Uncork Capital

Uncork Capital, established in 2004, is a venture capital firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with an additional office in San Francisco. The firm specializes in seed and early-stage investments, focusing on sectors such as SaaS, consumer services, technology, and healthcare. Uncork Capital manages two funds: a $100M Seed fund and a $100M Opportunity fund for larger investments in mature portfolio companies. The firm invests in companies across the United States and Canada, with a particular focus on Silicon Valley, New York, Boulder, Boston, and parts of Canada. Uncork Capital typically invests between $0.25 million and $5 million per portfolio, with an average investment of $4 million. The firm provides various value-added services to its portfolio companies, including product development, marketing, and business development strategies. Uncork Capital has adopted the Diversity Term Sheet Rider, demonstrating its commitment to diversity and inclusion in its investment practices.

Jeff Clavier

Founder and Managing Partner

Sarah Du

Associate

Susan Liu

Partner

Past deals in Colorado

SendGrid

Series D in 2016
SendGrid, Inc. is a digital communication platform based in Denver, Colorado, that specializes in enabling businesses to engage with their customers through email. Founded in 2009, the company provides a cloud-based platform that offers a range of services tailored for developers and marketers. Its offerings include an email application programming interface (API) that allows developers to integrate email functionalities into their applications, as well as marketing campaign tools that enable marketers to manage customer contact lists, design email templates, and analyze campaign performance. Additionally, SendGrid provides expert services aimed at optimizing email delivery and ensuring effective communication. With its robust platform, SendGrid delivers over 30 billion emails monthly for a diverse clientele, including both tech-driven companies and traditional enterprises.

Chariot

Seed Round in 2015
Chariot Transit Inc. is a transportation company based in San Francisco, California, that offers crowd-sourced commuting services. Founded in 2014, Chariot operates a fleet of vehicles, providing both charter services for personal trips and corporate events. The company utilizes a unique approach by crowdsourcing future routes and pickup/drop-off locations based on the home and work addresses of its riders. This innovative model aims to create a self-sustainable mass-transit system that alleviates congestion while delivering a comfortable and personalized commuting experience. Chariot emphasizes affordability and flexibility, striving for universal access to better transportation. The company's services are accessible through mobile applications for iPhone and Android, as well as its mobile website. In addition to its original market in San Francisco, Chariot has expanded to several other cities, including Austin, Seattle, New York, Columbus, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, and even London. As of September 2016, Chariot operates as a subsidiary of Ford Smart Mobility LLC.

MobileDay

Series A in 2014
MobileDay Inc., established in 2010 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, develops a one-touch conference call dialing application for iPhone and Android devices. This application synchronizes with users' native calendars, providing a convenient schedule view of upcoming calls and meetings, each accompanied by an easy-to-use join button that handles all dialing processes. In April 2015, MobileDay introduced 'MobileDay Business', catering to companies aiming to equip their teams with this one-tap dialing functionality. The company serves business professionals worldwide, streamlining conference call access from mobile devices.

SendGrid

Series B in 2012
SendGrid, Inc. is a digital communication platform based in Denver, Colorado, that specializes in enabling businesses to engage with their customers through email. Founded in 2009, the company provides a cloud-based platform that offers a range of services tailored for developers and marketers. Its offerings include an email application programming interface (API) that allows developers to integrate email functionalities into their applications, as well as marketing campaign tools that enable marketers to manage customer contact lists, design email templates, and analyze campaign performance. Additionally, SendGrid provides expert services aimed at optimizing email delivery and ensuring effective communication. With its robust platform, SendGrid delivers over 30 billion emails monthly for a diverse clientele, including both tech-driven companies and traditional enterprises.

MobileDay

Seed Round in 2011
MobileDay Inc., established in 2010 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, develops a one-touch conference call dialing application for iPhone and Android devices. This application synchronizes with users' native calendars, providing a convenient schedule view of upcoming calls and meetings, each accompanied by an easy-to-use join button that handles all dialing processes. In April 2015, MobileDay introduced 'MobileDay Business', catering to companies aiming to equip their teams with this one-tap dialing functionality. The company serves business professionals worldwide, streamlining conference call access from mobile devices.

