Uncork Capital
Venture Capital Est. 2004
- Type
- Venture Capital
- HQ
- Palo Alto, CA, United States
- Founded
- 2004
- Last fundraise
- 2025 (USD 225M)
About
Uncork Capital is a Palo Alto based venture capital firm that invests seed capital into technology startups, especially in the sectors of e-commerce, mobile services and Software as a Service (SaaS). Uncork Capital is one of the most active seed investors in Silicon Valley, having made more than 200 companies and successfully exited more than 60. Unlike many investors, we have and will continue to invest in hardware and frontier/deep technology (e.g. space, robotics, AR/VR). Although we focus on seed investing, we have a separate fund that pursues follow-on investments into mature, existing portfolio companies. We stay deeply involved with the founding team throughout the most intense period of a company's life. The early years.
As new investors join the board, we transition out to make room. Even then, we remain supportive and available to the team for the whole journey, no matter what the outcome.
What do we look for? Outliers and outperformers who use technology to solve real problems for real people and real businesses. Products or services that are differentiated and special. You should be obsessed with the idea and uniquely qualified to build and scale it. The sector you are targeting should be large enough to support a few public companies.
Uncork Capital was previously known as SoftTech until its name change in 2017.
Strategies
Venture Capital
Sources
Recent venture activity
- Mar 2026 · Reported 2 more venture funds to the SEC (11 in total) in its Form ADV filed 2026-03-27 · SEC Form ADV
Locations & investment markets
Office · United States
Capital and location details checked 2026-10-12.
Investment Focus
Investment size
USD 500K - USD 4M
Reported investment size. Actual commitments may vary by stage, ownership and follow-on participation.
Investment Stages
Stages
Seed Series A Series B
Investment Geographies
Primary Markets
United States
Coverage
Country-focused Regions
North America
Coverage is a guide only.
Location
Office Presence
1 country
United States
1 known office
Palo Alto, CA, United States (HQ)
Fundraising
Uncork VIII
2025
USD 225M
source Uncork Plus IV
2025
USD 75M
source Uncork VII
2023
USD 200M
source Uncork VI
2019
USD 100M
source Uncork Capital SoftTech VC V
2016
USD 100M
source Uncork Capital Breakout Fund
2016
USD 50M
source Uncork Capital SoftTech VC IV
2014
USD 85M
source Uncork Capital SoftTech VC III
2012
USD 55M
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