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 Email

Stensul

Series C in 2023
Stensul is an email generation platform designed to streamline the email creation process for enterprise marketers. By centralizing and pre-configuring the platform for each brand, Stensul eliminates the need for extensive collaboration with designers, developers, and quality assurance teams. This allows marketers to concentrate on crafting engaging content that drives results. The platform simplifies complex coding and design tasks, enabling marketing teams to produce mobile-responsive emails that adhere to brand and legal guidelines. With Stensul, businesses can efficiently build and send emails through their existing email service providers or marketing clouds, ultimately reducing production time and costs while enhancing communication effectiveness.

Stensul

Series B in 2020
Stensul is an email generation platform designed to streamline the email creation process for enterprise marketers. By centralizing and pre-configuring the platform for each brand, Stensul eliminates the need for extensive collaboration with designers, developers, and quality assurance teams. This allows marketers to concentrate on crafting engaging content that drives results. The platform simplifies complex coding and design tasks, enabling marketing teams to produce mobile-responsive emails that adhere to brand and legal guidelines. With Stensul, businesses can efficiently build and send emails through their existing email service providers or marketing clouds, ultimately reducing production time and costs while enhancing communication effectiveness.

Stensul

Series A in 2018
Stensul is an email generation platform designed to streamline the email creation process for enterprise marketers. By centralizing and pre-configuring the platform for each brand, Stensul eliminates the need for extensive collaboration with designers, developers, and quality assurance teams. This allows marketers to concentrate on crafting engaging content that drives results. The platform simplifies complex coding and design tasks, enabling marketing teams to produce mobile-responsive emails that adhere to brand and legal guidelines. With Stensul, businesses can efficiently build and send emails through their existing email service providers or marketing clouds, ultimately reducing production time and costs while enhancing communication effectiveness.

Stensul

Seed Round in 2016
Stensul is an email generation platform designed to streamline the email creation process for enterprise marketers. By centralizing and pre-configuring the platform for each brand, Stensul eliminates the need for extensive collaboration with designers, developers, and quality assurance teams. This allows marketers to concentrate on crafting engaging content that drives results. The platform simplifies complex coding and design tasks, enabling marketing teams to produce mobile-responsive emails that adhere to brand and legal guidelines. With Stensul, businesses can efficiently build and send emails through their existing email service providers or marketing clouds, ultimately reducing production time and costs while enhancing communication effectiveness.

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.

Kahuna

Series B in 2015
Kahuna, Inc. specializes in developing and marketing marketing automation software designed to create highly personalized experiences for buyers and sellers in various marketplaces. Utilizing advanced machine-learning technology, the company offers solutions for cross-channel marketing, optimization, and analytics, aiming to enhance product and pricing strategies while fostering user trust and engagement. Kahuna has established itself as a preferred platform for marketplaces, with a substantial user base of over 144 million and a track record of sending more than 4 billion messages and optimizing 46 billion events. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Kahuna serves notable clients such as The Dollar Shave Club, Yahoo, and Yelp, and has received investment from firms including Sequoia Capital and Tenaya Capital.

Stitch

Seed Round in 2014
Stitch helps salespeople close more deals and be more responsive. They are building the best mobile-first, sales productivity platform. Their first product is a mobile email application for salespeople. With Stitch, salespeople can communicate faster by having the right information, insights, and tools at their fingertips. In today’s highly competitive world, they believe it’s not only possible, it’s essential, to be as effective and responsive on the go as when sitting in front of a desk. In sales, being responsive means delivering immediate and complete answers to prospects’ questions. They enable salespeople to respond NOW, not later, to every mobile email.

Kahuna

Series A in 2014
Kahuna, Inc. specializes in developing and marketing marketing automation software designed to create highly personalized experiences for buyers and sellers in various marketplaces. Utilizing advanced machine-learning technology, the company offers solutions for cross-channel marketing, optimization, and analytics, aiming to enhance product and pricing strategies while fostering user trust and engagement. Kahuna has established itself as a preferred platform for marketplaces, with a substantial user base of over 144 million and a track record of sending more than 4 billion messages and optimizing 46 billion events. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Kahuna serves notable clients such as The Dollar Shave Club, Yahoo, and Yelp, and has received investment from firms including Sequoia Capital and Tenaya Capital.

Kahuna

Seed Round in 2013
Kahuna, Inc. specializes in developing and marketing marketing automation software designed to create highly personalized experiences for buyers and sellers in various marketplaces. Utilizing advanced machine-learning technology, the company offers solutions for cross-channel marketing, optimization, and analytics, aiming to enhance product and pricing strategies while fostering user trust and engagement. Kahuna has established itself as a preferred platform for marketplaces, with a substantial user base of over 144 million and a track record of sending more than 4 billion messages and optimizing 46 billion events. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Kahuna serves notable clients such as The Dollar Shave Club, Yahoo, and Yelp, and has received investment from firms including Sequoia Capital and Tenaya Capital.

