# Ulu Ventures

> Ulu Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Financial Services. See 343 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 343
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 16%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ulu-ventures
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/uluventures
- Website: http://www.uluventures.com

Ulu Ventures is a VC fund in Palo Alto focused on Software and Financial Services. Ulu Ventures was the first Latina-led fund in Silicon Valley and is a top seed stage firm. Ulu is focused on innovation across enterprise, fintech, consumer, health, and sustainability. The firm generates great financial results using a disciplined, repeatable decision-making process that analyzes risk-reward trade-offs and also reduces cognitivebias. The majority of Ulu portfolio companies are founded by diverse teams that include women, minority, URM and/or immigrant founders. Ulu’s investment thesis is based on the concept that diversity is profitable. The firm has more than $400M AUM and 10 unicorns in the portfolio.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Ulu Ventures. Shizune tracks 6 team members at Ulu Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/ulu-ventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$8M |
| Pre-Seed | $400k–$3.7M |
| Series A | $2.5M–$25M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 54 | 16% |
| Financial Services | 34 | 10% |
| FinTech | 32 | 9% |
| Information Technology | 30 | 9% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 24 | 7% |

223 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 150 | 44% |
| Series A | 47 | 14% |
| Pre-Seed | 20 | 6% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 13 | 4% |
| Funding Round | 12 | 3% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 192 | 56% |
| Mexico | 2 | 1% |
| India | 1 | 0% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 0% |
| Vietnam | 1 | 0% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Abby Chao | Entrepreneur In Residence | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abby-chao |
| Clint Korver | CIO, Cofounder, and Managing Director | 80 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clint-korver |
| Maria Salamanca | Partner | 14 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maria-salamanca |
| Miriam Rivera | CEO, Co-Founder & Managing Director | 121 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/miriam-rivera |
| Steve Reale | Partner & CFO | 16 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steve-reale |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NUVA Digital | NUVA Digital is the software‑development company behind NUVA, a Web3 real‑world‑asset (RWA) marketplace designed to connect institutional‑grade asset issuers with investors via on‑chain vaults. | $5.2M | Seed | Apr 28, 2026 |  |
| Xella Health | Xella Health is a women healthcare firm that unveils the major causes behind women health concern perimenopause to endometriosis. | $3.7M | Pre-Seed | Jan 11, 2026 |  |
| Creed | UseCreed lets creators and businesses build AI tools, workflows, and content fast with no-code templates and smart automation. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2026 |  |
| Crossfill | Crossfill is a technology company that helps brands optimize their presence. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2026 |  |
| MiSalud | MiSalud offers a unique combination of personalized preventative wellness services, along with traditional healthcare via Spanish speaking physicians. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 06, 2025 |  |
| Goodword | Goodword is a networking and relationship intelligence platform which helps users with personal and business connections. | $4M | Seed | Oct 30, 2025 |  |
| Seven Starling | Seven Starling is a digital clinic uniquely focused on treatment for perinatal mental health conditions like postpartum depression and anxiety. Through a combination of individualized therapy, peer support, and medication, its evidence-based care model is backed by research that shows that 90% of patients will feel better within 3 months. | $8M | Series A | Sep 18, 2025 |  |
| TrueMeter | EcoTrove is an AI Energy Agent that replaces unpredictable power bills with flat-price subscription to lower-cost, greener power. |  | Seed | Sep 10, 2025 |  |
| TrueMeter | TrueMeter is an AI Energy Manager that guarantees 7 - 15% lower power bills to brick & mortar businesses, with no investment required. | $4M | Seed | Sep 10, 2025 |  |
| Empo Health | Empo Health is an in-home health monitoring that fits seamlessly into patients' lives. | $7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 24, 2025 |  |

10 of 343 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Pear VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pejman-mar-ventures) — VC Fund, 18 deals together
- [Kapor Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kapor-capital) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Ulu Ventures invest in?

Ulu Ventures invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 343 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ulu Ventures's check size?

Ulu Ventures typically joins rounds of $1M–$8M at Seed, $400k–$3.7M at Pre-Seed and $2.5M–$25M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ulu Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Ulu Ventures?

Public channels for Ulu Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Ulu Ventures?

The team at Ulu Ventures includes Abby Chao (Entrepreneur In Residence), Clint Korver (CIO, Cofounder, and Managing Director) and Maria Salamanca (Partner), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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