Firms
Uncork Capital
San Francisco, California, US
Uncork Capital (formerly SoftTech VC) is a San Francisco-based seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Jeff Clavier. It invests early in AI-native and frontier-technology companies, typically leading seed rounds with an initial $3M-$5M check.
- Founded
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- Type
- Venture capital
Team
 Amy Saper Uncork Capital, partner | $25M$15M – $70M | San Francisco, California |
 Tripp Jones Uncork Capital, partner | $2M$1M – $4M | San Francisco, California |
 Jeff Clavier Uncork Capital, managing_partner | $2M$1M – $4M | Palo Alto, California |
 Sarah Du Uncork Capital, investor | $2M$1M – $4M | Princeton, New Jersey |
 Andy McLoughlin Uncork Capital, managing_partner | $2M$1M – $4M | San Francisco, California |
 Susan Liu Uncork Capital, partner | $2M$1M – $4M | San Francisco, California |
 Adriana Roche Uncork Capital, Head of Talent | —— – — | |
 Ashley Cravens Uncork Capital, Head of Operations and Platform | —— – — | |
 Belle Tangkuptanon Uncork Capital, Associate | —— – — | |
 Catie Young Uncork Capital, Executive Assistant | —— – — | |
 Ilan Cedillos Uncork Capital, Head of Communications | —— – — | |
 Isha Mehrotra Uncork Capital, Associate | —— – — | |
 Jessica Jimenez-Pizarro Uncork Capital, Executive Assistant & Office Manager | —— – — | |
 Joyce Lee Uncork Capital, Head of Finance | —— – — | |
 Tilly McLain Uncork Capital, Operations and Community Manager | —— – — | |
 Whitney Bouck Uncork Capital, Board Partner & Go-to-Market Advisor | —— – — |
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