Jeff Clavier
Education
Pierre and Marie Curie University
Diplome d'Etudes Approfondies, Distributed Computing 1989-01-01 - 1990-01-01
Universite Rene Descartes (Paris V)
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science 1987-01-01 - 1990-01-01Work Experience
Uncork Capital
Current
Uncork Capital
Venture Forward
Current
Venture Forward
Alpha Network
Current
Alpha Network
National Venture Capital Association
2015-05-01 - 2019-05-01
National Venture Capital Association
RVC Capital
2000-06-01 - 2004-05-01
RVC Capital
RVC SoftEdge Conference
2000-06-01 - 2004-05-01
RVC SoftEdge Conference
Pathfire
2003-04-01 - 2004-04-01
Pathfire
Tacit
2001-09-01 - 2004-04-01
Tacit
UltraDNS
2000-12-01 - 2004-04-01
UltraDNS
Thomson Reuters
1993-05-01 - 2000-05-01
Thomson Reuters
Skills
Summary
Jeff Clavier is the Founding Partner at Uncork Capital, a seed-stage venture firm in Palo Alto and 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 Paris Descartes with an M.S. in Computer Science. He was formerly the CTO and an early employee at Effix, a fintech startup that sold to Reuters. In 2000, he immigrated to the U.S. and joined RVC, Reuters’ $450 million corporate venture capital fund, as a general partner. He recently wrapped up his four-year term on the board of the National Venture Capital Association. One of the early VC bloggers in 2004, Jeff is now a popular conference speaker and social media/TV commentator. When he is not spending time with Uncork’s portfolio companies, Jeff enjoys traveling, skiing, hiking, scuba diving, collecting wine, and hanging out with friends and family.