Nuzzel

Seed Round in 2012
Nuzzel, Inc. is an online platform that specializes in delivering industrial news and media intelligence to professionals. Founded in 2011 and based in San Francisco, California, Nuzzel offers its services through a website, mobile applications, messaging bots, and email newsletters. The platform is designed to assist busy professionals by continuously scanning thousands of news publications and tracking trending stories shared on social networks, thereby providing curated newsletters tailored to user interests. Nuzzel has gained recognition as a preferred news discovery service among top influencers in media, technology, and finance, and has received accolades from notable publications such as The New York Times and Time Magazine. As of early 2019, Nuzzel operates as a subsidiary of Scroll and is backed by prominent Silicon Valley investors.

Kahuna

Seed Round in 2012
Kahuna, Inc. specializes in developing and marketing marketing automation software designed to create highly personalized experiences for buyers and sellers in various marketplaces. Utilizing advanced machine-learning technology, the company offers solutions for cross-channel marketing, optimization, and analytics, aiming to enhance product and pricing strategies while fostering user trust and engagement. Kahuna has established itself as a preferred platform for marketplaces, with a substantial user base of over 144 million and a track record of sending more than 4 billion messages and optimizing 46 billion events. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Kahuna serves notable clients such as The Dollar Shave Club, Yahoo, and Yelp, and has received investment from firms including Sequoia Capital and Tenaya Capital.

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.

Rapleaf

Venture Round in 2011
Rapleaf, a division of TowerData, specializes in delivering data solutions that enhance marketers' understanding of their customers. With access to information on 80% of U.S. email addresses, the company enables brands to segment their subscribers effectively and personalize their communications. This capability fosters more relevant interactions, ultimately improving customer satisfaction and engagement. Additionally, Rapleaf offers a meta-reputation system that allows users to create reviews and ratings based on consumer transactions, further enhancing the data analysis process. By providing comprehensive insights, Rapleaf supports businesses in optimizing their marketing strategies and building stronger customer relationships.

FanBridge

Series A in 2010
FanBridge, Inc. is a fan relationship management platform that integrates email marketing and social networking to help artists, brands, and influencers manage fan acquisition, retention, and engagement. Established in 2006 and based in New York, the company serves a diverse clientele, including musicians, comedians, YouTubers, and major brands. FanBridge facilitates the growth and monetization of fan bases through direct engagement tools, allowing clients to connect with their audiences across multiple digital channels. The platform supports over 600 million fan relationships, enabling users to craft targeted marketing campaigns and foster meaningful interactions. Additionally, FanBridge offers integrated advertising solutions that align brand messages with entertainment influencers, providing a measurable approach to audience outreach.

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.

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.

Kissmetrics

Series A in 2009
Kissmetrics is a company specializing in customer engagement automation, founded in 2008. It provides a platform that offers behavioral analytics, segmentation, and email campaign automation, all integrated into one system. The platform helps businesses identify, understand, and improve key metrics that drive their online operations. By connecting experiment results to existing business metrics and providing insights through a familiar dashboard, Kissmetrics assists companies in measuring, growing, and monetizing their customer base across multiple digital devices. The company is run by a team of designers, developers, and entrepreneurs dedicated to supporting online businesses.

FanBridge

Seed Round in 2009
FanBridge, Inc. is a fan relationship management platform that integrates email marketing and social networking to help artists, brands, and influencers manage fan acquisition, retention, and engagement. Established in 2006 and based in New York, the company serves a diverse clientele, including musicians, comedians, YouTubers, and major brands. FanBridge facilitates the growth and monetization of fan bases through direct engagement tools, allowing clients to connect with their audiences across multiple digital channels. The platform supports over 600 million fan relationships, enabling users to craft targeted marketing campaigns and foster meaningful interactions. Additionally, FanBridge offers integrated advertising solutions that align brand messages with entertainment influencers, providing a measurable approach to audience outreach.

Rapleaf

Series A in 2006
Rapleaf, a division of TowerData, specializes in delivering data solutions that enhance marketers' understanding of their customers. With access to information on 80% of U.S. email addresses, the company enables brands to segment their subscribers effectively and personalize their communications. This capability fosters more relevant interactions, ultimately improving customer satisfaction and engagement. Additionally, Rapleaf offers a meta-reputation system that allows users to create reviews and ratings based on consumer transactions, further enhancing the data analysis process. By providing comprehensive insights, Rapleaf supports businesses in optimizing their marketing strategies and building stronger customer relationships.
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