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Re-engineering the tampon for the 21st century
Ulupreneur Amanda Calabrese is no stranger to competition, having spent a decade traveling the world as a member of the US National Life Saving team.
Ulu in Action – October 2023
We celebrated our 7th annual General Meeting, “Courage of Our Conviction in Uncertain Times,” with a community of limited partners, friends, and Ulupreneurs. We are
Ulu in Action – September 2023
Latinx founders comprise one quarter of Ulupreneurs and we kicked off Hispanic Heritage Month with a profile on one of our newest founders, Roby Penacastro.
Thought Leadership
Evaluating Seed-Stage Startups
A Rubric for Evaluating Seed-Stage Investments 2.5 This is an updated version of our much-read original investment rubric. Read our quick FAQs about the Ulu
Promoting Diversity on Startup Boards
Founders have a responsibility to their investors to try and create the best outcome. Having diverse board members makes fiduciary sense because companies where boards
Healthcare Investing: Mind the Gap
As a millennial, I’ve mostly thought of and interacted with healthcare as a discrete service, something to activate only when I need it, or something
Founder Stories
Re-engineering the tampon for the 21st century
Ulupreneur Amanda Calabrese is no stranger to competition, having spent a decade traveling the world as a member of the US National Life Saving team.
Creating a Conversational Commerce Tool for WhatsApp to Help Small and Medium-Sized LatAm Businesses
Spending time with family was an essential part of Ulupreneur Roby Peñacastro’s life growing up in Querétaro, Mexico. His parents were both entrepreneurs and ran
Giving People Smart Easy Retirement Planning Tools
While it didn’t exactly replicate a Norman Rockwell painting, Ulupreneur Stephen Chen’s childhood in Rochester, New York was pretty close. It was as all-American as
Ulu in Action
Ulu in Action – October 2023
We celebrated our 7th annual General Meeting, “Courage of Our Conviction in Uncertain Times,” with a community of limited partners, friends, and Ulupreneurs. We are
Ulu in Action – September 2023
Latinx founders comprise one quarter of Ulupreneurs and we kicked off Hispanic Heritage Month with a profile on one of our newest founders, Roby Penacastro.
Ulu in Action – August 2023
We are thrilled to announce Ulu Ventures’ first Fund IV investments! There were no lazy days of summer for Ulupreneurs, who continued to make headlines
Founder Resources
Why Founders Need to Design Experiments
Designing Seed Stage Experiments The most successful entrepreneurs are passionate learners; they seek to acquire in-depth knowledge about their business as quickly as possible on
Fundraising Tips for Early Stage Founders
According to a new report by Latin Donor Collaborative, US Latinos GDP is a critical force in the recovery of the economy and key in
When it Comes to Market Analysis, it’s Bottoms-Up!
As a venture firm, we want to see our portfolio companies go after big market opportunities by encouraging them to conduct experiments in order to
