Uncork Capital is a seed-stage venture firm that commits early, helps with the hard stuff, and sticks around. Really. Uncork Capital is a seed-stage venture firm that commits early, helps with the hard stuff, and sticks around. Really.
Company Stories
Founded in 2006. Backed by Uncork since 2008. IPO 2018.
Founders: Julia Hartz, Kevin Hartz, Renaud Visage
From music festivals and marathons to conferences and hackathons, Eventbrite brings the world together through live experiences. Founded in a phone closet, Eventbrite powers more than 3 million events a year in more than 180 countries, and processes nearly 3 million tickets per week. After Jeff kept receiving Eventbrite invites, he called the founders to invest.
Founded in 2009. Backed by Uncork since 2009. IPO 2017. Acquisition by TWLO 2019.
Founders: Isaac Saldana, Tim Jenkins, Jose Lopez; CEO: Sameer Dholakia
The email experts. Marketing teams and developers rely on SendGrid's tools and templates to convert prospects and communicate with customers. Denver, Colorado-based SendGrid processes more than 30 billion emails each month for more than 55 thousand customers, including Airbnb, Costco, Spotify and Uber.
Founded in 2007. Backed by Uncork since 2008. IPO 2015.
Founders: James Park, Eric Friedman
Fitbit pioneered wearables by giving consumers actionable insights to manage their health. James and Eric pitched Jeff using a demo of a switchboard inside a wooden box. Jeff invested at the bottom of the downturn, and has lost 30 pounds with help from his Fitbit. The company went public in 2015 and has sold more than 76 million devices.
Founded in 2011. Backed by Uncork since 2012. Acquired by Blackstone in 2019
CEO: Rich Tallman
60,000+ Mobile application developers partner with Vungle to monetize their apps through innovative in-app ad experiences. Advertisers depend on Vungle to reach, acquire, and retain high-value users worldwide. Each month, over 4 billion Vungle data-optimized ads run on 1 billion + unique devices to drive engagement and increase returns for publishers and advertisers across the globe.
Launched in 2011. Backed by Uncork since 2011.
Founders: Manish Chandra, Tracy Sun, Gautam Golwala, Chetan Pungaliya
Poshmark is the largest social marketplace for fashion. The Poshmark community, which includes more than two million Seller Stylists, engages with the app 25 minutes per day, opening it 7-9 times. Stephanie was one of Poshmarkâs first 100 users. Her first of many purchases: a red-carpet-worthy lace dress.
Founded: 2011. Backed by Uncork since 2011.
Founders: Bastian Lehmann, Sean Plaice, Sam Street
Launched in 2011, Postmates helps customers in 400 + cities get whatever they need, whenever they need it. As local commerce shifts online and on-demand, Postmates aims to deliver anything to anyone at any time. The Postmates fleet of 100,000 includes: cars, bikes, electric scooters, eBikes, and autonomous robots making millions of deliveries a month.
Founded in 2013. Backed by Uncork since 2014
Founders: Mathilde Collin, Laurent Perrin
The shared inbox for teams (think: sales@, contact@, or other channels like SMS, Twitter, and website chat). From luxury goods conglomerate LVMH to software all-stars like Stripe and Dropbox, more than 4000 customers around the globe use Front to collaborate more openly and respond to messages faster.
Founded: 2014. Backed by Uncork since 2015.
Founders: Edith Harbaugh, John Kodumal
LaunchDarkly helps software teams build better software, faster. The company eliminates risk from the development cycle by separating feature releases from deployments. Andy felt the pain of custom-building such software at his own startup and saw a similar problem at other companies in which he invested, and saw enormous value in the platform. They are now serving more than two trillion feature flags per day.
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