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Uncork Capital is one of Silicon Valley’s most enduring seed firms — and a founder’s most trusted guide. We partner with the relentlessly curious, the undeterred, the trailblazers building AI-native platforms and infrastructure from the ground up.
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A short & sweet Guide to Picking the Right Investor (for early stage companies)
A short & sweet Guide to Picking the Right Investor (for early stage companies)
Not all early-stage investors are created equal. Here’s a quick guide to choosing the right kind of investor — and the ones to avoid.
Sarah Du
May 14
Uncork Capital Closes $300M to Support Early-Stage Founders
Uncork Capital Closes $300M to Support Early-Stage Founders
Uncork Capital has raised $300 million in new funds: Uncork VIII, a $225 million seed fund, and Uncork Plus IV, a $75 million growth fund.
Andy McLoughlin
May 1
Productive Friction: Why Elite Tech Teams Design for Disagreement
Productive Friction: Why Elite Tech Teams Design for Disagreement
Too many teams treat conflict like a bug when it’s actually a feature.
Adriana Roche
Mar 4
Numeral’s Big Opportunity: Why We Invested in the Future of Sales Tax
Numeral’s Big Opportunity: Why We Invested in the Future of Sales Tax
Sales tax compliance is a necessary but notoriously complex aspect of running a business — a $15 billion market dominated for years by big…
Susan Liu
Mar 4
The Job Search Is Broken: Why Uncork Capital Invested in Final Round AI
The Job Search Is Broken: Why Uncork Capital Invested in Final Roun...
By Tripp Jones and Sarah Du
Sarah Du
Jan 30
What I’m excited for in 2025: more models, more use cases, more action
What I’m excited for in 2025: more models, more use cases, more action
Last year, I wrote about the rise of multimodal AI and why I was excited for modalities beyond text — including image, speech, and video…
Sarah Du
Jan 14
Welcoming Whitney Bouck as Board Partner & Go-To-Market Advisor at Uncork Capital
Welcoming Whitney Bouck as Board Partner & Go-To-Market Advisor at ...
Sometimes you don’t know where or when you’ll meet your next great friend and potential future colleague. In this case, it was at an…
Andy McLoughlin
Jan 7
Nuon: Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC), for Everyone
Nuon: Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC), for Everyone
Some startups tackle flashy problems that grab headlines, while others roll up their sleeves to solve the gnarly, foundational challenges…
Andy McLoughlin
Dec 17, 2024
A short & sweet Guide to Investor Updates (for early stage companies)
A short & sweet Guide to Investor Updates (for early stage companies)
Recently, a founder friend asked me what the best investor updates we get look like. Figured it would be fun (and hopefully helpful!) to…
Sarah Du
Dec 13, 2024
The Entrepreneur Economy and Our Investment in DubClub
The Entrepreneur Economy and Our Investment in DubClub
Over the past five years, we have witnessed the general rise and cultural popularization of the concept of the creator economy. You’d…
Tripp Jones
Dec 5, 2024
Stop blocking, start enabling — welcome, SurePath AI!
Stop blocking, start enabling — welcome, SurePath AI!
Generative AI (GenAI) rocketed onto the scene in 2023. Ever since, enterprises have faced a critical dilemma: go all-in with this…
Andy McLoughlin
Nov 15, 2024
9 lessons from Uncork’s 2024 Portfolio Summit
9 lessons from Uncork’s 2024 Portfolio Summit
Every year, Uncork hosts a portfolio summit for our portfolio companies’ founders and execs. We orchestrate breakout sessions, lightning…
Sarah Du
Nov 8, 2024
How to Get Your First 10 Customers: Key Takeaways from Edith Harbaugh of LaunchDarkly
How to Get Your First 10 Customers: Key Takeaways from Edith Harbau...
“Only the truly desperate would buy from an early stage startup…”
Susan Liu
Nov 5, 2024
Stemming a rising tide — welcome, c/side! 🌊
Stemming a rising tide — welcome, c/side! 🌊
As a long-time investor in developer tools and infrastructure companies, I love finding early-mover startups solving an overlooked problem…
Andy McLoughlin
Sep 18, 2024
Mission, vision, and values: setting your startup up for success
Mission, vision, and values: setting your startup up for success
Why and how to create the foundational building blocks that drive corporate culture, inform hiring practices, and affect business outcomes.
Amy Saper
Jul 31, 2024
Ballots to Boardrooms
Ballots to Boardrooms
Succession Planning is not just for elections, it’s also essential for Tech Companies
Adriana Roche
Jul 30, 2024
What kind of Marketer do you need?
What kind of Marketer do you need?
A brief guide for founders and early stage business leaders
Amy Saper
Jun 28, 2024
How We Give Our Portfolio Companies the White Glove Treatment
How We Give Our Portfolio Companies the White Glove Treatment
Ashley Cravens
Jun 26, 2024
Uncorking Value, Together
Uncorking Value, Together
At Uncork Capital, we view founders as the driving force behind progress, and one of our core missions is to support them in bringing their…
Ashley Cravens
Jun 14, 2024
Brilliant Enterprise Magic — welcome Bem!
Brilliant Enterprise Magic — welcome Bem!
Y Combinator famously encourages their companies to “build something people want”. As a regular investor in developer tools &…
Andy McLoughlin
Jun 10, 2024
To outsource or not to outsource:
To outsource or not to outsource:
When and why to work with external recruiters
Adriana Roche
Jun 5, 2024
Welcome, Unison Computing — Now in GA!
Welcome, Unison Computing — Now in GA!
Andy McLoughlin
Jun 4, 2024
Let your customers do your marketing: A practical guide to creating customer case studies and…
Let your customers do your marketing: A practical guide to creating...
It’s no secret that case studies and customer testimonials can be wildly effective at piquing top-of-funnel interest and converting new…
Amy Saper
May 29, 2024
Twenty Years of Uncorking Innovation
Twenty Years of Uncorking Innovation
Twenty years! On May 1st, 2004, we filed incorporation papers for SoftTech VC Inc, which became the management company of our first five…
Jeff Clavier
May 1, 2024
How to find and select your first 10 customers
How to find and select your first 10 customers
For a B2B company, one of the very first things you need to do after founding your company is search for your first ten customers. The…
Amy Saper
Apr 23, 2024
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