# Tripp Jones

> Tripp Jones is a General Partner at Uncork Capital, a San Francisco-based seed-stage venture firm with over 260 early-stage startup investments. A Princeton psychology grad who spent a decade at August Capital before joining Uncork in 2021, he backs consumer, B2B, and frontier tech companies at the seed stage. Known for his contrarian view that consumer VC is far from dead, he has backed companies ranging from BARK to GPTZero, and champions supply-driven marketplace models with hard-to-access inventory.

- **Role:** General Partner at Uncork Capital
- **Organizations:** Uncork Capital, August Capital, Spectrum Equity, JMP Securities, BMO Capital Markets
- **From:** San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BA, Psychology, Princeton University
- **Known for:** Backed BARK (NYSE: BARK), which scaled to a $1.75B valuation as a pet subscription service, Led seed investment in GPTZero, a leading AI detection tool, Early investor in GitLab, now a major publicly traded DevOps platform

## Career timeline

- **1999-2003** — Studied Psychology at Princeton University
- **2004-2007** — Fintech Analyst at BMO Capital Markets and JMP Securities
- **2007-2011** — Senior Associate at Spectrum Equity Investors
- **2011-2021** — General Partner at August Capital - backed BARK, GitLab, Hipcamp, and others
- **2021** — Joined Uncork Capital as General Partner
- **2023** — Led $3.5M seed round in GPTZero
- **2025** — Active at Uncork Capital as the firm closes its latest $300M fund

## Achievements

- Backed BARK (NYSE: BARK), which scaled to a $1.75B valuation as a pet subscription service
- Led seed investment in GPTZero, a leading AI detection tool
- Early investor in GitLab, now a major publicly traded DevOps platform
- Contributed to over 260 early-stage investments across Uncork Capital's portfolio
- Built a decade-long track record at August Capital before joining Uncork
- Championed seed investments in Groq, Hallow, Tailscale, and Human Interest

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Uncork Capital closed its latest fund with $300M in new capital, bringing total firm AUM to $900M
- **2023-05** — Led $3.5M seed round in GPTZero, the AI text detection platform
- **2023-02** — Published investment announcement for Follow, a social investment platform
- **2021-08** — Joined Uncork Capital as General Partner after 10 years at August Capital

## Links

- Website: https://uncorkcapital.com/team/tripp-jones
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tripp-jones-8341255
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/thistrippjones
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/uncorkcapital

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Last updated: 2026-05-17