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Uncork Capital VIII & Uncork Plus IV

Geography: United States
Stage: Seed
Fund size: $300M
Focus: AI/ML and SaaS
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Uncork Capital VIII & Uncork Plus IV

Uncork Capital VIII & Uncork Plus IV is a venture capital firm based in United States, focusing on Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

AI/ML

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Pre-obvious seed founder building AI-native infra or tools

seed-stage

AI-native

developer tools

deep tech

energy & climate

Bullish Signals

IPO + acquired exits (SendGrid, Groq)external

Repeat backer of winners (Gamma, Coder)external

Active deal flow across AI & energyexternal

5 GPs, strong team depthexternal

Coder raised $90M Series Cwebsite

Re-invested in Gamma (2025)website

Fusion + energy bets (Inertia, Soma)website

Portfolio spans satellites, APIs, construction AIwebsite

New bet: Mirai (edge computing)website

New bet: Unkey (API infra)website

New bet: Knit Health (clinical intelligence)website

New bet: Buildcheck (construction design AI)website

LaunchDarkly backed since 2015website

Loft Orbital backed since founding (2017)website

Soma Energy: megawatt-focused energy AIwebsite

Inertia: commercializing proven fusion sciencewebsite

Belle Tangkuptanon joins as Associatewebsite

Conviction-driven: invest early in founder potentialwebsite

Contrarian Signals

Seed-only — no growth follow-onexternal

Conviction-led, not data-led entryexternal

Some Groq partnership tagged 2025 (late)website

Numeral: niche tax compliance betwebsite

Founder Do's

Come pre-product or pre-traction is fine

Show founder potential, not just metrics

Build AI-native leverage or scale

Target infrastructure or platform plays

Expect long-term partner involvement

Founder Don'ts

Don't pitch if post-seed / Series A+

Avoid consumer with no infra angle

Don't expect hands-off investors

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$300M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Andy Mcloughlin, Jeff Clavier

Andy McLoughlinManaging Partner

Jeff ClavierFounding Partner

Amy SaperGeneral Partner

Susan LiuGeneral Partner

Tripp JonesGeneral Partner

Sarah DuSenior Associate

Isha MehrotraAssociate

Belle TangkuptanonAssociate

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