Investing Profile

Tripp Jones(1156)

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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
1598 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
1033 CONNECTIONS
Center for Rural Health Leadership Network
432 CONNECTIONS
Princeton University Network
245 CONNECTIONS
The Grameen Creative Lab Network
241 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Uncork Capital Partner
Investment Range
$1M - $4.0M
Sweet Spot
$2.5M
Investments On Record
45
Current Fund Size
$400M

Tripp Jones is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Tripp Jones's Investments On Record (32)

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), 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 Sklarin (Castor Ventures), Chris McCann (Race Capital), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor), Antony Dsouza (DNV), Ana Levine (E1 Ventures), Trang Nguyen (Transpose platform), Nicolas Sauvage (TDK Ventures), Anji ISMAIL (Leonis Capital), Matthew Shang (Prosperity7 Ventures)
Wander
Series BMay 2025$50M
$80M
Co-investors: Alex Bard (Redpoint Ventures), Dan Wenhold (Fifth Wall), Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Andy McLoughlin (Uncork Capital), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Wesley Yiu (Alumni Ventures ), Vinay Iyengar (Foundation Capital), Lindsay Lee (Authentic Ventures), Kevin Alvarez-Fung (Predictive VC), Yuri Namikawa (Offline Ventures), Mohammed Amdani (Adapt Ventures), Kyle Tibbitts (Paradox Capital), Julian Weisser (Other Ventures), Joshua Browder (Wander), Edward Lando (Biowear), Joshua Baer (iCiDIGITAL), Cindy Bi (CapitalX - Early Stage VC), Rob Go (NextView Ventures), Stephanie Palmeri (NextView Ventures), Sahil Bloom (SRB Ventures), Packy McCormick (Not Boring Capital), Kevin Durant (oklahoma city thunder), Chris Moreno (Engage Ventures), Priyank Chandra, Scot Wingo, Adam Guild, Quinn Slack, Rich Miner, Cory Levy
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: Sara Du (Greylock), Jack Altman (Benchmark), Thomas Glocer (Angelic Ventures), James Kim (Reach Capital), 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
Seed Investor PaysailPresent
Seed Investor Knit HealthPresent
General Partner Uncork CapitalPresent
Board Member Stealth Company (Jean-Michel Autelli)Present
Board Observer GPTZeroPresent
Board Member Brand.aiPresent
Seed Investor Soma EnergyPresent
Board Member Asset Management GroupPresent
Board Member The Grameen Creative LabPresent
Board Member NewCoPresent
Coach, Development Team Palisades TahoePresent
Analyst Citizens JMPPresent
Senior Associate Spectrum EquityPresent
Board Member Rocket Travel by AgodaPresent
Board Observer Magento BIPresent
Board Member QuandlPresent
Board Member Spacious.comPresent
Board Observer WattpadPresent
Investor / Advisor RevelPresent
Board Member Adara - A RateGain CompanyPresent
Board Member Compology (Now RoadRunner)Present
Board Member SunBasketPresent
Seed Investor Paysail/SyroPresent
Board Member Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Investor GroqPresent
Seed Investor Final Round AIPresent
Board Member Top-PatentsPresent
Board Member HipcampPresent
Board Member BarkPresent
Investor / Advisor Revel GatheringsPresent
Board Member ADARAPresent
Board Member Paperless PostPresent
Board Member CommonBond.coPresent
Board Member YumiPresent
Board Observer HipcampPresent
Board Member Sun BasketPresent
Board Observer SendBirdPresent
Board Member 7GC & Co. HoldingsPresent
Seed Investor paysailPresent
Board Observer HallowPresent
Board Member Sunnyside (formerly Cutback Coach)Present
Board Member UbiquitousPresent
Board Member LiquiDonatePresent
Board Member DubClubPresent
Seed Investor GPTZeroPresent
Board Member CompologyPresent
Partner Uncork CapitalPresent
Investor WanderPresent
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