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    Unshackled Ventures

    Sunnyvale, California, United StatesFounded 2014

    Unshackled Ventures focuses on investing in visionary immigrant founders at the pre-seed stage, often as early as "day 0" with just an idea and a team. Their strategy involves providing crucial "friends and family" capital and comprehensive immigration support, including visa sponsorship, to accelerate the success of these entrepreneurs. They are sector-agnostic but seek companies with the potential for venture-scale growth in large market opportunities.

    40% of their portfolio is in Food & Agriculture. They made 1 investments in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is seed (80% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $7.7M (across 4 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    5

    Fund Size

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    5 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Apolink logoApolinkSeed$4.3MJul 2025
    Faeth Therapeutics logoFaeth TherapeuticsSeed$20MJan 2022
    DDigitalBrainSeed$3.4MOct 2020
    Pod Foods logoPod FoodsSeed$3MJul 2019
    PPlantible Foods Inc.Pre-SeedOct 2018

    Top Co-Investors

    Moment Ventures1 shared
    Weekend Fund1 shared
    Underscore VC1 shared
    Scribble Ventures1 shared
    Future Fund1 shared
    S2G Ventures1 shared
    Digitalis Ventures1 shared
    KDT1 shared
    Agfunder1 shared
    Cantos1 shared
    Y Combinator1 shared
    468 Capital1 shared
    Rebel Fund1 shared

    Last updated: 5 March 2026