SendGrid

Series A in 2010
SendGrid, Inc. is a digital communication platform based in Denver, Colorado, that specializes in enabling businesses to engage with their customers through email. Founded in 2009, the company provides a cloud-based platform that offers a range of services tailored for developers and marketers. Its offerings include an email application programming interface (API) that allows developers to integrate email functionalities into their applications, as well as marketing campaign tools that enable marketers to manage customer contact lists, design email templates, and analyze campaign performance. Additionally, SendGrid provides expert services aimed at optimizing email delivery and ensuring effective communication. With its robust platform, SendGrid delivers over 30 billion emails monthly for a diverse clientele, including both tech-driven companies and traditional enterprises.

Bitly

Debt Financing in 2010
Bitly, Inc. is a link management platform that enhances brand visibility and marketing effectiveness by enabling businesses to shorten, brand, and optimize links across various channels. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in San Francisco and Denver, Bitly provides tools for tracking individual link analytics, audience intelligence, and campaign performance in a consolidated environment. The platform utilizes HTTP 301 redirects, enabling companies to create custom domain links while leveraging Bitly's analytics capabilities. This functionality supports brands in measuring their marketing efforts and improving customer experiences through features like mobile deep linking and omnichannel campaign tracking. With a global customer base, Bitly aims to deliver greater transparency and data ownership across diverse user interactions.

SendGrid

Series A in 2009
SendGrid, Inc. is a digital communication platform based in Denver, Colorado, that specializes in enabling businesses to engage with their customers through email. Founded in 2009, the company provides a cloud-based platform that offers a range of services tailored for developers and marketers. Its offerings include an email application programming interface (API) that allows developers to integrate email functionalities into their applications, as well as marketing campaign tools that enable marketers to manage customer contact lists, design email templates, and analyze campaign performance. Additionally, SendGrid provides expert services aimed at optimizing email delivery and ensuring effective communication. With its robust platform, SendGrid delivers over 30 billion emails monthly for a diverse clientele, including both tech-driven companies and traditional enterprises.

Bitly

Series A in 2009
Bitly, Inc. is a link management platform that enhances brand visibility and marketing effectiveness by enabling businesses to shorten, brand, and optimize links across various channels. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in San Francisco and Denver, Bitly provides tools for tracking individual link analytics, audience intelligence, and campaign performance in a consolidated environment. The platform utilizes HTTP 301 redirects, enabling companies to create custom domain links while leveraging Bitly's analytics capabilities. This functionality supports brands in measuring their marketing efforts and improving customer experiences through features like mobile deep linking and omnichannel campaign tracking. With a global customer base, Bitly aims to deliver greater transparency and data ownership across diverse user interactions.

Gnip

Series B in 2008
Gnip is a data provider specializing in social media analytics, serving a diverse clientele that includes sectors such as social media monitoring, business intelligence, government, and finance. Founded in March 2008 by Eric Marcoullier and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, Gnip operates additional offices in San Francisco, New York, and Washington. The company delivers over 120 billion real-time social media data activities each month, offering customers access to a wide array of data sources. Its services empower businesses to enhance their analytics capabilities, with clients that include more than 95% of the Fortune 500. Gnip's on-demand messaging platform facilitates the integration of social and business data, allowing companies to streamline their operations and identify new opportunities.

Gnip

Series A in 2008
Gnip is a data provider specializing in social media analytics, serving a diverse clientele that includes sectors such as social media monitoring, business intelligence, government, and finance. Founded in March 2008 by Eric Marcoullier and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, Gnip operates additional offices in San Francisco, New York, and Washington. The company delivers over 120 billion real-time social media data activities each month, offering customers access to a wide array of data sources. Its services empower businesses to enhance their analytics capabilities, with clients that include more than 95% of the Fortune 500. Gnip's on-demand messaging platform facilitates the integration of social and business data, allowing companies to streamline their operations and identify new opportunities.
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