Tripp Jones

I am a General Partner at Uncork Capital and invest broadly in information technology companies, with a particular focus on all things AI in the application layer (b2c & b2b) - consumer, marketplaces, and fintech companies. I love beautiful business models and companies that exhibit strong network effects. I also lead Uncork's later stage efforts. Previously, I was a General Partner at August Capital, a Senior Associate at Spectrum Equity, and started my career in the meat grinder as a fintech Analyst in investment banking. At Uncork, I'm our lead on Brand.ai (Board), DubClub (Board), Final Round AI, Groq, GPTZero (Board Observer), Hallow (Board Observer), Knit Health, LiquiDonate (Board), Ramble (Board Observer), Soma Energy, Sunnyside (Board), The Lobby, Wander (Board Observer), and a number of other unannounced investments. At August Capital, I led investments in ADARA (Board), BARK (NYSE: BARK)(Board), CommonBond (Board), Compology (Board), Hipcamp (Board), Paperless Post (Board), Quandl (Board), Revel (Observer), Rocketmiles (Board), SendBird (Observer), Spacious (Board), Sun Basket (Board), Wattpad (Observer), and Yumi (Board), and was involved in investments in Amount, Avant, Ebates (Observer), Fastly (NYSE: FSLY), GitLab (NASDAQ: GTLB), Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ: IAS) (Observer), PubMatic (NASDAQ: PUBM) (Observer), RJMetrics (Observer), Rockets of Awesome, Stitch Data, ThreatMetrix, and Zulily.My angel portfolio includes 100 Thieves, Alto IRA, Daring Foods, Fursure, Honeycomb, On Me, and neo.tax.My first job out of college was as a coach on the Squaw Valley Ski Team, where I helped found the Big Mountain Ski Teams. I went to Princeton University and I'm originally from the San Francisco Bay Area.