Investing Profile

Tripp Jones(1155)

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Partner at Uncork Capital
uncorkcapital.com/team/tripp-...San Francisco, California
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87 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Pete Flint (NFX), and 84 other investors on Signal.

Networks Tripp is a member of
NewCo Network
1585 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
1029 CONNECTIONS
Center for Rural Health Leadership Network
432 CONNECTIONS
The Grameen Creative Lab Network
240 CONNECTIONS
Asset Management Group Network
216 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Uncork Capital Partner
Investment Range
$1M - $4.0M
Sweet Spot
$2.5M
Investments On Record
44
Current Fund Size
$400M

Tripp Jones is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Tripp Jones's Investments On Record (31)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Knit Health
SeedMay 2026$12M
$12M
Co-investors: Louis Beryl (Andreessen Horowitz)
Soma Energy
SeedApr 2026$7M
$7M
Co-investors: Villi Iltchev (Two Sigma Ventures), Walter Kortschak (Kortschak Investments)
Groq
Series ESep 2025$750M
Series DAug 2024$640M
$2.4B
Co-investors: Sandhya Venkatachalam (Khosla Ventures), Chris Sklarin (Alumni Ventures ), Bernard Moon (SparkLabs Global Ventures), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Chamath Palihapitiya (Social Capital LP), Peter Bordes (Trajectory Ventures), George Godula (Life Biosciences), Alfred Chuang (Race Capital), Chris McCann (Race Capital), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor), Ana Levine (E1 Ventures), Trang Nguyen (Transpose platform), Nicolas Sauvage (TDK Ventures), Anji ISMAIL (Leonis Capital), Matthew Shang (Prosperity7 Ventures), Antony Dsouza
Wander
Series BMay 2025$50M
$80M
Co-investors: Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Dan Wenhold (Fifth Wall), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Alex Bard (Redpoint Ventures), Andy McLoughlin (Uncork Capital), Wesley Yiu (Alumni Ventures ), Vinay Iyengar (Foundation Capital), Mohammed Amdani (Adapt Ventures), Kyle Tibbitts (Paradox Capital), Julian Weisser (Other Ventures), Joshua Browder (Wander), Edward Lando (Biowear), Lindsay Lee (Authentic Ventures), Joshua Baer (Capital Thought), Cindy Bi (CapitalX - Early Stage VC), Rob Go (NextView Ventures), Stephanie Palmeri (NextView Ventures), Kevin Alvarez-Fung (Predictive VC), Yuri Namikawa (Offline Ventures), Sahil Bloom (SRB Ventures), Packy McCormick (Breather), Kevin Durant (Thirty Five Ventures), Chris Moreno (Xeal), Rich Miner, Priyank Chandra, Scot Wingo, Cory Levy, Adam Guild, Quinn Slack
Final Round AI
SeedJan 2025$7M
$7M
brand.ai
SeedOct 2024$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Ben Blumenrose (Designer Fund), Enrique Allen (Designer Fund), Kevin Mahaffey (Lookout)
LiquiDonate
SeedSep 2024$4M
SeedNov 2022$2M
$6M
Co-investors: Jill Greenwald (Astia), Sean Behr
GPTZero
Series AJun 2024$10M
SeedMay 2023$4M
$14M
Co-investors: Jack Altman (Benchmark), Sara Du (Greylock), Thomas Glocer (Angelic Ventures), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork)

most interested in

B2C Marketplaces B2B Marketplaces Consumer Internet Fintech API E-Commerce Education Enterprise Entertainment Future of Work Government Technology Health and Wellness Industrial IoT Productivity Proptech/Real Estate Robotics SaaS Social Supply Chain/Logistics Transportation Travel/Hospitality

not interested in

We tend to avoid healthcare-oriented biotech (patient facing).

Tripp Jones's Experience

Partner Uncork Capital (formerly SoftTech VC)2021 - Present
Investor WanderPresent
Partner Uncork CapitalPresent
Board Member CompologyPresent
Seed Investor GPTZeroPresent
Board Member DubClubPresent
Board Member LiquiDonatePresent
Board Member UbiquitousPresent
Board Member Sunnyside (formerly Cutback Coach)Present
Board Observer HallowPresent
Seed Investor paysailPresent
Board Member 7GC & Co. HoldingsPresent
Board Observer SendBirdPresent
Board Member Sun BasketPresent
Board Observer HipcampPresent
Board Member YumiPresent
Board Member CommonBond.coPresent
Board Member Paperless PostPresent
Board Member ADARAPresent
Investor / Advisor Revel GatheringsPresent
Board Member BarkPresent
Board Member HipcampPresent
Board Member Top-PatentsPresent
Seed Investor Final Round AIPresent
Investor GroqPresent
Board Member Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Seed Investor Paysail/SyroPresent
Board Member SunBasketPresent
Board Member Compology (Now RoadRunner)Present
Board Member Adara - A RateGain CompanyPresent
Investor / Advisor RevelPresent
Board Observer WattpadPresent
Board Member Spacious.comPresent
Board Member QuandlPresent
Board Observer Magento BIPresent
Board Member Rocket Travel by AgodaPresent
Senior Associate Spectrum EquityPresent
Analyst Citizens JMPPresent
Coach, Development Team Palisades TahoePresent
Board Member NewCoPresent
Board Member The Grameen Creative LabPresent
Board Member Asset Management GroupPresent
Seed Investor Soma EnergyPresent
Board Member Brand.aiPresent
Board Observer GPTZeroPresent
Board Member Stealth Company (Jean-Michel Autelli)Present
General Partner Uncork CapitalPresent
General Partner August Capital2011 - 2021
Senior Associate Spectrum Equity Investors2007 - 2011
Analyst JMP Securities2005 - 2007
Analyst BMO Capital Markets2004 - 2005
Coach, Development Team Squaw Valley Ski Corp2003 - 2004

Tripp Jones's Education

Princeton University
St. Ignatius College Prep