Unshackled Ventures
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Unshackled Ventures

https://www.unshackledvc.com
Last activity: 01.10.2025
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Unshackled Ventures is the first and only early-stage venture capital fund focused on retaining foreign talent in the U.S. By investing in immigrants and helping them to secure visas, the firm has tapped into undiscovered super-talent in helping foreign-born founders turn their innovative ideas into the next great American company. Launched in 2015, Unshackled has invested in over 30 companies in core American industries from trucking, infrastructure, and manufacturing to healthcare and space technology.
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Location: United States, California, San Francisco
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2015
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
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01.10.2025Эксперты назвали сбор Трампа в $100 тыс. за визы H-1B «непреодолимым налогом» для американской стартап-экономикиПрезидент США Дональд Трамп в начале сентября объявил о введении единовременного сбора в размере $100 тыс. за каждое новое заявление на визу H-1B. Программа ежегодно привлекает десятки тысяч квалифицированных специалистов из-за рубежа для р...
18.07.2023Unshackled Ventures Launches Eighteen150 Founder-in-Residence ProgramUnshackled Ventures, a San Francisco, CA-based pre-seed venture capital firm that enables immigrant founders to start companies in the U.S., has launched Eighteen150, a founder-in-residence program. The program aims to support as many immig...
03.07.2023Unshackled Ventures closes third fund on $35 million
27.06.2023Unshackled Ventures secures another $35M to invest in immigrant foundersDespite a challenging fundraising environment, venture funds able to prove their thesis are continuing to see interest from limited partners. Unshackled Ventures is the latest venture capital firm to close on a new fund, its third, with $35...
27.06.2023Unshackled Ventures Closes $35M Fund IIIUnshackled Ventures, a San Francisco, CA-based pre-seed venture capital firm that enables immigrant founders to start companies in the U.S., closed Fund III, at $35m. Unshackled Fund III LPs include Cambridge Associates, Cendana, Emerson Co...
13.09.2022Why this consumer investor is switching VC firms after making partner last yearMaria Salamanca, one of the few Latina investors at a partner level within the often homogenous world of venture capital, is shaking things up. The investor tells TechCrunch that she is leaving Unshackled Ventures, a pre-seed venture firm t...
18.01.2022BREAKING: Faeth raises $20m from Khosla, AgFunder to battle cancer with foodDisclosure: AFN’s parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in Faeth Therapeutics. Faeth Therapeutics, a startup developing precision nutrition solutions to help fight cancer, has raised $20 million in seed funding in a round led by Khosla V...
18.01.2022Faeth raises $20m from Khosla, AgFunder to battle cancer with foodDisclosure: AFN’s parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in Faeth Therapeutics. Faeth Therapeutics, a startup developing precision nutrition solutions to help fight cancer, has raised $20 million in seed funding in a round led by Khosla V...
16.09.2021What It Is That Makes Immigrants Such Good Entrepreneurs?What It Is That Make Immigrants Such Good Entrepreneurs?getty
01.03.20218 Female Venture Capital Investors To Watch In 2021These VC investors are big advocates for gender equality and diversity in the VC and tech sectorVARIOUS
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