- **May** **[FoodHealth](https://millionrounds.com/company/foodhealth)** Series A · US **$7.5M** With 2 others
- **May** **[Cerebro Capital](https://millionrounds.com/company/cerebro-capital)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Vaxess Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/vaxess-technologies)** Venture · US **$9.0M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[BloomPath](https://millionrounds.com/company/bloompath)** Pre-seed · US **$1.3M** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Irrigreen](https://millionrounds.com/company/irrigreen)** Series A · US **$19M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Cambium Carbon](https://millionrounds.com/company/cambium-carbon)** Series A · US **$19M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[Deliberate AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/deliberate-ai)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **2024** 13 rounds
- **Dec** **[MiSalud](https://millionrounds.com/company/misalud)** Series A · US **$8.0M** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[Truthset](https://millionrounds.com/company/truthset)** Series A · US **$5.0M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Sparkz](https://millionrounds.com/company/sparkz)** Grant · US **$9.8M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Schmooze Dating](https://millionrounds.com/company/schmooze-dating)** Series A · US **$4.0M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[VerImmune](https://millionrounds.com/company/verimmune)** Seed · US **$4.5M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[VIAN Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/vian-therapeutics)** Seed · US **$1.0M** With 2 others
- **May** **[CapConnect+](https://millionrounds.com/company/capconnect)** Venture · US **$1.3M** Sole investor
- **May** **[Novel Capital](https://millionrounds.com/company/novel-capital)** Seed · US **$15M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Lokker](https://millionrounds.com/company/lokker)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[NewRetirement](https://millionrounds.com/company/newretirement)** Series A · US **$20M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Buzz Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/buzz-solutions)** Venture · US **$5.0M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Axiom Cloud](https://millionrounds.com/company/axiom-cloud)** Venture · US **$5.0M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[KaiPod Learning](https://millionrounds.com/company/kaipod-learning)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **4 named**

CK **Clint Korver** Managing Director of Ulu Ventures Fund III GP, LLC, General Partner i Filing they signed

MR **Miriam Rivera** Managing Director of Ulu Ventures Fund III GP, LLC, General Partner i Filing they signed

SV **Stephen Vincent Reale** CFO & Partner i Form ADV

SA **Summer Alexandra Barghouti** Chief Operating Officer i Form ADV

We also hold **13** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$415M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** ULU Ventures Management Company, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 286433

Funds they back

## 1 fund commitment on record

- **Managers:** 1

Every fund on record that it has committed money to, and the managers who invest it. Source: fund news.

Managers it backs most

- [Sarah Smith Fund 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sarah-smith-fund)

Most recent commitments

- [Sarah Smith Fund Fund I](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sarah-smith-fund)

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**60** of 60 we have independently watched raise

[Allocate](https://millionrounds.com/company/allocate)[Arch Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/arch-systems)[Assemble](https://millionrounds.com/company/assemble)[Avatour](https://millionrounds.com/company/avatour)[Axiom Cloud](https://millionrounds.com/company/axiom-cloud)[Backer](https://millionrounds.com/company/backer)[Banyan Infrastructure](https://millionrounds.com/company/banyan-infrastructure)[Beam Impact](https://millionrounds.com/company/beam-impact)[Betterup](https://millionrounds.com/company/betterup)[BloomPath](https://millionrounds.com/company/bloompath)[Blue River Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/blue-river-technology)[Boombox](https://millionrounds.com/company/boombox)[Bridge money](https://millionrounds.com/company/bridge-money)[Buzz Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/buzz-solutions)[CapConnect+](https://millionrounds.com/company/capconnect)[Cenoa](https://millionrounds.com/company/cenoa)[Cerebro Capital](https://millionrounds.com/company/cerebro-capital)[Citrine Informatics](https://millionrounds.com/company/citrine-informatics)[Coding Dojo](https://millionrounds.com/company/coding-dojo)[Deliberate.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/deliberate-ai)[Delpor](https://millionrounds.com/company/delpor)[Duo Oncology](https://millionrounds.com/company/duo-oncology)[Ellevest](https://millionrounds.com/company/ellevest)[Empo Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/empo-health)[Everlaw](https://millionrounds.com/company/everlaw)[FarmRaise](https://millionrounds.com/company/farmraise)[Fast Forward](https://millionrounds.com/company/fast-forward)[Figure](https://millionrounds.com/company/figure)[Finalis](https://millionrounds.com/company/finalis)[Fleet Panda](https://millionrounds.com/company/fleetpanda)[Food Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/foodhealth)[Formally](https://millionrounds.com/company/formally)[Freewill](https://millionrounds.com/company/freewill)[Future Family](https://millionrounds.com/company/future-family)[Gable](https://millionrounds.com/company/gable)[Goodword](https://millionrounds.com/company/goodword)[Guildeducation](https://millionrounds.com/company/guild-education)[Habu](https://millionrounds.com/company/habu)[Hevo](https://millionrounds.com/company/hevo)[Hey Jane](https://millionrounds.com/company/hey-jane)[Hire an esquire](https://millionrounds.com/company/hire-an-esquire)[Homelight](https://millionrounds.com/company/homelight)[Inside Maps](https://millionrounds.com/company/insidemaps)[Irrigreen](https://millionrounds.com/company/irrigreen)[Ketch](https://millionrounds.com/company/ketch)[Landed](https://millionrounds.com/company/landed)[Leadsales](https://millionrounds.com/company/leadsales)[Lex Check](https://millionrounds.com/company/lexcheck)[Lex machina](https://millionrounds.com/company/lex-machina)[Medrio](https://millionrounds.com/company/medrio)[Mile Auto](https://millionrounds.com/company/mile-auto)[NanoPharma solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/nano-pharmasolutions)[NovoEd](https://millionrounds.com/company/novoed)[Nowsta](https://millionrounds.com/company/nowsta)[Ocho](https://millionrounds.com/company/ocho)[Palantir](https://millionrounds.com/company/palantir)[Pontoro](https://millionrounds.com/company/pontoro)[Presence learning](https://millionrounds.com/company/presencelearning)[Prixz](https://millionrounds.com/company/prixz)[Proterra](https://millionrounds.com/company/proterra) and 99 more

