Stephen Malinak

Stephen Malinak currently serves as a Venture Partner at Ulu Ventures, an established early-stage venture capital firm focused on seed-stage technology investments. At the firm, which was originally co-founded by industry veterans Miriam Rivera and Clint Korver, he evaluates emerging technology startups with a specific emphasis on supporting diverse and women founder teams. Ulu Ventures leverages extensive Silicon Valley and Stanford University networks to source its investments, managing an active portfolio with over $400 million in total assets under management. Malinak directly contributes to a broader institutional investment strategy that has successfully backed numerous high-growth enterprises, resulting in a proven track record that includes early investments in ten distinct unicorn companies. His current professional focus remains centered on identifying and funding scalable seed-stage technology ventures led by underrepresented founders within the broader venture capital ecosystem.