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    Unshackled Ventures

    Sunnyvale, California, United StatesFounded 2014

    Unshackled Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that exclusively backs immigrant founders in the US, providing capital, visa sponsorship, and immigration support from day zero. The firm is sector-agnostic, investing across AI, enterprise, fintech, healthcare, climate, and other sectors.

    Their most common stage is seed (45% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $7.4M (across 28 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    27

    Fund Size

    $35M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Manan Mehta

    Manan Mehta

    Founding Partner

    Eric Ries

    Eric Ries

    "Incorruptible" Partner

    Michael Serotte

    Michael Serotte

    Immigration Partner

    Nitin Pachisia

    Nitin Pachisia

    Partner Emeritus

    Rita Georges

    Rita Georges

    Immigration Partner

    Shaherose Charania

    Shaherose Charania

    Partner

    Alexis Zamira Maciel

    Alexis Zamira Maciel

    Principal

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    31 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Apolink logoApolinkSeed$4.3MJul 2025
    DDosenPre-Seed$2.3MApr 2025
    Reprogram Biosciences logoReprogram BiosciencesSeed$6MJan 2025
    TextQL logoTextQLPre-Seed$4.1MJan 2024
    MMasa FinancePre-Seed$3.5MMay 2022
    Faeth Therapeutics logoFaeth TherapeuticsSeed$20MJan 2022
    Livedocs logoLivedocsSeed—Jan 2022
    LiveDocs logoLiveDocsSeed—Jan 2022
    MMasa FinancePre-Seed$3.5MJan 2022
    POD FOODS logoPOD FOODSSeries A$13MDec 2021
    Plantible logoPlantibleSeries A$21.5MSep 2021
    Plantible logoPlantibleSeries A$21.5MSep 2021
    Pngme logoPngmeSeries A$15MAug 2021
    DDispoSeries A$20MJun 2021
    DigitalBrain logoDigitalBrainSeed$3.4MOct 2020
    Lily AI logoLily AISeries A$12.5MJan 2020
    GridRaster logoGridRasterSeed$2.5MOct 2019
    POD FOODS logoPOD FOODSSeed$3MJul 2019
    PPlantible FoodsPre-Seed—Oct 2018
    AApplied Molecular EvolutionSeed$2MDec 2017
    Maximus logoMaximusSeries A$10M—
    MMasaPre-Seed$3.5M—
    BBifrost OrbitalSeed$4.3M—
    CatalyzeX logoCatalyzeXSeed$1.6M—
    Pluto logoPlutoSeries A$8M—
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    Last updated: 7 October 2026