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Jeff Clavier

Founding Partner at Uncork Capital

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Jeff Clavier is the Founding Partner at Uncork Capital [1], a seed-stage venture firm founded in 2004 under the name SoftTech VC [2]. Clavier has supported numerous companies through their early stages, including Fitbit, SendGrid, Eventbrite, Postmates, and Poshmark, among others [2]. Current portfolio investments include ClassDojo, DroneDeploy, Shippo, Front, Loft Orbital, and Carrot Fertility [2]. Prior to founding Uncork Capital, Clavier served as Partner at RVC Capital from 2000 to 2004 [8] and co-produced the RVC SoftEdge Conference [9]. Clavier holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from Université René Descartes (Paris V) [12] and a Diplôme d'Études Approfondies in Distributed Computing from Pierre and Marie Curie University [11]. Clavier serves on the board of Venture Forward [5] and the advisory board of Alpha Network [6].

Profile introduction
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Jeff Clavier is the Founding Partner at Uncork Capital, a seed-stage venture firm in San Francisco. He founded Uncork Capital in 2004 (then called SoftTech VC) to provide active support and capital for companies in their first 18 months of life. Jeff has helped numerous companies reach successful outcomes, including Fitbit (NYSE: FIT), SendGrid (NYSE: SEND, Twilio), Eventbrite (NYSE: EB), Postmates (Uber), and Poshmark (NASDAQ: POSH). His current investments include ClassDojo, DroneDeploy, Shippo, Front, Loft Orbital, and Carrot Fertility. Jeff was born in France and graduated from Université…

Career history

  1. Founding PartnerMay 2025 to presentUncork Capital
  2. Founder and Managing PartnerMay 2004 to Apr 2025Uncork Capital
  3. Board MemberJun 2025 to presentVenture Forward
  4. Advisory Board Member2005 to presentAlpha Network
  5. Board MemberMay 2015 to May 2019National Venture Capital Association
  6. PartnerJun 2000 to May 2004RVC Capital
  7. Co-ProducerJun 2000 to May 2004RVC SoftEdge Conference
  8. Board ObserverApr 2003 to Apr 2004Pathfire

Education

  1. Diplome d'Etudes Approfondies, Distributed Computing1989 - 1990Pierre and Marie Curie University
  2. Master of Science - MS, Computer Science1987 - 1990Universite Rene Descartes (Paris V))

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