Ulu Ventures

Ulu Ventures is a Palo Alto, California-based seed and early-stage venture capital firm that backs technology-driven startups across the United States. Founded in 2008, it focuses on internet-enabled consumer and business services and a broad range of sectors including EdTech, FinTech, healthcare, sustainability, enterprise IT, SaaS, IoT, digital media, mobile, agtech, and marketplaces. The firm emphasizes backing diverse entrepreneurial teams and typically engages in co-investments with other investors to pursue meaningful exits. It is described as the first Latina-led venture fund in Silicon Valley and is among the larger seed-focused vehicles in the region.

Kathy Chen

Partner

Kevin Hoffberg

Venture Partner

Clint Korver Ph.D

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Stephen Malinak

Venture Partner

Steve Reale

Venture Partner

Past deals in Refrigeration

Axiom Cloud

Series A in 2023
Axiom Cloud, based in Oakland, California, specializes in providing artificial intelligence solutions for commercial refrigeration applications, primarily serving supermarkets across North America. The company's platform focuses on power management and maintenance, offering tools like the Virtual Technician, which predicts equipment failures before they occur, and the Virtual Battery, which optimizes energy use by pre-cooling cases and intelligently managing compressor loads. Axiom Cloud targets the retail grocery sector, charging customers an initial setup fee for installing and configuring their IoT platform, along with recurring subscription fees for cloud-based software applications. The company was founded in 2014.

Axiom Cloud

Seed Round in 2021
Axiom Cloud, based in Oakland, California, specializes in providing artificial intelligence solutions for commercial refrigeration applications, primarily serving supermarkets across North America. The company's platform focuses on power management and maintenance, offering tools like the Virtual Technician, which predicts equipment failures before they occur, and the Virtual Battery, which optimizes energy use by pre-cooling cases and intelligently managing compressor loads. Axiom Cloud targets the retail grocery sector, charging customers an initial setup fee for installing and configuring their IoT platform, along with recurring subscription fees for cloud-based software applications. The company was founded in 2014.

Axiom Cloud

Seed Round in 2021
Axiom Cloud, based in Oakland, California, specializes in providing artificial intelligence solutions for commercial refrigeration applications, primarily serving supermarkets across North America. The company's platform focuses on power management and maintenance, offering tools like the Virtual Technician, which predicts equipment failures before they occur, and the Virtual Battery, which optimizes energy use by pre-cooling cases and intelligently managing compressor loads. Axiom Cloud targets the retail grocery sector, charging customers an initial setup fee for installing and configuring their IoT platform, along with recurring subscription fees for cloud-based software applications. The company was founded in 2014.
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