Uncork Capital

Uncork Capital, formerly known as SoftTech VC, is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 and based in Palo Alto, California. The firm specializes in seed-stage investments, focusing on various sectors including software as a service (SaaS), consumer goods, healthcare, technology, and marketplace startups. It manages two primary funds: a $100 million Seed fund and a $100 million Opportunity fund, which targets larger investments in mature portfolio companies. Uncork Capital typically invests between $250,000 and $5 million in each portfolio company, with a preference for equity investments, particularly for raises above $750,000. The firm actively seeks opportunities in both B2B and B2C sectors and aims to maintain a portfolio duration of five to seven years. While it primarily invests in the United States, particularly in regions such as Silicon Valley and New York, it may consider opportunities in Canada or elsewhere if a strong local lead is involved. Uncork Capital also provides support in product development, marketing, business strategy, and financing.

Jeff Clavier

Founder and Managing Partner

Jean-Francois Clavier

Founder and Managing Partner

Sarah Du

Associate

Tripp Jones

Partner

Susan Liu

Partner

Amy Saper

Partner

Past deals in Collaboration

Front

Series D in 2022
Front is a collaborative customer communication platform that integrates email and applications to enhance interactions between teams and customers. By offering a shared inbox, Front enables businesses to manage communications efficiently and foster meaningful relationships. The platform is utilized by over 6,000 organizations to scale personalized customer engagement and streamline workflows, ultimately driving significant business impact. Through its focus on facilitating natural conversations, Front helps companies cultivate enduring customer relationships and transform their operational effectiveness.

Common Paper

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of contract collaboration software designed to improve the process of commercial contracting. The company's platform builds an integrated web and creates open-source versions of commonly used agreements and contracts designed to help move deals forward and faster, enabling clients to build trusted templates using standard agreements, then negotiate, sign, and manage contracts in a single workflow.

Crossbeam

Series C in 2021
Crossbeam, Inc. is a software-as-a-service company that has developed a collaborative data platform aimed at facilitating valuable partnerships among businesses. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Crossbeam enables companies to discover overlapping customers and prospects with their partners while ensuring the security and privacy of their data. The platform acts as an escrow service, allowing for secure data sharing that enhances alliances, supports go-to-market strategies, and improves customer service. With features that automatically update customer and prospect information, Crossbeam provides an intuitive interface for defining key populations and establishing secure data-sharing relationships, ultimately helping businesses close more deals, enhance product development, and measure their success effectively.

Unison.Cloud

Seed Round in 2020
Unison.Cloud is a developer of a cloud platform that leverages an open-source functional programming language to simplify software creation and management. This platform enables users to run massively distributed Unison programs or small services on a global network of managed nodes, allowing them to pay only for the resources they consume. It features an append-only codebase, which eliminates common issues such as dependency conflicts and complex codebase management. The platform supports dynamic code deployment and offers seamless integration with non-Unison code and services, maintaining full compatibility with the broader Unison ecosystem. By providing these capabilities, Unison.Cloud aims to make software development more accessible and efficient.

Flux

Seed Round in 2020
Flux is an internal mobility platform that helps employees grow while contributing to the work the business needs to get done. Employees are intelligently matched to opportunities they can excel at: from part-time projects and rotations, to learning, mentorship, or full-time roles. Companies gain full visibility into their workforce and fill roles faster while promoting a culture of recognition and progression.

Crossbeam

Series B in 2020
Crossbeam, Inc. is a software-as-a-service company that has developed a collaborative data platform aimed at facilitating valuable partnerships among businesses. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Crossbeam enables companies to discover overlapping customers and prospects with their partners while ensuring the security and privacy of their data. The platform acts as an escrow service, allowing for secure data sharing that enhances alliances, supports go-to-market strategies, and improves customer service. With features that automatically update customer and prospect information, Crossbeam provides an intuitive interface for defining key populations and establishing secure data-sharing relationships, ultimately helping businesses close more deals, enhance product development, and measure their success effectively.

