Uncork Capital

Uncork Capital (formerly known as SoftTech VC) is an early stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco and Palo Alto, CA. Backed primarily by institutional investors. As of 2017, there are five funds under management (SoftTech VC II, III & IV), V, and Plus Fund) and are actively investing out of the $100M Fund V.

The firm invests across B2B and B2C opportunities including SaaS, software infrastructure, developer tools, marketplaces, consumer services, and hardware. Notable portfolio companies include Vungle, Fitbit ($FIT), Sendgrid ($SEND), Eventbrite, Wildfire (acquired by Google), Mint (acquired by Intuit), Postmates, Poshmark, Front, LaunchDarkly, Molukule, Shippo, Hired, ClassDojo, StyleSeatStyleSeat, and Vidyard.

SoftTech VC was one of the original institutionalized super angel funds, which morphed out of founder Jeff Clavier's original angel investment activities.

Founder Jeff Clavier started making angel investments in 2004. In 2011, the first SoftTech VC fund of $15 million was raised; representing one of the original institutionalized super angel funds.

• In 2010, Charles Hudson joined as a Partner. He later left the firm in 2016 to found his own Venture Capital Firm: Precursor Ventures
• In 2011, Stephanie Palmeri joined the firm as a Senior Associate. In 2016 she was promoted to Partner
• In 2015, Andy McLoughlin joined as a Venture Partner. In 2016 he was promoted to Partner

There are three investing partners at the firm - Jeff Clavier, Andy McLoughlin and Stephanie Palmeri.