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Ulu Ventures

Venture Capital · Founded 2008 · Palo Alto, United States

A top seed stage venture fund focused on innovation across enterprise, fintech, consumer, health and sustainability

173 portfolio companies Venture Capital · $1.3B invested · 247 investments · Investor rank #2,335 · Last investment 6/2026
Portfolio companies 173 ↑ 41% 5y
Decacorns 2
Thoroughbreds 9
01 · Biggest holdings

Ulu Ventures’ biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies Ulu Ventures still holds — unicorns and thoroughbreds it has backed, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 BetterUPUnicorn · Education · USA $4.7B
  2. 2 Guild EducationUnicorn · Education · USA $4.4B
  3. 3 EverlawUnicorn · Legal · USA $2.0B
  4. 4 ZumUnicorn · Kids · USA $1.7B
  5. 5 HomeLightUnicorn · Real Estate · USA $1.7B

Estimated value = Ulu Ventures’ disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

02 · Exits

Ulu Ventures’ biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from Ulu Ventures’ transaction record.

Palantir
$22B IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $404BSecurity
$8.7B IPO · 2021
Now $19BFintech
$5.3B IPO · 2025
Entered Series ANow $6.1BFintech
$1.6B IPO · 2021
Now $210MEnergy
03 · Portfolio analysis

Where Ulu Ventures’ portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 173 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA228
  2. Mexico4
  3. India2
  4. Singapore2
  5. Philippines1
  6. Portugal1
  7. UK1
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech47
  2. Health34
  3. Enterprise Software30
  4. Education28
  5. Marketing18
  6. Energy14
  7. Jobs Recruitment13
  8. Food11
  9. Legal11
  10. Media9
  11. Security8
  12. Transportation7
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed125
  2. Series A34
  3. Series B+4
By growth stageCount
  1. Early Growth148
  2. Breakout Stage68
  3. Late Growth25
04 · Portfolio market map

Inside Ulu Ventures’ portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 173 tracked.

SoFi
Fintech · Decacorn
$19B
Palantir
Security · Centicorn
$404B
Proterra
Energy
$210M
Guild Education
Education · Unicorn
$4.4B
BetterUP
Education · Unicorn
$4.7B
Zum
Kids · Unicorn
$1.7B
Figure
Fintech · Unicorn
$6.1B
PresenceLearning
Education
$108M
Genesis Therapeutics
Health
$480M
Span
Energy
$653M
Everlaw
Legal · Unicorn
$2.0B
HomeLight
Real Estate · Unicorn
$1.7B
Taulia
Fintech
$240M
Modern Meadow
Fashion
$520M
Laurel
Legal
$400M
Ellevest
Fintech
$212M
NowRx
Health
$275M
Wisetack
Fintech
$82M
Octant Bio
Health
$320M
Nowsta
Enterprise Software
$205M
Terrestrial
Health
$135M
Fauna Inc.
Enterprise Software
$108M
Inkling Systems
Media
$100M
Socotra
Fintech
$200M
Swing Education
Education
$152M
Novel Capital
Fintech
$288M
Citrine Informatics
Chemicals
$20M
Kahuna
Hosting
$26M
Allocate
Fintech
$122M
Remind
Education
$160M
Landed
Real Estate
$124M
EarnUp
Fintech
$124M
Future Family
Health
$100M
Comprehend
Health
$60M
UPTIQ
Fintech
$100M
Krux
Marketing
$800M
Euclid
Enterprise Software
$80M
Clever
Telecom
$468M
Ketch
Security
$115M
StarMaker Interactive
Music
$120M
Habu
Marketing
$200M
Banyan Infrastructure
Fintech
$100M
TomoCredit
Fintech
$222M
Windfall Bio
Food
$112M
IrriGreen
Food
$76M
SuperCircle
Fashion
$96M
Centinel
Energy
$130M
LearnZillion
Education
$40M
Medrio
Education
$120M
Blue River Technology
Food
$305M
FreeWill
Legal
$120M
Buzz Solutions
Energy
$80M
Cambium Carbon
Energy
$74M
LexCheck
Legal
$68M
RealBlocks
Fintech
$40M
Boldin
Fintech
$80M
Oyster Financial
Fintech
$56M
Wholesail
Food
Seven Starling
Health
$55M
Backer (CollegeBacker)
Fintech
$38M
05 · Portfolio founders

Where Ulu Ventures’ portfolio founders come from.

157 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. United States144
  2. United Kingdom2
  3. Argentina1
  4. British Indian Ocean Territory1
  5. Israel1
  6. Mexico1
  7. Netherlands1
  8. Peru1
  9. Singapore1
UniversityCount
  1. Stanford University30
  2. Stanford University Graduate School of Business18
  3. University of California, Berkeley18
  4. Harvard University13
  5. Harvard Business School8
  6. UC Berkeley, Haas Business School5
  7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology4
  8. MIT Sloan School of Management4
  9. Princeton University4
  10. Stanford University Graduate School of Education3
Previous companyCount
  1. Stanford University14
  2. IBM6
  3. McKinsey & Company6
  4. Microsoft6
  5. Salesforce5
  6. Stanford University Graduate School of Business5
  7. Alphabet | Google4
  8. Bersin by Deloitte4
  9. Boston Consulting Group4
  10. ClearCarbon4
07 · Key people

Key people at Ulu Ventures.

Source: Dealroom next-gen API — investor team endpoint.