Front

Series C in 2020
Front is a collaborative customer communication platform that integrates email and applications to enhance interactions between teams and customers. By offering a shared inbox, Front enables businesses to manage communications efficiently and foster meaningful relationships. The platform is utilized by over 6,000 organizations to scale personalized customer engagement and streamline workflows, ultimately driving significant business impact. Through its focus on facilitating natural conversations, Front helps companies cultivate enduring customer relationships and transform their operational effectiveness.

Koan

Seed Round in 2019
Koan helps companies manage goals and status in a collaborative way. Employee alignment and engagement remains a top challenge for almost every organization. With the shift to remote work, communication gets siloed, priorities shift and information gets lost in the daily spreadsheet shuffle. Koan enables teams to align and engage through the power of habit, keeping everyone connected to the mission and focused on achieving their most critical goals. Inspire, align, and focus your remote workforce with Koan’s easy to use OKR and status platform. Learn more at koan.co.

Crossbeam

Series A in 2019
Crossbeam, Inc. is a software-as-a-service company that has developed a collaborative data platform aimed at facilitating valuable partnerships among businesses. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Crossbeam enables companies to discover overlapping customers and prospects with their partners while ensuring the security and privacy of their data. The platform acts as an escrow service, allowing for secure data sharing that enhances alliances, supports go-to-market strategies, and improves customer service. With features that automatically update customer and prospect information, Crossbeam provides an intuitive interface for defining key populations and establishing secure data-sharing relationships, ultimately helping businesses close more deals, enhance product development, and measure their success effectively.

Crossbeam

Seed Round in 2018
Crossbeam, Inc. is a software-as-a-service company that has developed a collaborative data platform aimed at facilitating valuable partnerships among businesses. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Crossbeam enables companies to discover overlapping customers and prospects with their partners while ensuring the security and privacy of their data. The platform acts as an escrow service, allowing for secure data sharing that enhances alliances, supports go-to-market strategies, and improves customer service. With features that automatically update customer and prospect information, Crossbeam provides an intuitive interface for defining key populations and establishing secure data-sharing relationships, ultimately helping businesses close more deals, enhance product development, and measure their success effectively.

Front

Series B in 2018
Front is a collaborative customer communication platform that integrates email and applications to enhance interactions between teams and customers. By offering a shared inbox, Front enables businesses to manage communications efficiently and foster meaningful relationships. The platform is utilized by over 6,000 organizations to scale personalized customer engagement and streamline workflows, ultimately driving significant business impact. Through its focus on facilitating natural conversations, Front helps companies cultivate enduring customer relationships and transform their operational effectiveness.

Front

Series A in 2016
Front is a collaborative customer communication platform that integrates email and applications to enhance interactions between teams and customers. By offering a shared inbox, Front enables businesses to manage communications efficiently and foster meaningful relationships. The platform is utilized by over 6,000 organizations to scale personalized customer engagement and streamline workflows, ultimately driving significant business impact. Through its focus on facilitating natural conversations, Front helps companies cultivate enduring customer relationships and transform their operational effectiveness.

FounderDating

Series A in 2015
FounderDating is an online social network designed to connect entrepreneurs, startup founders, and advisors. The platform facilitates the formation of partnerships by enabling individuals with diverse backgrounds and complementary skill sets to find potential co-founders for their projects or companies. By fostering connections among talented entrepreneurs, FounderDating helps users expand their professional networks and collaborate effectively, ultimately enhancing their chances of success in new ventures.

Front

Seed Round in 2014
Front is a collaborative customer communication platform that integrates email and applications to enhance interactions between teams and customers. By offering a shared inbox, Front enables businesses to manage communications efficiently and foster meaningful relationships. The platform is utilized by over 6,000 organizations to scale personalized customer engagement and streamline workflows, ultimately driving significant business impact. Through its focus on facilitating natural conversations, Front helps companies cultivate enduring customer relationships and transform their operational effectiveness.

Sameroom

Series A in 2013
Sameroom is an online platform to help teams communicate with users on different chat platforms. It provides real-time interoperability between Slack and other chat systems through virtual tubes or by giving users the ability to connect multiple teams together on all different services. Sameroom was launched by Andrei Soroker and Peter Hizalev in March 2015 and is based in Oakland, California.