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **7 in all**

**[Lex Machina](https://millionrounds.com/company/lex-machina)** Bought by [LexisNexis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lexisnexis) **Undisclosed** Nov 2015

**[SIPX](https://millionrounds.com/company/sipx)** Bought by ProQuest **Undisclosed** Apr 2015

**[ModeWalk](https://millionrounds.com/company/modewalk)** Bought by Moda Operandi **Undisclosed** Oct 2014

**[Huddler](https://millionrounds.com/company/huddler)** Bought by Wikia **Undisclosed** May 2014

**[Ness Computing](https://millionrounds.com/company/ness-computing)** Bought by OpenTable **$17M** Feb 2014

**[Loki Studios](https://millionrounds.com/company/loki-studios)** Bought by [Yahoo!](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yahoo) **Undisclosed** May 2013

**[Panoptic Security](https://millionrounds.com/company/panoptic-security)** Bought by Sysnet **Undisclosed** Nov 2012

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

New fund on file

**$191M**

raised in May 2024

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$7.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.7M**

Led 1 of 172 rounds **1%**

- **Said size:** $100K – $2.0M
- **Sole investor:** 19 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026
- **Exits:** 7 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *70*
- Venture *38*
- Series A said *37*
- Series C *6*
- Series B said *4*
- Pre-seed said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) 10
- [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) 10
- [Pear VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pear-vc) 8
- [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) 7
- [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) 6
- [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) 6

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Ulu Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Gaingels** Private equity **10** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels)[**Plug and Play** Accelerator **10** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play)[**Pear VC** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pear-vc)[**500 Global** Angel **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**Techstars** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars)[**Elemental Impact** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elemental-impact)[**Google Ventures** Corporate VC **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv)[**Kapor Capital** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kapor-capital)[**MaC Venture Capital** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mac-venture-capital)[**National Science Foundation** Government **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno)[**Reach** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/reach)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Ulu Ventures put money into.

[**Allswell** $7.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/allswell)[**Meadow AI** $7.0M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/meadow-ai)[**TerraBlaster** $13M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/terrablaster)[**Buzz Solutions** $100K · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/buzz-solutions)[**Evress Analytics** $7.3M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/evress-analytics)[**Statusphere** $18M · Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/statusphere)

## Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Ulu Ventures in their description, not their title.

- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) 9 May 2022 · 42 min 332. 11 Unicorns from Seed, Quantitative Decision-Models for Selecting Investments, Thoughts on Male vs. Female Founders & Investors, and Lessons from Larry and Sergey in the Early Days of Google (Miriam Rivera) With [Miriam Rivera](https://millionrounds.com/person/miriam-rivera) Mentions [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments)[Ulu Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ulu-ventures) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Venture Unlocked](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/venture-unlocked) 27 Jul 2021 · 46 min Miriam Rivera on going from angel to running a firm, driving real change in diversity in tech, and how traditional heuristics should be challenged in VC. With [Miriam Rivera](https://millionrounds.com/person/miriam-rivera) Mentions [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments)[Ulu Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ulu-ventures) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Village Global Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/village-global) 24 Dec 2018 · 1h 10m Inside VC: Why Diversified VC Portfolios are Superior with Clint Korver and Adam Corey With [Clint Korver](https://millionrounds.com/person/clint-korver) Mentions [Ulu Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ulu-ventures) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Ulu Ventures

### What does Ulu Ventures invest in?

Ulu Ventures invests most often at Seed and Venture (70% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Female Led, Semiconductor and Woman Lead.

### How active is Ulu Ventures?

172 investments on record, 12 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Ulu Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Allswell (Seed, Oct 2026), Meadow AI (Seed, Sept 2026) and TerraBlaster (Seed, Aug 2026).

### How big are Ulu Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $7.0M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $2.0M.

### Does Ulu Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 172 investments on record (1%).

### Where does Ulu Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is Ulu Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 12 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Ulu Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Gaingels (10 rounds together), Plug and Play (10 rounds together) and Pear VC (8 rounds together).

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