While big corporations like Google and Goal They are stopping their dei programs, Ulu Ventures, who has just collected a fourth fund in $ 208 millionHe does not plan to change his strategy to invest in various founders, the firm told the Wall Street Journal.
Co -founded by Miriam Rivera, a Latin and former vice president and general lawyer in Google, Ulu Use a data -based investment approach to filter biases.
The 17 -year -old firm, which invests in new seed companies, is aware that continuous diversity efforts can increase risks under the new administration. “If you will be strong in Dei today, it must be incredibly buttoned,” said one of the firm’s partners to WSJ, which implies that investing depending on the data does not mean that the company favors the demography of the specific founders.
The limited partners of Ulu seem to be on board with their diversity approach. The fourth fund of the firm is 50% larger than its third fund of $ 138 million raised in 2021.