Investing Profile

Tripp Jones(1041)

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Partner at Uncork Capital

uncorkcapital.com/team/tripp-...San Francisco, California

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Tripp Jones's investing connections

84 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Pete Flint (NFX), and 81 other investors on Signal.

Networks Tripp is a member of

Princeton University Network

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Current Investing Position

Uncork Capital Partner

Investment Range

$1M - $4.0M

Sweet Spot

$2.5M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$400M

Tripp Jones is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Tripp Jones's Investments On Record (25)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Final Round AI	SeedJan 2025$7M	$7M
LiquiDonate	SeedSep 2024$4M SeedNov 2022$2M	$6M
Co-investors: Jill Greenwald (Astia), Sean Behr
Groq	Series DAug 2024$640M	$1.6B
Co-investors: Chamath Palihapitiya (Social Capital), Chris Sklarin (Alumni Ventures ), Peter Bordes (Trajectory Ventures), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Sandhya Venkatachalam (Axiom Partners), Trang Nguyen (Transpose platform), Bernard Moon (SparkLabs Group), Nicolas Sauvage (TDK Ventures), George Godula
GPTZero	Series AJun 2024$10M SeedMay 2023$4M	$14M
Co-investors: Sara Du (Greylock), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Jack Altman (Alt Capital), Thomas Glocer (Angelic Ventures)
Sunnyside	Series ANov 2023$12M SeedJan 2021$3M	$15M
Co-investors: Elizabeth Weil (Scribble Ventures), Stephanie Palmeri (NextView Ventures), Nico Wittenborn (Adjacent), Kevin Carter (Night Capital), Ron Pragides, Mike Lee, Nir Eyal, James Park
Hallow	Series CMay 2023$50M Series BNov 2021$40M	$110M
Co-investors: Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), Jackson Jhin (Sequoia Capital), Laura Rippy (Alumni Ventures ), Eric Kim (Goodwater Capital), Stephanie Palmeri (NextView Ventures), Eric Tarczynski (Contrary Capital), Lauren DeLuca (Motivate Ventures), David Wieland (IrishAngels), David Wieland (Motivate Ventures), TJ Dembinski (Drive Capital)
Follow	SeedDec 2022$9M	$9M
Co-investors: Jack Abraham (Atomic)
DubClub	SeedNov 2022$3M	$11M
Co-investors: Roseanne Wincek (Renegade Partners)

Tripp Jones's Media (2)

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

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Seed-Stage VC Firm Uncork Capital Taps Under 30 Alum Susan Liu And Veteran Investor Tripp Jones As Partners

www.forbes.com

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

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