Jeff Clavier
Managing Partner at Uncork Capital
Palo Alto, California
Writes $750K – $2M checks · typically $2M
About
Jeff Clavier pioneered micro‑VC—raising one of the first institutional micro‑VC funds in 2007—popularized the Three Asses Rule and was an early seed backer of consumer hardware like Fitbit.
Invests in
ConsumerDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareHardwareMarketplaces
Experience
- Uncork CapitalFounding Partnercurrent2025 — present
- Uncork CapitalFounder and Managing Partner2004 — 2025San Francisco
- Venture ForwardBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
- Alpha NetworkAdvisory Board Membercurrent2005 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- National Venture Capital AssociationBoard Member2015 — 2019
- RVC CapitalPartner2000 — 2004
- RVC SoftEdge ConferenceCo-Producer2000 — 2004
- PathfireBoard Observer2003 — 2004
- TacitBoard Observer2001 — 2004
- UltraDNSBoard Member2000 — 2004
- Reuters PlcHead of Development, Systems1993 — 2000
- Effix SystemsHead of Development1989 — 1993
Education
- Pierre and Marie Curie UniversityDiplome d'Etudes Approfondies, Distributed Computing1989 — 1990
- Universite Rene Descartes (Paris V)Master of Science - MS, Computer Science1987 — 1990
Skills & more
SaaS30Enterprise Software13Start-ups99Consumer Internet8Investments37Venture Capital99Angel Investing49Entrepreneurship99Social Media9Marketing5Strategic Planning2Mobile Devices6
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Business DevelopmentMergers & AcquisitionsStrategic PartnershipsCorporate DevelopmentBusiness StrategyManagementStrategyProduct DevelopmentMergersExecutive ManagementSoftware DevelopmentProduct ManagementFrom Jeff's professional profile.
Colleagues at Uncork Capital
Adriana Roche
Head of Talent at Uncork Capital
Amy Saper
General Partner at Uncork Capital
Andy McLoughlin
Brit in San Francisco; seed-stage venture capital investor
Ashley Cravens
Head of Operations and Platform at Uncork Capital
Catie Young
Executive Assistant at Uncork Capital
Ilan Cedillos
Head of Communications at Uncork Capital
Isha Mehrotra
Associate at Uncork Capital
Jessica Jimenez-Pizarro
Executive Assistant & Office Manager at Uncork Capital
Network9
Adam Beguelin
Advisor at MORRO VENTURES
Alex Gurevich
Managing Director at Javelin Venture Partners
Amy Saper
General Partner at Uncork Capital
Antoine Nivard
Founder at Blank Ventures
Carine Magescas
Managing Partner at AngelPad
Carlos Domingo
Founder & General Partner at SPiCE VC
Doug Renert
Partner at Tandem Capital
Frank Caufield
Investor at Kleiner Perkins
Thomas Korte
General Partner at AngelPad
Investors connected to Jeff in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.