We seed the future by funding, supporting, and championing early stage entrepreneurs.
Core values
Diversity
Diversity is an essential part of Ulu’s investment thesis; it makes sense and is profitable. Diverse teams tend to be more effective, more profitable and more likely to outperform less diverse organizations because their backgrounds give them a wider array of tools and talent.
Disciplined decision analysis
We generate attractive venture returns using a disciplined, repeatable decision making process that analyzes risk-reward trade-offs. Ulu’s portfolio construction takes into account the low chance of an outlier and optimizes for outlier success. This approach makes us conventional in the world of institutional investors, but contrarian as compared to other VCs.
Transparency
We show entrepreneurs how we evaluate startups before they even meet with us by making available a rubric for evaluating startups for seed funding. This communicates the high bar companies must demonstrate to be moved from our qualitative process to the next level of diligence.
Insights
Build Institutional Grade Single Family Portfolios with a Couple of Clicks
With aspirations of becoming a writer, engineer, or a scientist, Uluprener Amar Sehic had lots of dreams about the future. So while growing up in Bosnia, he dabbled. His father was an entrepreneur; at a [...]
Connecting Consumers and Merchants to Make the Most of HSAs
Born in Ghana, Ulupreneur Ami Kumordzie was no stranger to seeing extreme poverty and people with acute health conditions, like AIDS or polio, who had no access to healthcare. Moving to Austin, Texas at a [...]
Ulu Ventures July News
No lazy days of summer for Ulupreneurs, who raised more than $37M in July and continue to make headlines! Ulu made five new investments. We made five new investments, three remain in stealth. FairStreet is [...]
