Uncork Capital

Founded in 2004 and based in Palo Alto, California, Uncork Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on seed-stage investments in SaaS, consumer goods, healthcare, and technology companies across the United States. The firm invests out of two funds: a $200M Seed fund and a $200M Opportunity fund for larger investments in mature portfolio companies.

Jeff Clavier

Managing Partner

Jean-Francois Clavier

Founder and Managing Partner

Sarah Du

Investor

Tripp Jones

Partner

Susan Liu

Partner

Past deals in Design

Brand.AI

Seed Round in 2024
Brand.AI is a brand operating system and digital asset management platform that helps brand builders, agencies, and corporates streamline brand work. The platform synthesizes strategies, business plans, and brand touchpoints to guide concepts and content across channels, acting as a strategic co-pilot for internal and external partners. It enables asset management, sharing design assets with teams, and maintaining front-end code and visual consistency across applications by exporting style data to Sass and supporting integration with design tools such as Sketch and Adobe Illustrator, while automating updates into iOS and Android apps. Connecting the brand operating system to real-world projects reduces communication overhead and version conflicts and supports smarter decision-making.

Stensul

Series C in 2023
Stensul streamlines enterprise marketing by offering a centralized email generation platform. It enables marketers to create mobile-responsive emails that adhere to brand guidelines, bypassing the need for designer, developer, and QA involvement. Emails can be instantly sent through popular ESPs or Marketing Clouds.

Bezi

Series A in 2023
Bezi is a development tool designed to enhance productivity in creating 3D games and applications. It offers a browser-based platform that intelligently indexes assets, scenes, packages, and code in real-time, empowering designers to create user-generated content.

Bezi

Seed Round in 2021
Bezi is a development tool designed to enhance productivity in creating 3D games and applications. It offers a browser-based platform that intelligently indexes assets, scenes, packages, and code in real-time, empowering designers to create user-generated content.

Stensul

Series B in 2020
Stensul streamlines enterprise marketing by offering a centralized email generation platform. It enables marketers to create mobile-responsive emails that adhere to brand guidelines, bypassing the need for designer, developer, and QA involvement. Emails can be instantly sent through popular ESPs or Marketing Clouds.

Stensul

Series A in 2018
Stensul streamlines enterprise marketing by offering a centralized email generation platform. It enables marketers to create mobile-responsive emails that adhere to brand guidelines, bypassing the need for designer, developer, and QA involvement. Emails can be instantly sent through popular ESPs or Marketing Clouds.

Stensul

Seed Round in 2016
Stensul streamlines enterprise marketing by offering a centralized email generation platform. It enables marketers to create mobile-responsive emails that adhere to brand guidelines, bypassing the need for designer, developer, and QA involvement. Emails can be instantly sent through popular ESPs or Marketing Clouds.

Marvel

Series A in 2016
Marvel is a creative platform that facilitates mobile and web prototyping without the need for coding skills. Established in 2013, it has evolved from a side project into a robust tool utilized by nearly 2 million individuals and teams globally. The platform empowers users to bring their ideas to life through intuitive design and prototyping features, making it accessible for creators of all backgrounds to develop and iterate on their concepts effectively.

The Guildery

Seed Round in 2015
The Guildery is an e-commerce startup specializing in the manufacture of home textiles and accessories. The company utilizes advanced digital printing technology to produce a wide range of fabrics and home goods, including pillows, drapes, and ottomans. By chemically bonding ink to fabric, Guildery offers customizable patterns and designs on-demand, eliminating the high costs and long wait times typically associated with artisan-made products. This approach allows The Guildery to cater to the $200 billion home décor industry by bridging the gap between mass-produced goods and high-end, made-to-order items.

Visually

Series A in 2015
Visually, Inc. is a visual content creation platform based in San Francisco, California, that connects businesses with a network of over 1,000 certified creative professionals, including designers, writers, animators, and developers. Founded in 2011, the company specializes in producing a diverse array of visual content, such as animated videos, infographics, presentations, social media graphics, and interactive websites. Visually serves clients across various industries, including consumer goods, education, healthcare, finance, and technology, helping them engage their audiences effectively through visually appealing materials. The platform facilitates collaboration between clients and creatives, allowing for a high degree of creative control and support throughout the content creation process. Visually operates as a subsidiary of Scribble Technologies Inc.

Visually

Series A in 2014
Visually, Inc. is a visual content creation platform based in San Francisco, California, that connects businesses with a network of over 1,000 certified creative professionals, including designers, writers, animators, and developers. Founded in 2011, the company specializes in producing a diverse array of visual content, such as animated videos, infographics, presentations, social media graphics, and interactive websites. Visually serves clients across various industries, including consumer goods, education, healthcare, finance, and technology, helping them engage their audiences effectively through visually appealing materials. The platform facilitates collaboration between clients and creatives, allowing for a high degree of creative control and support throughout the content creation process. Visually operates as a subsidiary of Scribble Technologies Inc.

Visually

Seed Round in 2011
Visually, Inc. is a visual content creation platform based in San Francisco, California, that connects businesses with a network of over 1,000 certified creative professionals, including designers, writers, animators, and developers. Founded in 2011, the company specializes in producing a diverse array of visual content, such as animated videos, infographics, presentations, social media graphics, and interactive websites. Visually serves clients across various industries, including consumer goods, education, healthcare, finance, and technology, helping them engage their audiences effectively through visually appealing materials. The platform facilitates collaboration between clients and creatives, allowing for a high degree of creative control and support throughout the content creation process. Visually operates as a subsidiary of Scribble Technologies Inc.

Animoto

Series B in 2009
Animoto Inc. develops a web and mobile application that simplifies the creation of professional-quality videos, enabling users to transform photos and video clips into polished visual stories. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in New York, the company serves a diverse clientele, including families, businesses, and photographers, who wish to create videos for various occasions such as weddings, travel, and marketing. Animoto's platform stands out for its user-friendly interface, allowing individuals without technical expertise to produce engaging videos effortlessly. The application includes certified partnerships with social media platforms, enhancing its capabilities and insights into the evolving digital landscape. By prioritizing ease of use and accessibility, Animoto aims to empower individuals and organizations to share their narratives effectively.
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