Sramana Mitra: What did they come to you with? Miriam Rivera: This was three people. They had developed the prototypes of these devices. Part of that was that they had already spent several years in this non-profit version pursuing this goal of developing cheaper devices that could be used in contexts where technology wasn’t being
Miriam Rivera: The other company was run by men and this was run by a mom. I think she really related to the issues. She related to the customers’ needs. She understood the importance of safety and reliability, and understood that for the parents, reliability was more important than the price. They tend to have a
Sramana Mitra: What about sector? You said you only do enterprise software. Could you elaborate on what you like to invest? What trends are you following and are excited about? Miriam Rivera: A lot of our companies are traditional SaaS companies, but many of them were also invested in Internet of Things and AI. Smart
Sramana Mitra: What you said about diversity is music to our ears because that’s our community. We’re very happy to see that that’s what you are doing and that people are paying attention to this issue a lot more right now. That’s progress for sure. Let me ask you a little bit more about the
Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Miriam Rivera was recorded in October 2018. Miriam Rivera, Partner at Ulu Ventures, a firm committed to diversity as its core investment philosophy. Sramana Mitra: In order to introduce you to our
Miriam Rivera, Partner at Ulu Ventures, a firm committed to diversity as its core investment philosophy.