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Uncork Capital
Venture capital · Palo Alto, CA, United States · North America
Uncork Capital is a seed-stage venture firm that makes first checks of roughly $3-5M, often leading seed rounds. It has invested in over 290 companies over more than 20 years.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsaiseed stageenterprise softwaredeveloper toolsfintechspace
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Or find every investor that fitsUncork Capital lists 142 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 25 funding rounds, 3 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 33% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (23%), Enterprise Software (11%) and Fintech (9%). 87% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Bessemer Venture Partners and Crosslink Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Uncork Capital, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Uncork Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 23 companies; its own site lists 142. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 5% |
| Seed | 24% |
| Series A | 33% |
| Series B | 24% |
| Growth | 14% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 1 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 1 | 0 |
| '21 | 2 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 1 | 0 |
| '24 | 1 | 0 |
| '25 | 7 | 0 |
| '26 | 12 | 3 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 98th | 145 companies |
| Recent activity | 96th | 12 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 61th | 29% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 80th | 12% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 29th | 23% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 95th | 10 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 23% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 11% | 8% |
| Fintech | 9% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 9% | 15% |
| Space & Defense | 7% | 3% |
| Education | 7% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 6% |
| Consumer | 5% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 22 |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | 10 |
| Crosslink Capital | 8 |
| Salesforce Ventures | 8 |
| FundersClub | 7 |
| Mayfield | 7 |
| Western Technology Investment | 7 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners | 6 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers13092%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company128%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Uncork Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Uncork Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | Series A | |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Pre-Seed Led | |
| 8 Oct 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 23 Sept 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 9 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 9 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 12 May 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Series A |
Round details for Uncork Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Uncork Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
142 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| About.me provides users with a personal homepage that can be enhanced with an AI-powered virtual twin for interactive communication. | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Adentro builds customer databases and helps businesses reach their guests with email and paid media | Enterprise SoftwareE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Adstruc provides a tech platform for out-of-home advertising | Media & EntertainmentHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Aizon provides software as a service solutions to improve yield, reduce deviations and ensure product quality in pharmaceutical manufacturing with real-time artificial intelligence powered solutions. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Alchemy provides blockchain infrastructure for developers | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| Amberbox Gunshot Detection provides immediate and precise gunshot detection and automatic notification to 911 and building security | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Amperos uses AI to recover insurance revenue for healthcare providers | Healthcare & Biotech | Apr 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Arch provides data management and reporting services for private markets investments | FintechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| August builds an AI platform to help law firms with legal tasks | Legal & ComplianceAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Bezi provides an AI assistant for Unity and Unreal Engine game development | GamingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Bitly provides a platform for shortening URLs, generating QR codes, and tracking links and content for social media profiles and other business needs. | Media & EntertainmentEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Brand AI provides AI for brand management, making brands machine-readable for teams, tools, and agents to use consistently | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Buildcheck provides automated drawing review for construction using AI-powered technology. | Real Estate & ConstructionAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2026Series A | Page + round | |
Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | |||
| Charlie Finance provides an AI agent for wealth management firms and family offices to automate tasks such as document preparation and data entry | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Chartbeat provides real-time analytics tools to help editorial teams understand audience behavior and optimize content | Media & EntertainmentSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
Media & EntertainmentConsumer | Portfolio page | |||
| ClassDojo provides a platform for teachers, families, and kids to connect and collaborate on social-emotional learning and classroom activities. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Clever provides an identity platform for education to manage access and security for schools and students. | EducationCybersecurity | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 11 Nov 2026- Site
- uncorkcapital.com
- Last read
- 11 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 10 Aug 2018
- Companies checked
- 142
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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