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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 (44% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $7.6M (across 21 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    23

    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

    25 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Apolink logoApolinkSeed$4.3MJul 2025
    DDosenPre-Seed$2.3MApr 2025
    Reprogram Biosciences logoReprogram BiosciencesSeed$6MJan 2025
    TextQL logoTextQLUnknown$4.1MJan 2024
    MMasa FinancePre-Seed$3.5MMay 2022
    Faeth Therapeutics logoFaeth TherapeuticsSeed$20MJan 2022
    Livedocs logoLivedocsSeedJan 2022
    LiveDocs logoLiveDocsSeedJan 2022
    POD FOODS logoPOD FOODSSeries A$13MDec 2021
    Pngme logoPngmeSeries A$15MAug 2021
    DDigitalBrainSeed$3.4MOct 2020
    Lily AI logoLily AISeries A$12.5MJan 2020
    POD FOODS logoPOD FOODSSeed$3MJul 2019
    PPlantible FoodsPre-SeedOct 2018
    Applied Molecular Evolution logoApplied Molecular EvolutionSeed$2MDec 2017
    Maximus logoMaximusSeries A$10M
    MMasaPre-Seed$3.5M
    Cache Energy logoCache EnergySeed$8.5M
    Cache Energy logoCache EnergyPre-Seed
    FFaethUnknown$25M
    BBifrost OrbitalSeed$4.3M
    CatalyzeX logoCatalyzeXSeed$1.6M
    Plutoshift logoPlutoshiftSeries A$8M
    Maximus logoMaximusSeries A$10M
    AAcciyoUnknown$147K

    Top Co-Investors

    Y Combinator4 shared
    Cantos3 shared
    M122 shared
    S2G Ventures2 shared
    Future Fund2 shared
    468 Capital2 shared
    Rebel Fund2 shared
    8VC2 shared
    10X Capital2 shared
    Gaingels2 shared
    ONEVC2 shared
    PJC2 shared

    Last updated: 9 September 2026