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Clint Korver

Co-Chair Tokens & Treasury Committee at VC3 DAO

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Clint Korver is the Managing Director at Ulu Ventures, where he co-founded the venture capital firm and leads investments in various sectors like FinTech, AI, and SaaS, with a focus on supporting diverse founders. He has a Ph.D. from Stanford University, and his notable career highlights include serving as the CEO of DecisionStreet and being a Genesis Member at VC3 DAO.

Work Experience 

  • Co-Founder & Managing Director

    2008 - Current

    • Invested in over 250 seed-stage startups, resulting in 2 IPOs, 10 Unicorns, and dozens of acquisitions. • Developed innovative methods for risk estimation, bias reduction, team and market assessment, and data-driven decision-making.

Ulu Ventures primarily operates as a seed-stage venture fund.

  • Genesis Member, Co-Chair Tokens & Treasury Committee

    2022 - 2023

    Network of venture professionals investing in Web3 companies through a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) structure.

  • Interim COO

    2013 - 2015

    Teamwork-based online learning platform - 1st investor - Led IP negotiations with Stanford's Office of Technology Licensing - Led sales, growing them from $0 to over $4m. - Managed at various times partnerships, course operations, finance, and business operations. NovoEd was acquired by Fidelity's Devonshire Investors.

NovoEd’s collaborative learning platform enables organizations to design and deliver experiential learning that drives business performance.

  • Lecturer

    2009 - 2014

    Courses taught include: - e145 Technology Entrepreneurship (intro undergraduate entrepreneurship) - MS&E 272 Startup Boards (advanced graduate class in entrepreneurship) - MS&E 254: The Ethical Analyst (ethical decision-making class)

  • Venture Partner & Kauffman Fellow

    2009 - 2011

    Silicon Valley venture capital firm. Focus on early stage investments in internet-enabled consumer and business services.

Crescendo Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, CA.

  • CEO & Founder

    2006 - 2008

    Online communities and tools to help consumers make important life decisions.

  • Co-founder & Partner

    2003 - 2008

    We help organizations make and cause good decisions through training, consulting, and process design. We have trained over 1000 Fortune 500 executives in the principles of decision quality and licensed our training program to over 10,000 end users. Example customers: Fleet Bank, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Fidelity, Lloyds TSB, Capital One.

  • Founding CEO then COO

    1997 - 2003

    Enterprise software to improve pricing decisions in negotiated business to business transactions. Raised over $10 million in venture funding.

  • Co-founder & President

    1994 - 1996

    Consulting firm helping clients manage portfolios of risky assets and make strategic decisions. Clients included Eli Lilly, General Motors, UNOCAL, and others.

  • Consultant

    1991 - 1992

Strategic Decisions Group International LLC provides strategic management consulting services to businesses in the Asia Pacific, Europe.

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