Kato

Series A in 2013
Kato is fixing the problem of business communication - enabling teams to communicate faster and more efficiently, reduce email overload and easily access their organizational knowledge. We're on a mission to make life a little better -- to make our jobs easier and more pleasurable, to help businesses work more efficiently, to improve how we communicate with each other. Kato brings the power of text, voice and video to team communication and intelligently manages information coming from other services, preventing data silos while reducing organizational noise. Companies large and small are more efficient and productive using Kato, both internally and with external partners, vendors and customers. Kato makes it possible to bypass the email blackhole and communicate with customers and partners in real-time. Organizations send less email and leverage knowledge better with Kato’s best-in-class search. We're built for business, with enterprise-grade security and administrative control. No hardware to maintain, software to update, or database to backup. It’s for distributed teams and remote workers, small businesses and large multi-nationals, and everything in between.

Friend.ly

Series A in 2011
Friend.ly is a social Q&A platform designed to facilitate self-expression and meaningful interactions among users. By utilizing Facebook Connect, it enables individuals to connect with new people within their extended social networks. Users can log in effortlessly and engage with a variety of site-generated questions that encourage them to share their thoughts and experiences. As participants answer questions and provide feedback on others' responses, they contribute to a positive and reflective community atmosphere. Friend.ly aims to help users deepen their understanding of themselves and others, whether they are looking to strengthen existing friendships, meet new individuals, or simply express their personal viewpoints.

Tapulous

Angel Round in 2008
Tapulous is a developer specializing in mobile applications and games for iPhone and Android platforms. The company is known for creating popular apps such as Tap Tap Revenge, a rhythm-based game, as well as Twinkle, a Twitter client, and Collage, which allows for real-time collaborative photo sharing. Recently, Tapulous launched Riddim Ribbon, further expanding its portfolio of innovative mobile applications.

Thing Labs

Series A in 2008
Thing Labs is a company that develops web-based software designed to facilitate the creation, sharing, exploration, and enjoyment of content. Founded by Jason Shellen, who previously worked on Blogger and co-created Google Reader, Thing Labs is known for its products Brizzly and Plinky. The company focuses on providing user-friendly tools that enhance the online content experience.

Grouply

Series A in 2008
Grouply is an innovative platform that merges the functionalities of social networks and online groups to create a new type of online community known as the "social group." This platform allows users to establish and join groups based on shared interests, facilitating social interaction, media sharing, and engaging discussions. Grouply enhances traditional online group systems by offering a modern design and a user-friendly interface, making it easier for individuals to connect with like-minded people. Additionally, the platform revitalizes existing Google and Yahoo! Groups by providing them with customizable websites that integrate seamlessly with these services. Founded in 2006, Grouply has received funding from notable investors, including O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures and SoftTech VC.

Grouply

Angel Round in 2008
Grouply is an innovative platform that merges the functionalities of social networks and online groups to create a new type of online community known as the "social group." This platform allows users to establish and join groups based on shared interests, facilitating social interaction, media sharing, and engaging discussions. Grouply enhances traditional online group systems by offering a modern design and a user-friendly interface, making it easier for individuals to connect with like-minded people. Additionally, the platform revitalizes existing Google and Yahoo! Groups by providing them with customizable websites that integrate seamlessly with these services. Founded in 2006, Grouply has received funding from notable investors, including O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures and SoftTech VC.

Circle of Moms

Seed Round in 2008
Circle of Moms is a parenting social network designed for mothers to share their experiences, challenges, and advice related to motherhood. The platform allows users to connect with trusted friends, like-minded individuals, and other mothers in their community. It features various public communities, such as those focused on toddler care, recipe sharing, and money-saving tips, as well as specialized groups based on birth months for expectant and new mothers. Additionally, users can create their own communities and utilize the "Moms Near Me" feature to discover local mothers and stay informed about relevant events, restaurants, and resources in their area. Circle of Moms operates both as an independent social networking site and as a Facebook application, facilitating meaningful interactions among mothers.
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