Uncork Capital

aid: uncork-capital
name: Uncork Capital
description: >-
  Uncork Capital is a San Francisco-based seed-stage venture capital firm founded
  in 2004 by Jeff Clavier, who formalized his angel portfolio into one of Silicon
  Valley's earliest dedicated seed funds; it operated as SoftTech VC until
  rebranding to Uncork Capital in 2017. Led by managing partners Jeff Clavier and
  Andy McLoughlin, the firm invests at the seed stage with a "first to believe"
  conviction style, typically targeting 10-15% ownership and writing seed checks
  broadly in the $1.5M-$4M range across B2B applications and SaaS, developer
  tooling, infrastructure and security, consumer and marketplaces, frontier
  tech/hardware, and AI/ML. In May 2025 the firm closed $300M in fresh capital
  across Uncork VIII (a $225M seed fund) and Uncork Plus IV (a $75M growth fund),
  bringing it to roughly $1.2B in assets under management. Across 275+ investments
  and 100+ outcomes, its portfolio and exits include SendGrid, Fitbit, Poshmark,
  Postmates, Eventbrite, LaunchDarkly, Tailscale, Front, Shippo, ClassDojo, Groq,
  Human Interest, Carrot Fertility, and GPTZero.
x-type: venture-capital
x-category: Venture Capital
image: https://uncorkcapital.com/favicon.ico
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
tags:
  - Venture Capital
  - Seed
  - Developer Tools
  - Infrastructure
  - Fintech
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - SaaS
  - Consumer
  - San Francisco
  - United States
apis: []
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://uncorkcapital.com
  - type: Portfolio
    url: https://uncorkcapital.com/companies/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: portfolio/uncork-capital-portfolio.yml
  - type: Team
    url: https://uncorkcapital.com/team/
  - type: Team
    url: team/uncork-capital-team.yml
  - type: InvestmentThesis
    url: https://uncorkcapital.com/approach/
  - type: Blog
    url: https://uncorkcapital.com/blog/
  - type: News
    url: https://uncorkcapital.com/news/
  - type: Jobs
    url: https://jobs.uncorkcapital.com
  - type: Pitch
    url: mailto:pitches@uncorkcapital.com
  - type: Crunchbase
    url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/softtech-vc
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uncork-capital/
  - type: Twitter
    url: https://x.com/uncorkcap
  - type: Features
    data:
      - 'Stage: Seed (primary), with a Plus growth vehicle for breakout follow-on'
      - 'Typical check: $1.5M-$4M seed, targeting 10-15% ownership'
      - 'Sectors: B2B applications & SaaS, developer tooling / infrastructure & security, consumer & marketplaces, frontier tech/hardware, AI/ML'
      - 'Geography: primarily United States (Silicon Valley)'
      - 'AUM: ~$1.2B (2025, reported)'
      - 'Latest funds: Uncork VIII $225M seed + Uncork Plus IV $75M growth (May 2025, $300M total)'
      - 'Founded: 2004 (as SoftTech VC; renamed Uncork Capital 2017)'
      - 'Founders / partners: Jeff Clavier (Founder, Managing Partner), Andy McLoughlin (Managing Partner)'
      - 'HQ: San Francisco, CA'
      - 'Track record: 275+ investments, 100+ outcomes, ~$59B enterprise value'
    sources:
      - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncork_Capital
      - https://uncorkcapital.com
    updated: '2026-07-17'
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
    url: https://apievangelist.com
  - FN: APIs.json
    url: https://apisjson.org
  - FN: Uncork Capital
    url: https://uncorkcapital.com