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Jeff Clavier
@jeff
Founder of Uncork Capital, one of the OG seed VC firms. Invested in 290+ cos at scary early stage. @bernadette hubby, dad of 2, wino, skier. Expect no bullshit.
Walla Walla, WA
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    Jeff Clavier
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    May 1, 2025
    I’m thrilled to share that we have just closed two new funds: the $225M seed-focused Uncork VIII and the $75M opportunity fund, Uncork Plus IV. And today, we’re also celebrating @uncorkcap 21st anniversary. It’s been a long—at times tumultuous—but always incredible journey to
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    Andy McLoughlin
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    May 1, 2025
    Today marks Uncork Capital's 21st 🎂 That would usually be reason enough to celebrate but I'm also delighted to announce that we've raised $300M in new funds to back the founders building the next generation of category-defining companies 🚀 medium.com/uncorkcapital/…
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    Jeff Clavier
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    Aug 19, 2019
    Super excited to share that we have raised $200M for Uncork VI & Uncork Plus II. Also welcoming @stephpalmeri and @Bandrew to a new management company of @uncorkcap. Thanks to all our LPs for their support, and our entrepreneurs for choosing us #uncorkcap bit.ly/2YZyWZ5
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    Jeff Clavier
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    May 1, 2019
    Today Uncork Capital turns 15. It's a pretty crazy milestone, even though it feels like we just started. I decided to share a few thoughts about our humble beginnings:
    Turning 15: a reflection on the early years of Uncork Capital
    From medium.com
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    Jeff Clavier
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    Sep 20, 2018
    Eventbrite on deck! EB will start trading in a couple of hours - what a journey since we invested 10 years ago. @ New York Stock Exchange instagram.com/p/Bn8oPthgwZj/…
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    Jeff Clavier
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    Nov 7, 2017
    I just published “Hello Uncork Capital; Farewell SoftTech VC!” medium.com/p/hello-uncork…
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    Jeff Clavier
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    May 1, 2024
    Hard to believe but Uncork just turned 20! Time flies when you get to work with an awesome team and incredible founders every day. LFG!
    Twenty Years of Uncorking Innovation
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    Jeff Clavier
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    Aug 9, 2021
    The past 18+ months have been filled with introspection and radical reimaginations. Along those lines, today I’m announcing a number of changes to @uncorkcap to scale our investing efforts #uncorkcap 🧵
    A New Era at Uncork
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    Jeff Clavier
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    Nov 13, 2019
    Thrilled to share our first investment in the crypto space: @MessariCrypto. The industry needs a reliable, trusted source of data and that's the piece of infrastructure @twobitidiot and his team are building #uncorkcapital
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    Messari
    @MessariCrypto
    Nov 13, 2019
    Today, we’re proud to announce our latest round led by @uncorkcap and joined by new investors, @Coinbase and @balajis. We’d also like to welcome @Jeff to our board of directors! messari.io/article/messar…
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    Jeff Clavier
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    Jun 27, 2023
    We're super excited to share that we have raised $400M for our new funds (Uncork VIII and Plus III). It was a humbling experience to double the size of our raise in this (crappy) environment, so we couldn't be more grateful to our LPs - new and existing
    Uncork Raises $400M to Invest in and Support Seed-Stage Startups From Inception Through Growth
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    Jeff Clavier
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    Dec 15, 2013
    Things startups need to know if they want to raise capital from Silicon Valley slideshare.net/JeffClavier/ki… < Deck I used at @kimaventures' day
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    Jeff Clavier
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    Mar 25, 2018
    Please think about what makes your company/pitch truly different! If i was having a shot every time I read "... uses unique artificial intelligence and machine learning to ...", I would be shitfaced by 10am on most days #tablestakes
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    Jeff Clavier
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    Mar 17, 2018
    After spending hours clearing my inbox yesterday, I found dozens of new unread emails this morning. It dawned on me: each of us is a modern Sisyphus. We push our proverbial boulder up the hill every day and start again every morning. Only question: what are we being punished for?
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    Jeff Clavier
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    Jun 8, 2016
    SoftTech VC Closes $150M Across Two New Funds bit.ly/24zhaTG > Thanks to our awesome founders and LPs for the opportunity!
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    Jeff Clavier
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    Aug 11, 2016
    Dear @twitter, how fubar are your algorithms to suggest I follow one of the biggest insults to our core values?