Tripp Jones

Tripp Jones is a Partner at Uncork Capital based in the Bay Area, where he specializes in early-stage venture capital investments across the consumer, B2B, and frontier technology sectors. Before joining Uncork Capital, he served as a General Partner at August Capital and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Princeton University. Throughout his venture capital career, Jones has successfully invested in approximately a dozen early-stage startups that subsequently scaled and grew into billion-dollar enterprises. His notable portfolio companies include the outdoor booking platform Hipcamp and the pet products company BARK, which eventually reached a $1.75 billion valuation as a publicly traded entity. His current investment strategy focuses on overlooked markets with strong network effects, recurring revenue models, and solutions that operate outside of mobile-dominated spaces, particularly within women's healthcare and finance.