Andy McLoughlin
Managing Partner
Uncork Capital
Andy McLoughlin is a managing partner at Uncork Capital focused on enterprise software, developer tooling, and deeply technical teams.
Bio
Professional summary
Amy Saper is a general partner at Uncork Capital. Her official profile states that she focuses on seed-stage B2B startups rethinking work, particularly AI-enabled applications for engineering, product, and design teams, as well as infrastructure that helps those tools scale. Before venture, she held operating roles at Twitter, Uber, and Stripe: at Twitter she helped scale the company pre-revenue through IPO and launched products and international markets; at Uber she worked on Uber for Business; and at Stripe she was the second member of the marketing team and led product marketing for APIs including Connect, Billing, and Atlas. Prior to Uncork, she was an early-stage partner at Accel, where she led investments including Gamma, Beam, Complete, Sprinter Health, and WellTheory. She holds a BS and MBA from Stanford.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
SeedEarly-stage
Sector
B2B applicationsAI-enabled applicationsDeveloper toolingInfrastructureProduct, engineering, and design tools
Thesis
Seed-stage B2B startups rethinking how work gets doneAI-enabled applications for engineering, product, and design teamsInfrastructure layer for building and scaling AI-enabled tools
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
GammaBuildcheckBeamCompleteSprinter HealthWellTheoryTwitterUberStripe
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Lead with how the product changes daily workflows for technical teams and why AI materially improves productivity, creativity, or efficiency.
Personalization hooks
- 1Reference her product marketing and go-to-market experience from Stripe, Twitter, and Uber if relevant.
- 2Highlight women in product / engineering community-building only if authentically relevant.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Latest articles listed on her Uncork profile include follow-on investment in Gamma and investment in Buildcheck.
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- Uncork CapitalGeneral PartnerPresent
- AccelEarly-Stage PartnerPrior to Uncork
- StripeProduct Marketing Lead (2nd marketing hire)
- UberProduct Management, Uber for Business
- TwitterPre-revenue to IPO; APAC HQ launch~2009–2014
Education
- Stanford University (Graduate School of Business)BS and MBA, Science Technology & Society; Mayfield Fellow; President Stanford Women in Business
Skills
B2B investingProduct marketingSeed investingEnterprise SaaSStanford Mayfield Fellow
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